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 2016 Schedule## {:r: scope="row"} Date|Speaker|Topic| ---:|:------|:----| {:r}8/24 | |Organizational Meeting| {:r}8/31 | | | {:r}9/7 | | | {:r}9/14 | | | {:r}9/21 | | | {:r}9/28 | | | {:r}10/5 | | | {:r}10/19| | | {:r}10/26| | | {:r}11/2 | | | {:r}11/9 | | | {:r}11/16| | | {:r}11/30 | | | {: class="plaintable" style="text-align:center;" summary="Spring Schedule"} ###References### #### Integrable Lattice Models and 4D "Chern-Simons" * Faddeev, [How algebraic Bethe ansatz works for integrable model](http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9605187) * Faddeev, [Algebraic Aspects of Bethe-Ansatz](http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9404013) * Witten, [Strings 2016 Lecture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1sYMG121os) ([slides](http://ymsc.tsinghua.edu.cn:8090/strings/slides/8.1/Edward%20Witten.pdf)) * Costello, [Strings 2016 Lecture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J64EPYR2mkE) ([slides](http://ymsc.tsinghua.edu.cn:8090/strings/slides/8.1/Costello.pdf)) * Costello, [Supersymmetric gauge theory and the Yangian](http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.2632) * Costello, [Integrable lattice models from four-dimensional gauge theory] (http://arxiv.org/abs/1308.0370) #### Topological Phases of matter * Bhardwaj, Gaiotto, Kapustin, [State sum constructions of spin-TFTs and string net constructions of fermionic phases of matter](http://arxiv.org/abs/1605.01640) * Gaiotto, Kapustin, [Spin TQFTs and fermionic phases of matter](http://arxiv.org/abs/1505.05856) * Gaiotto, Kapustin, Seiberg, Willett, [Generalized global symmetries] (http://arxiv.org/abs/1412.5148) * Freedman, Hastings, [Double semions in arbitrary dimensions] (http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.05676) * Kapustin, Turzillo, You, [Topological field theory and matrix product states] (http://arxiv.org/abs/1607.06766) * Read, [Compactly-supported Wannier functions and algebraic K-theory] (http://arxiv.org/abs/1608.04696) * Seiberg, Senthil, Wang, Witten, [A Duality Web in 2+1 Dimensions and Condensed Matter Physics](http://arxiv.org/abs/1606.01989) * Seiberg, Witten, [Gapped Boundary Phases of Topological Insulators via Weak Coupling] (http://arxiv.org/abs/1602.04251) * Vafa, [Fractional Quantum Hall Effect and M-Theory](http://arxiv.org/abs/1511.03372) * Witten, [The "Parity" Anomaly On An Unorientable Manifold](http://arxiv.org/abs/1605.02391) * Witten, [Three Lectures On Topological Phases Of Matter](http://arxiv.org/abs/1510.07698) * Witten, [Fermion path integrals and topological phases](http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.04715)