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3d N = 4 Gauge Theories, Mirror Symmetry and Hilbert series

Noppadol Mekareeya Imperial College London
April 28, 2014

PIRSA:14040143
High Energy Physics
TBA

Eun-Gook Moon Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

April 25, 2014

PIRSA:14040142
The characteristic structure of the Weyl curvature tensor and its utilization

Fan Zhang Beijing Normal University
April 24, 2014

PIRSA:14040139
General Relativity & Quantum Cosmology
Conformal Standard Model

Krzysztof Meissner University of Warsaw

April 23, 2014

PIRSA:14040061
Quantum criticality in SU(N) anti-ferromagnets: general strategies to circumvent the sign problem

Ribhu Kaul University of Kentucky
April 22, 2014

PIRSA:14040083
Condensed Matter
Causality constraints in gravitational theories
April 22, 2014

PIRSA:14040116
High Energy Physics
Compact objects as dark-matter probes

Paolo Pani Instituto Superior Tecnico - Departamento de Física
April 17, 2014

PIRSA:14040078
General Relativity & Quantum Cosmology
Universal problems

David Mattingly University of New Hampshire
April 17, 2014

PIRSA:14040074
General Relativity & Quantum Cosmology
Exact Classical Simulation of the Quantum-Mechanical GHZ Distribution

Gilles Brassard Université de Montréal
April 16, 2014

PIRSA:14040060
Quantum Physics
Categories of Convex Sets and C*-Algebras

Robert Furber Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
April 15, 2014

PIRSA:14040140
Quantum Physics
Boson Tagging with Wavelets

William Shepherd University of California System
April 15, 2014

PIRSA:14040063
High Energy Physics
Groups and Clusters of Galaxies: Where Cosmology and Astrophysics Collide

Arif Babul University of Victoria
April 15, 2014

PIRSA:14040133
Astrophysics

3d N = 4 Gauge Theories, Mirror Symmetry and Hilbert series

Noppadol Mekareeya Imperial College London
April 28, 2014

PIRSA:14040143
High Energy Physics
This talk focuses on vacuum moduli spaces of N=4 supersymmetric field theories in three dimensions. A particular branch of the moduli space, known as the Coulomb branch, receives quantum corrections. We present an exact result, known as the Hilbert series, that enumerates the operators in the chiral ring of such a quantum Coulomb branch. This exact result can be applied to a large class of 3d supersymmetric field theories, with and without known Lagrangian descriptions. As an application, we present a method to compute partition functions of instantons on C^2 for any simple group, including exceptional and non-simply-laced ones.
TBA

Eun-Gook Moon Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

April 25, 2014

PIRSA:14040142
The characteristic structure of the Weyl curvature tensor and its utilization

Fan Zhang Beijing Normal University
April 24, 2014

PIRSA:14040139
General Relativity & Quantum Cosmology
The talk will summarize some results relating to clarifying the physical significance of the characteristic structure of the Weyl curvature tensor, and proposals for its utilization. I will begin by showing how null force-free or vacuum electrodynamic solutions experience reduced scattering by propagating along the principal null directions (GPNDs) of the spacetime, as if they were the flatter directions of the curvature tensor. Building on this observation, I will use complexified sectional curvatures to develop an analogy between the Weyl tensor and the second fundamental form of an immersed surface, and argue that, despite their name, the GPNDs are more akin to the asymptotic directions rather than the principal directions. I will also identify the ``true'' principal directions and curvatures, which has so far been under-utilized. I will then move on to propose usage for these quantities in topics related to the peeling theorem, the large scale geometry of the spacetime, the transition from the merger phase of binary black hole merger into the quasinormal mode ringdown phase, and perturbation of generic background spacetimes.
Conformal Standard Model

Krzysztof Meissner University of Warsaw

April 23, 2014

PIRSA:14040061

I will describe a proposal of an enlargement of the Standard Model based on a softly broken conformal symmetry. It contains the usual particles of the SM with right-chiral neutrinos and predicts two new particles: a scalar mixing with the usual Higgs and a naturally weakly coupled axion. I will argue that the Planck scale should be treated as a real physical scale and discuss the hierarchy problem and renormalization from this point of view. I will show that the model does not need any intermediate scales and can be viable up to the Planck scale (in distiction to the Standard Model). I will present experimental predictions of the model.
Quantum criticality in SU(N) anti-ferromagnets: general strategies to circumvent the sign problem

Ribhu Kaul University of Kentucky
April 22, 2014

PIRSA:14040083
Condensed Matter
In the first part of the seminar, I will describe a general approach to write down a large family of model SU(N) anti-ferromagnets that do not suffer from the sign problem. In the second half I will show how such Hamiltonians are useful for the study of deconfined quantum critical points and possibly other exotic physics.
Causality constraints in gravitational theories
April 22, 2014

PIRSA:14040116
High Energy Physics
Compact objects as dark-matter probes

Paolo Pani Instituto Superior Tecnico - Departamento de Física
April 17, 2014

PIRSA:14040078
General Relativity & Quantum Cosmology
In the last few years the possibility of constraining dark matter with astrophysical observations of compact objects, such as white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes, has been explored. The ultra-high density interior of neutron stars and the strong-curvature regions near massive black holes make these objects unique laboratories to test weakly-interacting particles. In the first part of this talk I will review some recent work on the potential of compact objects as dark-matter detectors, including the consequences of dark-matter accretion on compact stars and superradiant black-hole instabilities triggered by ultralight bosons. In the second part I will discus how observations of neutron stars can be used to constrain the dark-matter fraction in primordial black holes. In a close encounter with a neutron star, a primordial black hole can get gravitationally captured due to accretion, dynamical friction and tidal heating. Within a short time, the black hole is trapped inside the star and disrupts it by rapid accretion. The mere existence of old neutron stars limits the abundance of primordial black holes in the only mass range that was still unconstrained, thus suggesting that these objects cannot be the dominant dark matter constituent.
Universal problems

David Mattingly University of New Hampshire
April 17, 2014

PIRSA:14040074
General Relativity & Quantum Cosmology
Arguments that gravity cannot be a local renormalizable quantum field theory come from both field theory lore and black hole physics. Two current approaches to quantum gravity, asymptotic safety and Horava-Lifshitz gravity, both of which treat quantum gravity as a local renormalizable QFT, are explicitly constructed to counter field theory arguments about the non-renormalizability of gravity. However, any proposed renormalizable theory of quantum gravity must also answer black hole physics based counter-arguments. Formulating these arguments concretely requires understanding black hole solutions and thermodynamics in these theories. For Horava-Lifshitz gravity this entails understanding the thermodynamics of universal horizons. I describe the current status of universal horizon physics and which aspects are/are not still in tension with the fundamental premise of renormalizability.
Exact Classical Simulation of the Quantum-Mechanical GHZ Distribution

Gilles Brassard Université de Montréal
April 16, 2014

PIRSA:14040060
Quantum Physics
John Bell has shown that the correlations entailed by quantum mechanics cannot be reproduced by a classical process involving non-communicating parties. But can they be simulated with the help of bounded communication? This problem has been studied for more than twenty years and it is now well understood in the case of bipartite entanglement. However, the issue was still widely open for multipartite entanglement, even for the simplest case, which is the tripartite Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) state. We give an exact simulation of arbitrary independent von Neumann measurements on general n-partite GHZ states. Our protocol requires O(n^2) bits of expected communication between the parties, and O(n log n) expected time is sufficient to carry it out in parallel. Furthermore, we need only an expectation of O(n) independent unbiased random bits, with no need for the generation of continuous real random variables nor prior shared random variables. In the case of equatorial measurements, we improve earlier results with a protocol that needs only O(n log n) bits of communication and O(log^2 n) parallel time. At the cost of a slight increase in the number of bits communicated, these tasks can be accomplished with a constant expected number of rounds.
Categories of Convex Sets and C*-Algebras

Robert Furber Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
April 15, 2014

PIRSA:14040140
Quantum Physics
The start of the talk will be an outline how the ordinary notions of quantum theory translate into the category of C*-algebras, where there are several possible choices of morphisms. The second half will relate this to a category of convex sets used as state spaces. Alfsen and Shultz have characterized the convex sets arising from state spaces C*-algebras and this result can be applied to get a categorical equivalence between C*-algebras and state spaces of C*-algebras which is a generalization of the equivalence between the Schroedinger and Heisenberg pictures.
Boson Tagging with Wavelets

William Shepherd University of California System
April 15, 2014

PIRSA:14040063
High Energy Physics
I'll present a proof-of-concept new technique for tagging boosted objects which decay into two colored particles based on the wavelet transform. It is able to moderately improve the sensitivity of searches for such particles by 6-7%. I will also discuss future directions of applicability.
Groups and Clusters of Galaxies: Where Cosmology and Astrophysics Collide

Arif Babul University of Victoria
April 15, 2014

PIRSA:14040133
Astrophysics
Groups and clusters of galaxies are the most massive gravitationally bound objects in the Universe. They are also the most recent cosmic objects to form. In the currently accepted models of cosmic structure formation, the number density distribution of the most massive of these systems, and how this has been changing with time, depend sensitively to the parameters describing the large-scale geometry and the expansion history of the universe. However, to exploit galaxy clusters as cosmological probes, we must be able to relate their observable properties to their total mass. I will discuss our ongoing effort to calibrate the X-ray/SZ observations to the total mass for the 50 clusters comprising the Canadian Cluster Comparison Project (CCCP) sample. Resulting scaling relations, the associated scatter, and even how these change with time, invariably depend on "astrophysics" unfolding in these systems. The precision with which the cosmological parameters can be determined depends critically on how well we understand why groups and clusters manifest the observed properties that they do. This, however, has proven challenging. I will provide an update of the current state of affairs and highlight some of the key gaps in our understanding of the underlying physics.

Title	Speaker(s)	Date	Talk Type	Info link
3d N = 4 Gauge Theories, Mirror Symmetry and Hilbert series	Noppadol Mekareeya	2014-04-28	Scientific Series	View details
TBA	Eun-Gook Moon	2014-04-25	Scientific Series	View details
The characteristic structure of the Weyl curvature tensor and its utilization	Fan Zhang	2014-04-24	Scientific Series	View details
Conformal Standard Model	Krzysztof Meissner	2014-04-23	Scientific Series	View details
Quantum criticality in SU(N) anti-ferromagnets: general strategies to circumvent the sign problem	Ribhu Kaul	2014-04-22	Scientific Series	View details
Causality constraints in gravitational theories		2014-04-22	Scientific Series	View details
Compact objects as dark-matter probes	Paolo Pani	2014-04-17	Scientific Series	View details
Universal problems	David Mattingly	2014-04-17	Scientific Series	View details
Exact Classical Simulation of the Quantum-Mechanical GHZ Distribution	Gilles Brassard	2014-04-16	Scientific Series	View details
Categories of Convex Sets and C*-Algebras	Robert Furber	2014-04-15	Scientific Series	View details
Boson Tagging with Wavelets	William Shepherd	2014-04-15	Scientific Series	View details
Groups and Clusters of Galaxies: Where Cosmology and Astrophysics Collide	Arif Babul	2014-04-15	Scientific Series	View details

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3d N = 4 Gauge Theories, Mirror Symmetry and Hilbert series

TBA

The characteristic structure of the Weyl curvature tensor and its utilization

Conformal Standard Model

Quantum criticality in SU(N) anti-ferromagnets: general strategies to circumvent the sign problem

Causality constraints in gravitational theories

Compact objects as dark-matter probes

Universal problems

Exact Classical Simulation of the Quantum-Mechanical GHZ Distribution

Categories of Convex Sets and C*-Algebras

Boson Tagging with Wavelets

Groups and Clusters of Galaxies: Where Cosmology and Astrophysics Collide

3d N = 4 Gauge Theories, Mirror Symmetry and Hilbert series

TBA

The characteristic structure of the Weyl curvature tensor and its utilization

Conformal Standard Model

Quantum criticality in SU(N) anti-ferromagnets: general strategies to circumvent the sign problem

Causality constraints in gravitational theories

Compact objects as dark-matter probes

Universal problems

Exact Classical Simulation of the Quantum-Mechanical GHZ Distribution

Categories of Convex Sets and C*-Algebras

Boson Tagging with Wavelets

Groups and Clusters of Galaxies: Where Cosmology and Astrophysics Collide