Archive of IAS Monday High Energy Theory Seminars

Jan
26
2015

High Energy Theory Seminar

The Time Reversal Invariant Fractional Josephson Effect
Charles Kane
2:30pm|Bloomberg Lecture Hall

Topological Superconductivity is a topic of current interest because of its potential for providing a new method for storing and manipulating quantum information. One of the most basic consequences of topological superconductivity is the fractional...

Nov
24
2014

High Energy Theory Seminar

Quantum Supergravity and Exact Holography
Joao Gomes
2:30pm|Bloomberg Lecture Hall

I will present recent results on the computation of finite N corrections in supergravity in the context of AdS2/CFT1 and AdS4/ABJM holography. I will show how to use localisation in supergravity to compute all perturbative and nonperturbative charge...

Oct
13
2014

High Energy Theory Seminar

Infinity-algebras, SUSY Interfaces, and Categorified Wall-crossing in the IR Limit of Massive d=2 N=(2,2) QFT
Greg Moore
2:30pm|Bloomberg Lecture Hall
Sep
29
2014

High Energy Theory Seminar

Short-Range Entangled Phases and Topology
Anton Kapustin
2:30pm|Bloomberg Lecture Hall
Recently a new and rather unexpected connection between condensed matter physics and algebraic topology has been noted. Namely, it appears that phases of matter with an energy gap, no long-range entanglement, and fixed symmetry can be classified...
Sep
15
2014

High Energy Theory Seminar

Toward Numerical Experiments of Quantum Gravity via Gauge/Gravity Duality
Masanori Hanada
2:30pm|Bloomberg Lecture Hall
Physics