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Wall-crossing structures

Yan Soibelman Kansas State University

October 23, 2013

PIRSA:13100119
Topics in QFT on Flat and Curved Spacetimes - Lecture 10

Ugo Moschella University of Insubria

October 23, 2013

PIRSA:13100018
Blobbed topological recursion

Gaetan Borot

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100118
General Relativity for Cosmology - Lecture 11

Achim Kempf University of Waterloo

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100004
Wilsonian and large N approaches to non-Fermi liquids

Shamit Kachru Stanford University

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100109

Condensed Matter
13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I - Lecture 10

Freddy Cachazo Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100035
Algebraic structures in massive (2,2) theories

Davide Gaiotto Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100117
Exact Results In Two-Dimensional (2,2) Supersymmetric Gauge Theories With Boundary

Kentaro Hori University of Tokyo

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100116
Conformal symmetry and cosmology

Austin Joyce University of Chicago

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100070

Astrophysics
13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics - Lecture 11

Anton Burkov University of Waterloo

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100059
Exact results for boundaries and domain walls in 2d supersymmetric theories

Takuya Okuda University of Tokyo

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100115
13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I - Lecture 9

Freddy Cachazo Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 21, 2013

PIRSA:13100034

Wall-crossing structures

Yan Soibelman Kansas State University

October 23, 2013

PIRSA:13100119

The concept of wall-crossing structure (WCS for short) was introduced recently in my joint work with Maxim Kontsevich. WCS appear in different disguises in the theory of Donaldson-Thomas invariants of Calabi-Yau 3-folds, quiver representations,integrable systems of Hitchin type, cluster algebras, Mirror Symmetry, etc.
I plan to discuss the definition of WCS and illustrate it in several well-known examples. If time permits I will speak about a special class of WCS called rational WCS. It gives rise to wall-crossing formulas with factors which are algebraic functions. Conjecturally such WCS appear in Hitchin integrable systems with singularities.
Topics in QFT on Flat and Curved Spacetimes - Lecture 10

Ugo Moschella University of Insubria

October 23, 2013

PIRSA:13100018
Blobbed topological recursion

Gaetan Borot

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100118

Hermitian matrix models have been used since the early days of 2d quantum gravity, as generating series of discrete surfaces, and sometimes toy models for string theory. The single trace matrix models (with measure dM exp( - N Tr V(M)) have been solved in a 1/N expansion in the 90s by the moment method of Ambjorn et al. Later, Eynard showed that it can be rewritten more intrinsically in terms of algebraic geometry of the spectral curve, and formulated the so-called topological recursion. In a similar way, we will show that double hermitian matrix models are solved by the same topological recursion, and more generally, that arbitrary hermitian matrix models are solved by a "blobbed topological recursion", whose properties still have to be investigated.
General Relativity for Cosmology - Lecture 11

Achim Kempf University of Waterloo

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100004
Wilsonian and large N approaches to non-Fermi liquids

Shamit Kachru Stanford University

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100109

Condensed Matter

We use Wilsonian RG and large N techniques to study the quantum field theory of a critical boson interacting with a Fermi surface, and compare/contrast the results with those coming from holography.
13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I - Lecture 10

Freddy Cachazo Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100035
Algebraic structures in massive (2,2) theories

Davide Gaiotto Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100117

I will review some ongoing work on the low energy properties of D-branes/boundary conditions in massive two-dimensional field theories with (2,2) supersymmetry.
Exact Results In Two-Dimensional (2,2) Supersymmetric Gauge Theories With Boundary

Kentaro Hori University of Tokyo

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100116

We compute the partition function on the hemisphere of a class of two-dimensional (2,2) supersymmetric field theories including gauged linear sigma models. The result provides a general exact formula for the central charge of the D-brane placed at the boundary. It takes the form of Mellin-Barnes integral and the question of its convergence leads to the grade restriction rule concerning branes near the phase boundaries. We find expressions in various phases including the large volume formula in which a characteristic class called the Gamma class shows up. The two sphere partition function factorizes into two hemispheres glued by inverse to the annulus. The result can also be written in a form familiar in mirror symmetry, and suggests a way to find explicit mirror correspondence between branes.
Conformal symmetry and cosmology

Austin Joyce University of Chicago

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100070

Astrophysics

We will explore the role that conformal symmetries may play in cosmology. First, we will discuss the symmetries underlying the statistics of the primordial perturbations which seeded the temperature anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background. I will show how symmetry considerations lead us to three broad classes of theories to explain these perturbations: single-field inflation, multi-field inflation, and the conformal mechanism. We will discuss the symmetries in each case and derive their model-independent consequences. Finally, we will examine the possibility of violating the null energy condition with a well-behaved quantum field theory.
13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics - Lecture 11

Anton Burkov University of Waterloo

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100059
Exact results for boundaries and domain walls in 2d supersymmetric theories

Takuya Okuda University of Tokyo

October 22, 2013

PIRSA:13100115

We apply supersymmetric localization to N=(2,2) gauged linear sigma models on a hemisphere, with boundary conditions, i.e., D-branes, preserving B-type supersymmetries. We explain how to compute the hemisphere partition function for each object in the derived category of equivariant coherent sheaves, and argue that it depends only on its K theory class. The hemisphere partition function computes exactly the central charge of the D-brane, completing the well-known formula obtained by an anomaly inflow argument. We also formulate supersymmetric domain walls as D-branes in the product of two theories. We exhibit domain walls that realize the sl(2) affine Hecke algebra. Based on arXiv:1308.2217.
13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I - Lecture 9

Freddy Cachazo Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 21, 2013

PIRSA:13100034

Title	Date	Collection	Type	Info
Wall-crossing structures	2013‑10‑23	Physics Around Mirror Symmetry	Conference	View details
Topics in QFT on Flat and Curved Spacetimes - Lecture 10	2013‑10‑23	Topics in QFT on Flat and Curved Spacetimes	Course	View details
Blobbed topological recursion	2013‑10‑22	Physics Around Mirror Symmetry	Conference	View details
General Relativity for Cosmology - Lecture 11	2013‑10‑22	General Relativity for Cosmology - 2013	Course	View details
Wilsonian and large N approaches to non-Fermi liquids	2013‑10‑22	Quantum Matter	Scientific Series	View details
13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I - Lecture 10	2013‑10‑22	13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I	Course	View details
Algebraic structures in massive (2,2) theories	2013‑10‑22	Physics Around Mirror Symmetry	Conference	View details
Exact Results In Two-Dimensional (2,2) Supersymmetric Gauge Theories With Boundary	2013‑10‑22	Physics Around Mirror Symmetry	Conference	View details
Conformal symmetry and cosmology	2013‑10‑22	Cosmology and Gravitation	Scientific Series	View details
13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics - Lecture 11	2013‑10‑22	13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics	Course	View details
Exact results for boundaries and domain walls in 2d supersymmetric theories	2013‑10‑22	Physics Around Mirror Symmetry	Conference	View details
13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I - Lecture 9	2013‑10‑21	13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I	Course	View details

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Wall-crossing structures

Topics in QFT on Flat and Curved Spacetimes - Lecture 10

Blobbed topological recursion

General Relativity for Cosmology - Lecture 11

Wilsonian and large N approaches to non-Fermi liquids

13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I - Lecture 10

Algebraic structures in massive (2,2) theories

Exact Results In Two-Dimensional (2,2) Supersymmetric Gauge Theories With Boundary

Conformal symmetry and cosmology

13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics - Lecture 11

Exact results for boundaries and domain walls in 2d supersymmetric theories

13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I - Lecture 9

Wall-crossing structures

Topics in QFT on Flat and Curved Spacetimes - Lecture 10

Blobbed topological recursion

General Relativity for Cosmology - Lecture 11

Wilsonian and large N approaches to non-Fermi liquids

13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I - Lecture 10

Algebraic structures in massive (2,2) theories

Exact Results In Two-Dimensional (2,2) Supersymmetric Gauge Theories With Boundary

Conformal symmetry and cosmology

13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics - Lecture 11

Exact results for boundaries and domain walls in 2d supersymmetric theories

13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I - Lecture 9