Physics

Abstract: In this talk I review the identification between quantum states in 3D AdS gravity and Virasoro blocks in 2D CFT and describe the inner product on the space of conformal blocks. I comment on the possible application of these results to de...

Abstract: I will present some questions and answers regarding the duality between 1+1-dimensional superconformal field theory and type II string theory on $AdS_3 \times S^3 x T^4$.

For one unit of NS-NS 5-brane flux ($Q_5$=1), this string theory has...

Abstract: In the pursuit of Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) physics, the CMS experiment has employed unconventional techniques to uncover elusive phenomena. This presentation delves into three pivotal aspects of this effort during LHC Run-2 and the...

Abstract: With the commencement of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration’s fourth observing run, the field of gravitational wave (GW) physics is uniquely poised to collect even more precise data from compact binary mergers. Consequently, we will soon...

Abstract: We analyze a model of qubits which we argue has an emergent quantum gravitational description similar to the fermionic Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) model. The model we consider is known as the quantum $q$-spin model because it features $q$...

Abstract: Conditional expectations on von Neumann algebras have played a significant role in the development of quantum information theory, and especially the study of quantum error correction. In quantum gravity, it has been suggested that...

Abstract: In this talk, I plan to review some recent works on the study of three-dimensional quantum gravity. In the first part, I will focus on pure $AdS_3$ gravity and review the recent results on evaluating the gravity partition function over...