Archive of IAS Physics Group Meetings

I will go over the new proof of the quantum null energy condition (QNEC):https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.04683The proof uses tools and techniques from the modular theory. In particular, see Section 2.4 theorem B of Borchers notes:https://www.mat.univie...

Operators with non-integer spin have been considered in the literature in various forms and contexts, and have been suggested to control the Regge limit and the OPE of average null energy operators. I will discuss the idea of formally introducing...

I will discuss an approach to integrable models from a four-dimensional Chern-Simons-type gauge theory. For introduction please have a look at E. Witten arXiv:1611.00592 or K. Costello arXiv:1308.0370. It might be interesting to look into some...

I will introduce the notion of the Swampland, first defined in 0509212/hep-th. I will then discuss a number of Swampland Conjectures, including "No Global Symmetries" (1011.5120/hep-th, 1810.05337/hep-th), the "Weak Gravity Conjecture" (0601001/hep...

These were originally discovered by Sen (see hep-th/9808141, hep-th/9809111, hep-th/9904207, for example). Another interesting paper is by Kraus and Larsen, hep-th/0012198.
I will describe a new perspective based on anomalies.

I will give introduction to general integrability-based methods to study two-dimensional quantum field theories. The goal (which I don't think I will achieve) is to explain how to compute the boundary entropy (also known as "g-function"), which...

I will review the averaged null energy condition, the Markov property and the quantum null energy condition in quantum field theory from an information-theoretic point of view. I will give some explicit examples from finite quantum systems and free...

I will discuss particle physics phenomenology from the point of view of statistical inference.
I will describe how the concept of information geometry can be used to equip the parameter space of a theory with a metric.
The central object in this...

I will review some of the connections between asymptotic symmetry groups, soft theorems for scattering amplitudes, and memory effects. If time permits I will also discuss special boundary operators for asymptotically flat gravity and their relation...