14:00
The ABJM SCFT
Junior Strings is a seminar series where DPhil students present topics of common interest that do not necessarily overlap with their own research area. This is primarily aimed at PhD students and post-docs but everyone is welcome.
14:00
Neutrino masses in string theory
Junior Strings is a seminar series where DPhil students present topics of common interest that do not necessarily overlap with their own research area. This is primarily aimed at PhD students and post-docs but everyone is welcome.
14:00
Supersymmetric Localization
Junior Strings is a seminar series where DPhil students present topics of common interest that do not necessarily overlap with their own research area. This is primarily aimed at PhD students and post-docs but everyone is welcome.
14:00
Maldacena’s quantum mechanical system describing a black hole
Junior Strings is a seminar series where DPhil students present topics of common interest that do not necessarily overlap with their own research area. This is primarily aimed at PhD students and post-docs but everyone is welcome.
13:00
From Poisson’s Ratio to Cosmology
Abstract
I will discuss how to place conformal boundary conditions on free higher derivative theories of scalars and spinors as well as the zoo of boundary renormalization group flows that connect the different boundary conditions. Historically, there are connections to Poisson’s ratio and classical equations governing the bending of thin steel plates. As these higher derivative theories are often invoked in the context of cosmology, there may be cosmological applications for the boundary conditions discussed here.