Algebraic Geometry in String Theory Seminar Speaker: Eric Pichon-Pharabod, Universite Paris-Saclay Title: Computing periods of hypersurfaces and elliptic surfaces via effective homology Abstract: The period matrix of a smooth complex projective […]
Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar Speaker: Eslam Khalaf (Harvard) Title: From quantum Hall to Hubbard physics in twisted bilayer graphene Abstract: Early on it was noticed that twisted […]
CMSA Member Seminar Speaker: Robert Moscrop, Harvard CMSA Title: On the landscape of 4d N=2 SCFTs Abstract: Four-dimensional conformal field theories with sufficient (N = 2) supersymmetry are highly constrained. So much […]
General Relativity Seminar Speaker: Mikhail Molodyk, Stanford Title: An analogue of non-interacting quantum field theory in Riemannian signature Abstract: Recent advances using microlocal tools have led to constructions, for wave operators on […]
Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar Speaker: Junyi Zhang, Johns Hopkins University Title: Improving Mean-Field Theory for Quantum Magnets Abstract: Frustrated magnets have garnered significant attention because of their […]
Colloquium Speaker: Madhu Sudan, Harvard University Title: Errors and Correction in Cumulative Knowledge Abstract: Societal accumulation of knowledge is a complex, and arguably error-prone, process. The correctness of new units […]
CMSA Member Seminar Speaker: Jue Liu Title: Quasilocal mass for general domains in space Abstract: Diffeomorphism-invariant quasilocal mass in classical general relativity has been studied for decades, but it is still an […]
Mathematical Aspects of Scattering Amplitudes Lecture Speaker: James Drummond, University of Southampton Title: Multiple light-like Wilson loops in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory
Mathematical Aspects of Scattering Amplitudes Lecture Speaker: Matteo Parisi, Harvard CMSA Title: The amplituhedron and cluster algebras
Algebraic Geometry in String Theory Seminar Speaker: Franco Rota, University of Glasgow Title: Mirror symmetry and log del Pezzo surfaces Abstract: The homological mirror symmetry conjecture predicts a duality, expressed in terms of categorical […]
Active Matter Seminar Speaker: Kevin Mitchell, University of California, Merced Title: Controlling chaotic advection in 2D active nematics Abstract: Recent years have seen a surge of interest in active materials, in […]
Speaker: Partha Guha, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi Title: Geometry of Generalized Lienard Equations, Contact Geometry and Metriplectic Structure Abstract: We start with a self-contained brief review of the construction of […]