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 ScheduleDate Speaker Topic 8/24 1/18 Organizational 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 2/15 Bei Topological Entanglement Phases I of Matter 9/28 2/22 Arun Freedman-Hastings Entranglement II 10/5 3/1 Simpson Spectral Entropy networks I and harmonic maps 10/19 3/8 Neitzke Generalized Entropy Global II Symmetries 10/26 3/22 Ben ZviCostello I 11/2 3/29 Ben ZviCostello II 11/9 4/5 ValGapped Boundary Phases I 11/16 4/12 ValGapped Boundary Phases II 11/30 4/19 JacquesSeiberg, Senthil, Wang, Witten
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References
Integrable Lattice Models and 4D “Chern-Simons”
Faddeev, Scott Aaronson, How Barbados algebraic Lecture Bethe Notes ansatz works for integrable model Faddeev, A. Kitaev and J. Preskill, Algebraic Topological Aspects entanglement of entropy Bethe-Ansatz Witten, Nielsen & Chuang, Strings Overview 2016 Lecture (slides ) Costello, J. Preskill, Strings 2016 Lecture Notes on Quantum Information (slides ) Costello, S. Weiberg, Supersymmetric The gauge Trouble theory with and Quantum the Mechanics Yangian
Costello, Integrable lattice models from four-dimensional gauge theory
Topological Phases of Matter
Bhardwaj, Gaiotto, Kapustin, State sum constructions of spin-TFTs and string net constructions of fermionic phases of matter
Freed, Hopkins, Reflection positivity and invertible topological phases
Gaiotto, Kapustin, Spin TQFTs and fermionic phases of matter
Freedman, Hastings, Double semions in arbitrary dimensions
Kapustin, Turzillo, You, Topological field theory and matrix product states
Read, Compactly-supported Wannier functions and algebraic K-theory
Seiberg, Senthil, Wang, Witten, A Duality Web in 2+1 Dimensions and Condensed Matter Physics
Seiberg, Witten, Gapped Boundary Phases of Topological Insulators via Weak Coupling
Vafa, Fractional Quantum Hall Effect and M-Theory
Witten, Three Lectures On Topological Phases Of Matter
Witten, Fermion path integrals and topological phases
Symmetry and Anomalies in QFT