Archive of IAS Physics Group Meetings

Abstract: A remarkably simple idea makes it possible to put global positive coordinates on moduli spaces of curves. I will give an update on recent developments in understanding these coordinates and applying them moduli space integrals. Interesting...

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: Based on https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.11139 . In this talk we'll explain how self-dual metrics (which correspond to spacetimes containing only positive helicity gravitons) can be written as a sum over connected "tree" diagrams, which are...

Abstract: Non-invertible categorical symmetries have emerged as a powerful tool to uncover new beyond-Landau quantum phases and phase transitions. The general theory of such phases and transitions has been studied systematically primarily in (1+1)d...

Abstract: In the AdS/CFT correspondence, it is of great importance to understand the emergence of bulk geometry from quantum mechanical degrees of freedom on the boundary. Volumes of spatial subregions are key quantities characterizing the bulk...