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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

  • Two of my favorite numbers: 8 and 24

    Virtual

    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. […]

  • Anomalies of Non-Invertible Symmetries

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Clay Córdova (U Chicago) Title: Anomalies of Non-Invertible Symmetries

  • Floquet codes, automorphisms, and quantum computation

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Margarita Davydova (MIT) Title: Floquet codes, automorphisms, and quantum computation Abstract: In this talk, I will introduce a new kind of measurement-based quantum computation inspired by Floquet […]

  • Quantum field theory approach to quantum information

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Cenke Xu (UCSB) Title: Quantum field theory approach to quantum information Abstract: We apply the formalism of quantum field theory and Euclidean space-time path integral to […]

  • Non-invertible symmetries, leptons, quarks, and why multiple generations

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Seth Koren (Notre Dame) Title: Non-invertible symmetries, leptons, quarks, and why multiple generations Abstract: Generalized global symmetries are present in theories of particle physics, and understanding their […]

  • Landscape of quantum phases in quantum materials

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Joint Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics and Topological Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Liujun Zou (Perimeter Institute) Title: Landscape of quantum phases in quantum materials Abstract: A central goal of condensed […]

  •  A Long Exact Sequence in Symmetry Breaking

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Cameron Krulewski (MIT) and Leon Liu (Harvard) Title: A Long Exact Sequence in Symmetry Breaking Abstract: We study defects in symmetry breaking phases, such as domain walls, vortices, […]

  • Modulated Gauge Theories and Fracton Behavior in 2D

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Guilherme Delfino Silva (Boston University) Title: Modulated Gauge Theories and Fracton Behavior in 2D Abstract: In this talk we investigate deconfined phases of two-dimensional ZN lattice […]

  • A Plane Defect in the 3d O(N) Model

    Hybrid

    Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Abijith Krishnan (MIT) Title: A Plane Defect in the 3d O(N) Model Abstract: It was recently found that the classical 3d O(N) model in the semi-infinite geometry […]