Swampland Seminar Speaker: Paul-Konstantin Oehlmann(Northeastern) Title: Anomalies of Discrete Gauge Symmetries and their Cancellation in 6D F-theory Abstract: We consider 6D SUGRAs with a discrete gauge group G, engineered via F-theory […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y2colQwY34 Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: João Caetano (CERN) Title: Unorientable Quantum Field Theories: From crosscaps to holography Abstract: In two dimensions, one can study quantum field theories on unorientable manifolds […]
https://youtu.be/2BF5q6d_Zo4 Topological Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Bruno Mera, Tohoku University Title: Kähler bands—Chern insulators, holomorphicity and induced quantum geometry Abstract: The notion of topological phases has dramatically changed our understanding of […]
Speaker: Virginia Vassilevska Williams (MIT) Title: Clique listing algorithms Abstract: A k-clique in a graph G is a subgraph of G on k vertices in which every pair of vertices […]
https://youtu.be/h3jcSg359E8 New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speakers: João Araújo, Mathematics Department, Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Michael Kinyon, Department of Mathematics, University of Denver Title: From Engine to Auto Abstract: Bill […]
General Relativity Seminar Speaker: Naqing Xie (Fudan University) Title: Gravitational Wave, Angular Momentum, and Supertranslation Ambiguity Abstract: The supertranslation ambiguity of angular momentum is a long-standing and conceptually important issue in general […]
Algebraic Geometry in String Theory Seminar Speaker: Ahsan Khan, IAS Title: 2-Categories and the Massive 3d A-Model Abstract: I will outline the construction of a 2-category associated to a hyperKahler moment […]
Member Seminar Speaker: Shuaijie Qian (Harvard CMSA) Title: Some non-concave dynamic optimization problems in finance Abstract: Non-concave dynamic optimization problems appear in many areas of finance and economics. Most of existing literature […]
Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Francisco Machado (Berkeley/Harvard) Title: Kardar-Parisi-Zhang dynamics in integrable quantum magnets Abstract: Although the equations of motion that govern quantum mechanics are well-known, understanding the emergent macroscopic behavior that arises […]
https://youtu.be/T1x60gYry4I Topological Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Junyeong Ahn (Harvard) Title: Optical axion electrodynamics Abstract: Electromagnetic fields in a magneto-electric medium behave in close analogy to photons coupled to the hypothetical […]
https://youtu.be/-NisBM-2a2I Speaker: Liang Fu (MIT) Title: Doping and inverting Mott insulators on semiconductor moire superlattices Abstract: Semiconductor bilayer heterostructures provide a remarkable platform for simulating Hubbard models on an emergent […]
https://youtu.be/pHDcEX45YKM General Relativity Seminar Speaker: Pengyu Le (BIMSA) Title: Asymptotic geometry of null hypersurface in Schwarzschild spacetime and null Penrose inequality Abstract: Null Penrose inequality is an important case of the […]