Active Matter Seminar Speaker: Julien Tailleur (MIT) Title: Self-organization of motile cells by quorum-sensing or chemotactic interactions Abstract: Equilibrium statistical mechanics tells us how to control the self-assembly of passive materials […]
Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Federico Bonetti (Oxford) Title: Non-Invertible Symmetries from Holography and Branes Abstract: The notion of global symmetry in quantum field theory (QFT) has witnessed dramatic generalizations in […]
Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Yang Qi (Fudan) Title: Phase Fluctuations in Two-Dimensional Superconductors and Pseudogap Phenomenon Abstract: We study the phase fluctuations in the normal state of a general two-dimensional […]
Quantum Matter Seminar Speakers: Jacob McNamara (Caltech) and Matthew Reece (Harvard) Title: Reflections on Parity Breaking Abstract: One approach to the Strong CP Problem (known as Nelson-Barr models) is to […]
https://youtu.be/ParxdL5gREI General Relativity Seminar Speaker: Prashant Kocherlakota (BHI) Title: Testing spacetime geometry with images of supermassive compact objects: Current status and the future Abstract: Astrophysical black holes (BHs) are expected […]
Quantum Matter Seminar Title: Group Invariant States as Many-Body Scars Speaker: Igor R. Klebanov (Princeton University) Abstract: Quantum many-body scars have been an active area of research in Condensed Matter […]
Swampland Seminar Speaker: Ignatios Antoniadis (LPTHE Paris) Title: Swampland program, extra dimensions and supersymmetry breaking Abstract: I will argue on the possibility that the smallness of some physical parameters signal a universe corresponding […]
Member Seminar Speaker: Mike Douglas Title: AI and Theorem Proving Abstract: We survey interactive theorem proving and the Lean theorem prover, and the use of AI and large language models […]
https://youtu.be/0gWCm0wmgOY General Relativity Seminar Speaker: Chiara Toldo (Harvard) Title: Near extremal de Sitter black holes and JT gravity Abstract: In this talk I will explore the thermodynamic response near extremality of charged […]
Speaker: Max Reppen (Boston University) Title: Neural Optimal Stopping Boundary Abstract: A method based on deep artificial neural networks and empirical risk minimization is developed to calculate the boundary separating the stopping and […]
Active Matter Seminar Speaker: Amin Doostmohammadi, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen Title: Interacting Active Matter Abstract: I will focus on the interaction between different active matter systems. In particular, I […]
Andrew Strominger will give the Third Annual Yip Lecture on February 2, 2023. Time: 7:00-8:00 pm ET Location: Harvard Science Center Hall A Title: Black Holes: The Most Mysterious […]