RIT on Geometry and Physics Archives for Fall 2025 to Spring 2026

Organizational meeting for the Fall Semester

When: Thu, August 29, 2024 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 1308
Speaker: () -

A quick introduction to quantum groups

When: Thu, September 5, 2024 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 1308
Speaker: Jonathan Rosenberg (UMd) - http://math.umd.edu/~jmr

A quick introduction to TQFTs

When: Thu, September 12, 2024 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 1308
Speaker:  Yixuan Peng (UMd)

Compact quantum groups

When: Thu, September 19, 2024 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 1308
Speaker: Jonathan Rosenberg (UMd) - http://math.umd.edu/~jmr
Abstract: Recommended references:
A. Maes and A. van Daele, Notes on compact quantum groups, Nieuw Arch. Wisk. (4)16 (1998), no.1-2, 73–112. arXiv:math/9803122.J. Kustermans and S. Vaes, The operator algebra approach to quantum groups, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 97(2) (2000) 547–552.

Compact and locally compact quantum groups (cont'd)

When: Thu, September 26, 2024 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 1308
Speaker: Jonathan Rosenberg (UMd) - http://math.umd.edu/~jmr
Abstract: Recommended references:
A. Maes and A. van Daele, Notes on compact quantum groups, Nieuw Arch. Wisk. (4)16 (1998), no.1-2, 73–112. arXiv:math/9803122.J. Kustermans and S. Vaes, The operator algebra approach to quantum groups, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 97(2) (2000) 547–552.

no meeting this week (Rosh Hashanah)

When: Thu, October 3, 2024 - 3:30pm
Where:

Dijkgraaf-Witten theory

When: Thu, October 10, 2024 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 1308
Speaker: Lucy Zhang (QuICS, UMd) - https://quics.umd.edu/people/lucy-liuxuan-zhang

Reshetikhin-Turaev theory

When: Thu, October 17, 2024 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 1308
Speaker: Ammar Husain

Introduction to Chern-Simons theory

When: Thu, October 24, 2024 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 1308
Speaker: Jason Oh (UMd)

Introduction to Conformal Field Theory

When: Thu, November 7, 2024 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 1308
Speaker: Richard Wentworth (UMCP) -

Conformal Field Theory and the Jones Polynomial

When: Thu, November 14, 2024 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 1308
Speaker: Panos Dimakis

no meeting this week

When: Thu, November 21, 2024 - 3:30pm
Where:

Discussion of plan for next semester

When: Thu, December 5, 2024 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan 1308

Circuit QED Lattices: Synthetic Quantum Systems on Line Graphs

When: Thu, February 13, 2025 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 1311
Speaker: Alicia Kollár (UMD, Physics and JQI) - https://kollarlab.umd.edu/

Intro to Band and Hyperbolic Band Theory

When: Thu, February 20, 2025 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 1311
Speaker: Jonathan Rosenberg (UMD, Math)

A physicist's perspective on band theory

When: Thu, February 27, 2025 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 1311
Speaker: Tristan Hubsch (Howard Univ., Physics)

The hyperbolic Bloch transform

When: Thu, March 6, 2025 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 1311
Speaker: Junaid Aftab (UMD)
Abstract: An introduction to Steve Rayan's paper of the same name, Ann. Henri Poincaré 25 (2024), 1713–1732, https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.02749.

Sorry, cancelled for this week, will be rescheduled later

When: Thu, March 13, 2025 - 3:30pm
Where: Zoom only, at https://umd.zoom.us/j/93400895098

Hyperbolic band theory through Higgs bundles

When: Thu, March 27, 2025 - 3:30pm
Where: Zoom only, at https://umd.zoom.us/j/93400895098
Speaker: Elliot Kienzle, UC Berkeley

From hyperbolic bands to geometric Langlands and back

When: Thu, April 3, 2025 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 1311
Speaker: Panos Dimakis, UMd

Geometric Phase and Curvature in Band Theory

When: Thu, April 10, 2025 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 1311
Speaker: Konstantinos Koutrolikos (UMd Physics)

Geometric Phase and Curvature in Band Theory

When: Thu, April 17, 2025 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan Hall 1311
Speaker: Konstantinos Koutrolikos (UMd Physics)

Geometric and Modular Aspects of Hyperbolic Band Theory (note change of starting time)

When: Thu, May 1, 2025 - 4:30pm
Where: Zoom only at https://umd.zoom.us/j/93400895098
Speaker: Steven Rayan (Saskatchewan)

Noncommutative geometry and hyperbolic band theory

When: Thu, May 8, 2025 - 3:30pm
Where: Kirwan 1311
Speaker: Jonathan Rosenberg (UMd)