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](mailto:sympa@utlists.utexas.edu) with subject<br/> "<code>subscribe math-gst <span style='color: brown'>Your Name</span></code>". ## Fall 2020 Schedule ## {:r: scope="row"} Date|Speaker|Topic| ---:|:------|:----| {:r}8/26 | |Organizational Meeting| {:r}9/2 | Andreas Karch |QFT and fractons| {:r}9/9 | Ryan Spieler | Exotic Symmetries, Duality, and Fractons<br/> in 2+1-Dimensional Quantum Field Theory| {:r}9/16 | Amir Raz |Reduced conformal symmetry| {:r}9/23 | | | {:r}9/30 | | | {:r}10/7 | | | {:r}10/14| | | {:r}10/21| | | {:r}10/28| | | {:r}11/4 | | | {:r}11/11| | | {:r}11/18| | | {:r}12/2 | | | {: class="plaintable" style="text-align:center;" summary="Fall Schedule"} ## References ## ### Fractons ### * R. Nandkishore and M. Hermele, "[Fractons](https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.11196)" * N. Seiberg and S-H. Shao, "[Exotic Symmetries, Duality, and Fractons in 2+1-Dimensional Quantum Field Theory](https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.10466)"