RIT on Geometry and Physicshttp://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html organizational meeting for fall http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 06 Sep 2018 15:30:00 EDT Where: PHY 1117

]]> Introduction to the AdS/CFT correspondence http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:30:00 EDT Where: PHY 1117
Speaker: Freddy Cisneros
]]> Physics intuition about the AdS/CFT correspondence http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:30:00 EDT Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1311
Speaker: Kaustubh Deshpande
]]> Black holes and their entropy http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 27 Sep 2018 15:30:00 EDT Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308
Speaker: Stefano Antonini and Sergio Smith
]]> The case of super-Yang-Mills http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:30:00 EDT Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308
Speaker: Yixu Wang
]]> The mathematical structure of super-Yang-Mills http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:30:00 EDT Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308
Speaker: Ian Teixeira
]]> The mathematical structure of super-Yang-Mills (cont'd) http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:30:00 EDT Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308
Speaker: Ian Teixeira
]]> A coordinate-free approach to super-Yang-Mills http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:30:00 EDT Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308
Speaker: Paul Green
]]> Holography in low dimensions http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 01 Nov 2018 15:30:00 EDT Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308
Speaker: Gong Chen
]]> Phase transitions in AdS/CFT http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 08 Nov 2018 15:30:00 EST Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308
Speaker: John Martyn
]]> More on condensed matter in AdS/CFT http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 29 Nov 2018 15:30:00 EST Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308
Speaker: John Martyn (physics) and Ian Teixeira (math)

Abstract: We will discuss the SYK (Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev) model, believed to be exactly solvable. References include arXiv:1807.03334 and arXiv:1711.08482.
]]> The SYK model and holography http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 06 Dec 2018 15:30:00 EST Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308

Speaker: Ian Teixeira and John Martyn

Abstract: More discussion of the SYK model, including its relationship with AdS/CFT and condensed matter. See the papers arXiv:1807.03334 and arXiv:1711.08482.
]]> Organizational meeting for spring semester http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:30:00 EST Where: MTH 1308

]]> Introduction to stability conditions http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 07 Feb 2019 15:30:00 EST Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308

Speaker: Amin Gholampour

Abstract: Algebraic geometry background of Bridgeland stability.
]]> D-brane origins of stability conditions http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:30:00 EST Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308

Speaker: Richard Wentworth

Abstract: A little of the physics motivation for this subject, based on M. Douglas, D-branes, Categories, and N = 1 Supersymmetry, J Math Phys 42 (2001), no. 7, and M. Douglas and P. Aspinwall, D-brane stability and monodromy, JHEP 05(2002) 031.
]]> Stability of D-branes http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:30:00 EST Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308

Speaker: Jonathan Rosenberg
Abstract: We'll discuss charges and stability conditions on D-branes, from both topological and more physical points of view.
]]> Stability of D-branes (cont'd) http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:30:00 EST Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308

Speaker: Jonathan Rosenberg

Abstract: We'll discuss charges and stability conditions on D-branes, from both topological and more physical points of view. A few sample questions:
What is the BPS condition for D-branes?What does stability mean for D-branes?Why coherent sheaves?Why derived categories?Where does Bridgeland stability come from?

]]> Stability and BPS branes http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 07 Mar 2019 15:30:00 EST Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308

Speaker: Ian Tiexeira


Abstract: We'll follow the paper of : Michael R. Douglas et al., JHEP 2005, no. 9, paper 006,

arXiv:hep-th/0002037
]]> Stability conditions on P^1 http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:30:00 EDT Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308

Speaker: Steven Jin


Abstract: This talk will be based on the paper by So Okada, Stability manifold of P^1,
J. Algebraic Geom. 15 (2006), no. 3, 487-505, arXiv:math/0411220.
]]> Stability conditions on P^1 (cont'd) http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 04 Apr 2019 15:30:00 EDT Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308

Speaker: Steven Jin


Abstract: Abstract: This talk will be based on the paper by So Okada, Stability manifold of P^1,
J. Algebraic Geom. 15 (2006), no. 3, 487-505, arXiv:math/0411220.
]]> Introduction to stability conditions (cont'd) http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:30:00 EDT Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308

Speaker: Amin Gholampour

Abstract: Algebraic geometry background of Bridgeland stability, based on Bridgeland's papers
]]> Stability conditions on higher genus curves http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 18 Apr 2019 15:30:00 EDT Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308

Speaker: David Pincus


Abstract: This talk will be based on the paper by E. Macri, Stability conditions on curves, Math. Res. Lett. 14 (2007), no. 4, 657--672.
]]> Stability conditions on higher genus curves http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 25 Apr 2019 15:30:00 EDT Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308

Speaker: David Pincus


Abstract: This talk will be based on the paper by E. Macri, Stability conditions on curves, Math. Res. Lett. 14 (2007), no. 4, 657--672.
]]> Applications of Bridgeland stability http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 09 May 2019 15:30:00 EDT Where: MTH (Kirwan Hall) 1308
We will show the video of Francois Charles' Bourbaki talk on Bridgeland stability.
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