Quantum Anomalies Program Seminar: Vadim Cheianov (Lancaster)

Title: Towards experimental characterisation of topological order at a fractional quantum Hall edge Speaker:  Vadim Cheianov, Lancaster Date: Thursday, April 24, 2014 Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center     [box, type=”download”]Watch the video.[/box] Abstract: I this talk I will review a CFT based phenomenological approach to the classification of fractional quantum Hall states. I will discuss the … Read more

Moduli Spaces Program Seminar: Dusa McDuff, Columbia

Title: Kuranishi Atlases Speaker:  Dusa McDuff, Columbia Date: Thursday, April 24, 2014 Time: 11:45am-12:45pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center       [box, type=”download”]Watch the video.[/box]

Moduli Spaces Program Seminar: Jingyu Zhao, Columbia

Title: Periodic Symplectic Cohomologies Speaker:  Jingyu Zhao, Columbia Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 Time: 2:30pm-3:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center       [box, type=”download”]Watch the video.[/box] Abstract: Periodic cyclic homology group associated to a mixed complex was introduced by Goodwillie. In this talk, I will explain how to apply this construction to the symplectic cochain complex of a … Read more

SCGP Weekly Talk: Paul Wiegmann, University of Chicago

Title: Fractional Quantum Hall Effect on Riemann Surfaces Speaker:  Paul Wiegmann, University of Chicago Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center       [box, type=”download”]Watch the video.[/box] Abstract: Fractional Quantum Hall Effect (FQHE) describes electronic gas in quantizing magnetic field. In realistic setting electrons are confined in a plane. However, many subtle properties … Read more

Quantum Anomalies Program Seminar: Semyon Klevtsov (University of Cologne)

Title: Quantum Hall effect and Kähler metrics Speaker:  Semyon Klevtsov, University of Cologne Date: Monday, April 21, 2014 Time: 4:00pm-5:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center       [box, type=”download”]Watch the video.[/box] Abstract: In physics, important information about a system sometimes can be obtained by studying its response to geometry. Recently, the gravitational response of the Quantum Hall effect on Riemann … Read more

Moduli Spaces Program Seminar: Kenji Fukaya

Title: Lecture Series on Kuranishi Structures Speaker:  Kenji Fukaya Date: Friday, April 18, 2014 Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center       [box, type=”download”]Watch the video.[/box] Abstract: In this week I will complete the construction of A infinity structure on de Rham complex of Lagrangian submanifolds. I will explain, the precise statement of given system of … Read more

Moduli Spaces Program Seminar: Dusa McDuff, Columbia

Title: Kuranishi Atlases Speaker:  Dusa McDuff, Columbia Date: Thursday, April 17, 2014 Time: 11:45am-12:45pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center       [box, type=”download”]Watch the video. [/box]

Moduli Spaces Program Seminar: Kenji Fukaya

Title: Cyclic homology in Toric A Landau-Gizburg B Mirror symmetry. Speaker:  Kenji Fukaya Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 Time: 2:30pm-3:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center       [box, type=”download”]Watch the video. Slides for Reference. (GeometryFest Talk) [/box] Abstract: Using Cyclic and Hochschild cohomology of filtered A infinity category, it is expected to include Hodge theoretical point of view … Read more

Quantum Anomalies Program Q&A Seminar: Alexander Vasil’ev (University of Bergen, Norway)

Title: Loewner evolution and integrable systems Speaker:  Alexander Vasil’ev (University of Bergen, Norway) Date: Monday, April 14, 2014 Time: 4:00pm-5:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center       [box, type=”download”]Watch the video. [/box] Abstract: We argue that the Loewner equation serves as a background tool for some integrable systems. In particular, time splitting leads to the Vlasov equation for … Read more

SCGP Colloquium – Juerg Froehlich, ETH, Zurich and IAS, Princeton

Title: Quantum Probabilities and the Quantum Theory of Experiments Speaker:  Juerg Froehlich, ETH, Zurich and IAS, Princeton Date: Friday, April 11, 2014 Time: 2:30pm-4:00pm Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center       [box, type=”download”]Watch the video. [/box] Abstract: I start by explaining why quantum probability theory cannot be embedded into classical probability theory. Subsequently, a dictionary between notions in … Read more