Abstract: We construct supersymmetric AdS4 vacua of type IIB string theory in compactifications on orientifolds of Calabi-Yau threefold hypersurfaces. We first find explicit orientifolds and quantized fluxes for which the […]
Speaker: Nima Arkani-Hamed, IAS Title: Surfacehedra and the Binary Positive Geometry of Particle and “String” Amplitudes
Abstract: Gromov-Witten invariants count pseudo-holomorphic curves on a symplectic manifold passing through some fixed points and submanifolds. Similarly, open Gromov-Witten invariants are supposed to count disks with boundary on a Lagrangian, […]
Title: Symmetry types in QFT and the CRT theorem Abstract: I will discuss ideas around symmetry and Wick rotation contained in joint work with Mike Hopkins (https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.06527). This includes general […]
Speaker: Michael Simkin, Harvard CMSA Title: The number of n-queens configurations Abstract: The n-queens problem is to determine Q(n), the number of ways to place n mutually non-threatening queens on an […]
Title: Applications of instantons, sphalerons and instanton-dyons in QCD Abstract: I start with a general map of gauge topology, including monopoles, instantons and instanton-dyons. Then comes reminder of the “topological […]
Abstract: I will begin by introducing an emerging paradigm of cellular organization – the dynamic compartmentalization of biochemical pathways and molecules by phase separation into distinct and multi-phase condensates. Motivated […]
Title: The number of n-queens configurations Abstract: The n-queens problem is to determine Q(n), the number of ways to place n mutually non-threatening queens on an n x n board. […]
Title: On the Observable Shape of Black Hole Photon Rings Abstract: The photon ring is a narrow ring-shaped feature, predicted by General Relativity but not yet observed, that appears on […]
Member Seminar Speaker: Puskar Mondal Title: Stability and convergence issues in mathematical cosmology Abstract: The standard model of cosmology is built on the fact that while viewed on a sufficiently coarse-grained scale […]
Abstract: In this talk I will introduce a particular formulation of the Weak Gravity Conjecture in AdS space in terms of the self-binding energy of a particle. The holographic CFT dual […]
Title: The hypersimplex and the m=2 amplituhedron Abstract: I’ll discuss a curious correspondence between the m=2 amplituhedron, a 2k-dimensional subset of Gr(k, k+2), and the hypersimplex, an (n-1)-dimensional polytope in […]