Geometry and String Theory
HomePage (Rev #244)

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.

There is a mailing list. To subscribe, send an email to sympa@utlists.utexas.edu with subject
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At least for the Fall, the seminar will take place online.

Fall 2020 Schedule

DateSpeakerTopic
8/26Organizational Meeting
9/2Andreas KarchQFT and fractons
9/9Ryan SpielerExotic Symmetries, Duality, and Fractons
in 2+1-Dimensional Quantum Field Theory
9/16Amir RazReduced conformal symmetry
9/23ShehperMore on Fractons
9/30Mirzakhani and Weil-Petersson volumes I
10/7Mirzakhani and Weil-Petersson volumes II
10/14Mirzakhani and Weil-Petersson volumes III
10/21Yale FanJT Gravity
10/28Jacques DistlerWeil-Petersson volumes of supermoduli space
11/4Jason PollackReplica Wormholes
11/11
11/18
12/2

References

Fractons

Matrix models and JT gravity

Twisted supergravity and Koszul duality