Continuum and Lattice Approaches to the Infrared Behavior of Conformal and Quasi- Conformal Gauge Theories: Jan. 8 – 12, 2018
Organized by Thomas Ryttov and Robert Shrock The evolution of an asymptotically free gauge theory from large Euclidean momentum in the ultraviolet (UV) to small momentum scales in the infrared (IR) is of fundamental field-theoretic importance. The evolution of the gauge coupling is described by the renormalization-group beta function. There is particular interest in the … Read more
Quantitative Symplectic Geometry: May 8-12, 2017
Organized by: Dan Cristofaro-Gardiner, Richard Hind, Michael Hutchings. Despite the fundamental importance of symplectic geometry, many basic questions about it are not well understood. Quantitative symplectic geometry is concerned with closely related questions of size and time in symplectic geometry. Specifically, when can one symplectic manifold with boundary (such as a domain in ) be … Read more
Simons Center ArtSci Lecture Series: Speaker Irene Gaumé.
ArtSci Lecture Series Programmed by Lorraine Walsh New Technologies in Art: Digital Creation Process and Digital Restoration Lecture by Irene Gaumé Thursday, May 11th at 4:30 pm, Della Pietra Family Auditorium, SCGP 103 The Simons Center Art and Science Program is pleased to welcome Irene Gaumé as a guest speaker on May 11th, 2017. Gaumé … Read more
The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics Welcomes New Permanent Member Dr. Zohar Komargodski
The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics is pleased to announce that Dr. Zohar Komargodski has joined the SCGP faculty as a new Permanent Member effective March 12, 2017, Zohar joins the SCGP from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, in Rehovot Israel, where he held the position of Associate … Read more
Gauge Theory and Low Dimensional Topology: April 24-28, 2017
Organized by: Simon Donaldson, Kenji Fukaya, and John Morgan Gauge Theory and Low Dimensional Topology: With the introduction of Seiberg-Witten theory in the mid 1990s the study of the instanton moduli spaces in dimensions 3 and 4 took a secondary role. Nevertheless, these moduli spaces have a rich geometric structure that has not been fully … Read more
SCGP Spring School on Discrete and Computational Geometry: April 17-21, 2017
Organized by: Christopher Bishop and Joe Mitchell The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics is running a week-long workshop on discrete and computational geometry April 17-21, 2017.The intended audience is graduate students, postdocs, and researchers in mathematics and computer science who are not necessarily working in this area, but are interested in learning what it … Read more
Beyond WIMPs: from Theory to Detection: March 27-29, 2017
Organized By: Rouven Essig, Jeremy Mardon, Samuel McDermott, Peter Sorensen, Tomer Volansky, and Tien-Tien Yu. The identity of dark matter is one of the most important and urgent problems in physics today. For more than three decades, the dominant paradigm for explaining dark matter has been a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) and most theoretical … Read more
Fluid flows: from graphene to planet atmospheres: March 20-24, 2017
Organized by: Gregory Falkovich, Leonid Levitov and Alexander Zamolodchikov. Fluid mechanics in two dimensions has wide range of applications and possesses unique mathematical properties which are far from being fully explored and used. Even laminar and regular flows in two dimensions are of great interest ranging from microfluidics to emerging hydrodynamics of current flows in … Read more
Stony Brook University Art Crawl: April 2017
Spring 2017 Art Crawl Join us for the Spring 2017 Art Crawl at Stony Brook University! The Art Crawl is a free event with student-led guided tours of galleries on the Stony Brook University campus. Friday, April 7th from 3:00 to 5:00 pm The tour will begin at the Zodiac Gallery in the Charles B. … Read more