RIT on Geometry and Physics

RIT on Geometry and Physicshttp://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Oganizational Meeting for Fall 2021 http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 02 Sep 2021 15:30:00 EDT Where: Kirwan Hall 1313
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]]> An introduction to the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 09 Sep 2021 15:30:00 EDT Where: Kirwan Hall 1313
Speaker: Mike Winer (Dept. of Physics, UMd) -
Abstract: This will be an introduction to the SYK (Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev) model. Recommended reference: the first section or two of Juan Maldacena and Douglas Stanford, Comments on the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model, Phys. Rev. D 94, 106002 (2016), https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.07818 .
]]> no meeting this week (Yom Kippur) http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:30:00 EDT Where:

]]> An introduction to the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model (cont'd) http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 23 Sep 2021 15:30:00 EDT Where: online, Zoom Meeting ID: 926 8339 9101. Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode
Speaker: Mike Winer (Dept. of Physics, UMd) -
Abstract: This will be an introduction to the SYK (Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev) model. Recommended reference: the first section or two of Juan Maldacena and Douglas Stanford, Comments on the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model, Phys. Rev. D 94, 106002 (2016), https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.07818 .
]]> The Schwarzian derivative and its relevance to conformal field theory http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:30:00 EDT Where: online, Zoom Meeting ID: 926 8339 9101. Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode
Speaker: Richard Wentworth (Math. Dept, UMd) -
]]> More on the SYK model http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 07 Oct 2021 15:30:00 EDT Where: online, Zoom Meeting ID: 926 8339 9101. Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode
Speaker: Ian Teixeira (Math. Dept, UMd) -
]]> More on the Duistermaat-Heckman formula and the Schwarzian action http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:30:00 EDT Where: online, Zoom Meeting ID: 926 8339 9101. Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode
Speaker: Jonathan Rosenberg (Math. Dept, UMd) - http://math.umd.edu/~jmr/
Abstract: More about the Stanford - Witten paper "Fermionic localization of the Schwarzian theory" (JHEP (2017) 10, 008) and its mathematics background
]]> Introduction to gravity in 1+1 dimensions http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:30:00 EDT Where: online, Zoom Meeting ID: 926 8339 9101. Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode
Speaker: Ian Teixera (Math. Dept, UMd) -
]]> A semiclassical ramp in SYK http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 28 Oct 2021 15:30:00 EDT Where: online, Zoom Meeting ID: 926 8339 9101. Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode
Speaker: Mike Winer (Physics Dept, UMd) -
Abstract: Discussion of the paper by Phil Saad, Stephen H. Shenker, and Douglas Stanford: A semiclassical ramp in SYK and in gravity, arXiv:1806.06840

]]> Topological recursion: for fun and profit http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 04 Nov 2021 15:30:00 EDT Where: online, Zoom Meeting ID: 926 8339 9101. Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode
Speaker: Elliot Kienzle (UMd) -

]]> Topological recursion: For more fun and profit http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 11 Nov 2021 15:30:00 EST Where: online, Zoom Meeting ID: 926 8339 9101. Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode
Speaker: Elliot Kienzle (UMd) -

]]> An introduction to exact WKB analysis http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 18 Nov 2021 15:30:00 EST Where: online, Zoom Meeting ID: 926 8339 9101. Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode
Speaker: Sze-HongKwong (UMd) -
Abstract: See

1) Iwaki, K. and Nakanishi, T. (2014). Exact WKB analysis and cluster algebras. Journalof Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 47(47), 474009.
2) Kawai, T. and Takei, Y. (2005). Algebraic analysis of singular perturbation theory. American Mathematical Society.
3) Voros symbols as cluster coordinates, Journal of Topology, 12(2019), 1031–1068.

]]> An introduction to exact WKB analysis, part 2 http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 02 Dec 2021 15:30:00 EST Where: online, Zoom Meeting ID: 926 8339 9101. Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode
Speaker: Sze-HongKwong (UMd) -
Abstract: See

1) Iwaki, K. and Nakanishi, T. (2014). Exact WKB analysis and cluster algebras. Journalof Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 47(47), 474009.
2) Kawai, T. and Takei, Y. (2005). Algebraic analysis of singular perturbation theory. American Mathematical Society.
3) Voros symbols as cluster coordinates, Journal of Topology, 12(2019), 1031–1068.

]]> Putting holography to work in the SYK model http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:30:00 EST Where: online, Zoom Meeting ID: 926 8339 9101. Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode
Speaker: Mike Winer (UMd Physics) -
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]]> Organizational meeting for spring semester http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 27 Jan 2022 15:30:00 EST Where: Online
Speaker: () -
Abstract: Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode. Meeting is at https://umd.zoom.us/j/93718007146
]]> A tale of supersymmetry: The dark magic of integrable systems http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 03 Feb 2022 15:30:00 EST Where: Online
Speaker: Elliot Kienzle (UMd) -
Abstract: Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode. Meeting is at https://umd.zoom.us/j/93718007146
]]> A tale of supersymmetry: The dark magic of integrable systems, 2, followed by intro to 4D N=2 SYM http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 10 Feb 2022 15:30:00 EST Where: Online
Speaker: Elliot Kienzle followed by Richard Wentworth (UMd) -
Abstract: Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode. Meeting is at https://umd.zoom.us/j/93718007146
]]> Topological twists http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:30:00 EST Where: Online
Speaker: Lutian Zhao (UMd) -
Abstract: In this talk I will continue on the subject of N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. I'll then try to explain the famous Kapustin-Witten paper (Commun. Number Theory Phys. 1 (2007), no. 1, 1–236) on geometric Langlands duality and how the whole picture comes from electro-magnetic duality.

Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode. Meeting is at https://umd.zoom.us/j/93718007146
]]> Supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory and geometric Langlands duality http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:30:00 EST Where: Online
Speaker: Lutian Zhao (UMd) -
Abstract: In this talk I will continue on the subject of N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. I'll then try to explain the famous Kapustin-Witten paper (Commun. Number Theory Phys. 1 (2007), no. 1, 1–236) on geometric Langlands duality and how the whole picture comes from electro-magnetic duality.

Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode. Meeting is at https://umd.zoom.us/j/93718007146
]]> What is a BPS state? http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 03 Mar 2022 15:30:00 EST Where: Online
Speaker: Elliot Kienzle (UMd) -
Abstract: See D. Olive and E. Witten, Supersymmetry Algebras That Include Topological Charges, Phys. Lett. B 78 (1978), 97-101.

Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode. Meeting is at https://umd.zoom.us/j/93718007146
]]> introduction to Donaldson invariants http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 10 Mar 2022 15:30:00 EST Where: Online
Speaker: Amin-Gholampour (UMd) -

Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode. Meeting is at https://umd.zoom.us/j/93718007146
]]> introduction to Seiberg-Witten theory http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:30:00 EDT Where: Online
Speaker: Amin-Gholampour (UMd) -

Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode. Meeting is at https://umd.zoom.us/j/93718007146
]]> The u-plane integral http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:30:00 EDT Where: Online
Speaker: Kwong Sze Hong (UMd) -
Abstract: See chapter 8 of the Labastida-Marino book.

Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode. Meeting is at https://umd.zoom.us/j/93718007146
]]> The Nekrasov partition function and the wall-crossing formula in Donaldson theory http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 07 Apr 2022 15:30:00 EDT Where: Online
Speaker: Amin-Gholampour (UMd) -

Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode. Meeting is at https://umd.zoom.us/j/93718007146
]]> Seeing the world through BPS states http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 14 Apr 2022 15:30:00 EDT Where: Online
Speaker: Elliot Kienzle (UMd) -

Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode. Meeting is at https://umd.zoom.us/j/93718007146
]]> Seeing the world through BPS states, part 2 http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 21 Apr 2022 15:30:00 EDT Where: Online
Speaker: Elliot Kienzle (UMd) -

Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode. Meeting is at https://umd.zoom.us/j/93718007146
]]> Laurent Mirror Models http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 28 Apr 2022 15:30:00 EDT Where: Online
Speaker: Tristan Hubsch (Howard Univ Physics Dept) -

Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode. Meeting is at https://umd.zoom.us/j/93718007146
]]> Laurent Mirror Models http://www-math.umd.edu/research/seminars.html Thu, 05 May 2022 15:30:00 EDT Where: Online
Speaker: Tristan Hubsch (Howard Univ Physics Dept) -

Contact Dr. Rosenberg for passcode. Meeting is at https://umd.zoom.us/j/93718007146
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