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Calendar of Physics Talks Vienna
| Duality in two dimensional nonabelian (0,2) theories |
| Speaker: | Eric Sharpe (Virginia Tech) |
| Abstract: | In this talk we will discuss various advances in Seiberg-like dualities in two-dimensional gauge theories with (2,2) and (0,2) supersymmetry. We begin with a quick review of the (2,2) supersymmetric CP^n model and nonabelian analogues, and review other (2,2) dualities, such as in gauge theories with both fundamentals and antifundamentals. In two dimensions, the gauge field has no dynamics, so it is possible to get a very concrete handle on IR behaviors, and also to see some phenomena one would not expect in four dimensions, such as dualities between abelian and nonabelian gauge theories. In addition, techniques such as supersymmetric localization enable for example exact partition function computations, which form a powerful tool for checking dualities, as we shall discuss. We then turn to (0,2) theories, and discuss general aspects of (0,2) dynamical supersymmetry breaking. |
| Date: | Mon, 10.03.2014 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Duration: | 60 min |
| Location: | Vienna University of Technology, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10, yellow area, 10th floor, seminar room E136 |
| Contact: | Johanna Knapp |
| Lieb-Thirring inequalities for interacting bosons |
| Speaker: | Jan Philip Solovej (Univ. Copenhagen, z.Zt. ESI) |
| Abstract: | im Rahmen des Seminars für Mathematische Physik |
| Date: | Tue, 11.03.2014 |
| Time: | 14:15 |
| Duration: | 60 min |
| Location: | Fakultät für Physik, Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stock |
| Contact: | J. Yngvason, J. Schlemmer |
| Speaker: | Ulrich Nierste (KIT, Karlsruhe) |
| Abstract: | im Rahmen des Teilchenphysikseminars |
| Date: | Tue, 11.03.2014 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Duration: | 60 min |
| Location: | Fakultät für Physik, Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stock |
| Contact: | A. Hoang, V. Mateu |
| The Ricci flow on surfaces as an introduction to geometric flows |
| Speaker: | Volker Branding (Vienna University of Technology, Department of Mathematics) |
| Abstract: | In the first part of the talk we will give an introduction to geometric flows,
no prior knowledge on this topic will be required. The second part of the talk
will give an introduction to the Ricci Flow on closed surfaces. Finally, we will
discuss how one can prove the existence of metrics with constant curvature on
closed surfaces by using the Ricci flow. |
| Date: | Thu, 13.03.2014 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Duration: | 60 min |
| Location: | Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna, Besprechungszimmer 3 (3rd floor) |
| Contact: | M. Bauer, V. Branding, A. Burtscher, D. Fajman, F. Genoud, J. Joudioux |
| Speaker: | Michael Reisenberger (Univ. de Montevideo) |
| Abstract: | im Rahmen des Literaturseminars für Gravitation |
| Date: | Thu, 13.03.2014 |
| Time: | 14:15 |
| Duration: | 60 min |
| Location: | Arbeitsgruppe Gravitation, Währinger Strasse 17, Seminarraum A, 2. Stock, 1090 Wien |
| Contact: | P. Chrusciel, H. Rumpf |
| A working Verlinde Formula for logarithmic CFT |
| Speaker: | Simon Wood (Canberra) |
| Abstract: | In rational CFT the Verlinde formula yields a simple method for computing fusion coefficients from the modular properties of characters of representations of the chiral algebra. In logarithmic CFT the Verlinde formula faces a number of difficulties. For example logarithmic CFT admits representations that are reducible yet indecomposable. The character of such an indecomposable representation cannot be distinguished from the character of the direct sum of the representation's composition factors. Therefore the Verlinde formula will also not be able make such a distinction. In this talk I will explain how to address such issues for the examples of the logarithmic
extensions of the Virasoro minimal models called the triplet and singlet algebras. |
| Date: | Thu, 13.03.2014 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Duration: | 60 min |
| Location: | Vienna University of Technology, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10, yellow area, 10th floor, seminar room E136 |
| Contact: | Johanna Knapp |
| From models describing phase transitions to QFT |
| Speaker: | Harald Grosse (Univ. Wien) |
| Abstract: | im Rahmen der gemeinsam veranstalteten Seminare "Komplexe Stochastische Systeme" (Univ. Wien) und "Analyse Komplexer Systeme" (Med.Univ.Wien) |
| Date: | Fri, 14.03.2014 |
| Time: | 14:15 |
| Duration: | 90 min |
| Location: | Fakultät für Physik, Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stock |
| Contact: | H. Hüffel und Stefan Thurner |
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