A tour of categorical symmetry
Title: A tour of categorical symmetry Abstract: I will discuss some perspectives on symmetry coming from the study of topological defects in quantum field theory. I will argue that we […]
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During 2024–25, the CMSA will host a seminar on Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics, organized by Ahsan Khan, Robert Moscrop, and Sunghyuk Park.
This seminar will take place on Fridays at 9:00–10:30 am (Eastern Time) through October. In November, seminars will be held from 10:00–11:30 am. To learn how to attend this seminar, please fill out this form.
The schedule will be updated as talks are confirmed.
Videos are available at the Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Youtube Playlist
UV/IR and Effective Field Theory
Speaker: Nima Arkani-Hamed (IAS Princeton) Title: UV/IR and Effective Field Theory
Electric-magnetic duality and the Geometric Langlands duality
Title: Electric-magnetic duality and the Geometric Langlands duality Abstract: I will give a pedagogical review of the connection between electric-magnetic duality and the Geometric Langlands duality.
Anomaly resolution via decomposition
Speaker: Eric Sharpe (Virginia Tech) Title: Anomaly resolution via decomposition Abstract: In this talk we will discuss a method of anomaly resolution due to Wang-Wen-Witten in the special case of […]
Integrability and chaos of 1+1d chiral edge states
Speaker: Biao Lian (Princeton) Title: Integrability and chaos of 1+1d chiral edge states Abstract: I will talk about the integrability and chaos of 1+1d interacting chiral edge states, which may […]
Non-Invertible Duality Defects in 3+1 Dimensions
Speaker: Clay Cordova (U Chicago) Title: Non-Invertible Duality Defects in 3+1 Dimensions Abstract: For any quantum system invariant under gauging a higher-form global symmetry, we construct a non-invertible topological defect by gauging […]
Fusion Category Symmetries in Quantum Field Theory
Speaker: Yifan Wang (NYU) Title: Fusion Category Symmetries in Quantum Field Theory Abstract: Topological defects provide a modern perspective on symmetries in quantum field theory. They generalize the familiar inverti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p82wzcicCk8&t=72s ble […]
A degeneracy bound for homogeneous topological order
Speaker: Jeongwan Haah (Microsoft) Title: A degeneracy bound for homogeneous topological order https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjHJa-hy-3o
Quantum Geometric Aspects of Chiral Twisted Graphene Models
Speaker: Jie Wang (Simons Foundation) Title: Quantum Geometric Aspects of Chiral Twisted Graphene Models Abstract: “Moire” materials produced by stacking monolayers with small relative twist angles are of intense current interest for […]
Exact Eigenstates in Non-Integrable Systems: A violation of the ETH
Speaker: B. Andrei Bernevig (Princeton University) Title: Exact Eigenstates in Non-Integrable Systems: A violation of the ETH Abstract: We find that several non-integrable systems exhibit some exact eigenstates that span the energy […]