Geometry and String Theory
HomePage (Rev #221)

This is the homepage for the UT Geometry and String Theory Seminar. At the organizational meeting we will flesh out the details of our plans for the semester. Below are some suggestions to get us started.

Fall 2019 Schedule

DateSpeakerTopic
8/28Organizational Meeting
9/4Dan FreedFMS
9/11Sutapa SamantaTwo new moonshines and two new Lie algebras
9/18Jacques DistlerIIB and 6D CFTs (I)
9/25ShehperIIB and 6D CFTs (II)
10/2Arun DebrayGSO projections via SPT phases
10/16Sebastian SchulzNotes on entanglement properties of Field Theories - Witten
10/23Ivan TulliNotes on entanglement properties of Field Theories - Witten
10/30Andrew PotterFractons (I)
11/6Andrew PotterFractons (II)
11/13Madalena Lemos
11/27Ricky WedeenYang-Mills for Probabilists
12/4Charlie ReidYang-Mills for Probabilists

Spring 2020 Schedule

DateSpeakerTopic
1/23Qianyu HaoFree fields realizations from the Higgs branch, I
1/30Behzat ErgunFree fields realizations from the Higgs branch, II
2/6
2/13
2/20
2/27
3/6
3/13
3/27
4/3
4/10
4/17
4/24
5/1
5/8

References


Old References

Brave New Vertex Algebras

Gauge Theory and Integrable Systems

Miscellaneous Papers

(Higher) Symmetries, Anomaly-Matching and Phases of QCD

Mathematics Papers on 2-Groups