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

  • Anomaly resolution via decomposition

    Virtual

    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

    Virtual

    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 […]

  • Quantum Geometric Aspects of Chiral Twisted Graphene Models

    Virtual

    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

    Virtual

    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 […]

  • Multipartitioning topological phases and quantum entanglement

    Virtual

    Speaker: Shinsei Ryu (Princeton University) Title: Multipartitioning topological phases and quantum entanglement Abstract: We discuss multipartitions of the gapped ground states of (2+1)-dimensional topological liquids into three (or more) spatial regions that […]