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
Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Nishad Maskara (Harvard) Title: Enhancing Detection of Topological Order by Local Error Correction Abstract: The exploration of topologically-ordered states of matter is a long-standing goal at the interface […]
Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Guanyu Zhu (IBM Quantum, T. J. Watson Research Center) Title: Fault-tolerant quantum computation via topological order on fractals and emergent symmetries Abstract: Topological quantum error correcting […]
Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Prof. Subir Sachdev (Harvard) Title: A model of the cuprates: from the pseudogap metal to d-wave superconductivity and charge order Abstract: Soon after the discovery of […]
Quantum Matter Seminar Title: Fracton Self-Statistics Speaker: Hao Song (ITP-CAS) Abstract: Fracton order describes novel quantum phases of matter that host quasiparticles with restricted mobility, and thus lies beyond the […]
Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Sona Najafi (IBM Quantum) Title: Detecting central charge in a superconducting quantum processor Abstract: Physical systems at the continuous phase transition point exhibit conformal symmetry rendering local […]
Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Carolyn Zhang (U Chicago) Title: Anomalies of (1+1)D categorical symmetries Abstract: We present a general approach for detecting when a fusion category symmetry is anomalous, based […]
Quantum Matter Seminar Speakers: Gerald Höhn (Kansas State University) & Sven Möller (University of Hamburg) Title: Classification of Self-Dual Vertex Operator Superalgebras of Central Charge at Most 24 Abstract: We […]
Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Brandon C. Rayhaun (C. N. Yang ITP, Stony Brook University) Title: Small Bosonic CFTs, Chiral Fermionization, and Symmetry/Subalgebra Duality Abstract: Conformal field theories in (1+1)D are […]
Quantum Matter Seminar Title: Chiral fermionic CFTs of central charge ≤ 16 Abstract: We classified all chiral fermionic CFTs of central charge ≤ 16 using Kac's theorem and bosonization/fermionization. This […]
Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Marieke Van Beest (SCGP) Title: Monopoles, Scattering, and Generalized Symmetries Abstract: In this talk, we will discuss the problem of electrically charged, massless fermions scattering off […]
Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: John Baez (University of California, Riverside) Title: Two of my favorite numbers: 8 and 24 Abstract: The numbers 8 and 24 play special roles in mathematics. […]
Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Xiao-Gang Wen (MIT) Title: A 6-year journey: from gravitational anomaly to a unified theory of generalized symmetry Abstract: Emergent symmetry can be generalized symmetry beyond (higher) […]