Geometry and String Theory
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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 Spring 2016 2017 Schedule

DateSpeakerTopic
8/24 1/18Organizational Meeting
8/31 1/25 Freed Distler Field Quantum Theory, Mechanics Symmetries, while and standing Representations on of one Bordism leg
9/7 2/1 Freed Weinberg Deformation The classes Trouble of with invertible Quantum field Mechanics theories
9/14 2/8 Bei Mohan Topological Bell’s Phases Inequality of Matter
9/21 2/15Bei Topological Entanglement Phases I of Matter
9/28 2/22Arun Freedman-Hastings Entranglement II
10/5 3/1Simpson Spectral Entropy networks I and harmonic maps
10/19 3/8Neitzke Generalized Entropy Global II Symmetries
10/26 3/22Ben ZviCostello I
11/2 3/29Ben ZviCostello II
11/9 4/5ValGapped Boundary Phases I
11/16 4/12ValGapped Boundary Phases II
11/30 4/19JacquesSeiberg, Senthil, Wang, Witten
4/26
5/3

References

Integrable Lattice Models and 4D “Chern-Simons”

Topological Phases of Matter

Symmetry and Anomalies in QFT