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Stipendiary Lectureship in Applied Mathematics at Lady Margaret Hall

Stipendiary Lectureship in Pure Mathematics at St Anne's College

Stipendiary Lecturership and Graduate Teaching Assistant in Pure Mathematics at Balliol College

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Nearly $G_2$-manifolds and $G_2$-Laplacian co-flows
Lotay, J Stein, J (20 May 2025)
Spatial Segregation Across Travelling Fronts in Individual-Based and Continuum Models for the Growth of Heterogeneous Cell Populations
Carrillo, J Lorenzi, T Macfarlane, F Bulletin of Mathematical Biology volume 87 issue 6 (19 Jun 2025)
Preface
Arguin, L Gayrard, V Kistler, N Kourkova, I Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics volume 293 v-vi (01 Jan 2019)
Thu, 05 Jun 2025
13:30
L5

Seiberg-Witten theory

Harshal Kulkarni
Abstract
Seiberg-Witten theory is a powerful framework for understanding the exact non-perturbative dynamics of 4d $\mathcal{N} = 2$ supersymmetric QFTs. On the Coulomb branch of the moduli space, the low-energy physics is described by an abelian gauge theory with a holomorphic structure constrained by supersymmetry and duality. In this talk, I will explain the emergence of $PSL(2,\mathbb{Z})$ invariance in this effective field theory and how this naturally leads to a fibration of elliptic curves over the Coulomb branch. Focusing on the simplest case of $\mathcal{N} = 2$ SU(2) gauge theory without flavors, I will discuss the singularity structure of the Coulomb branch and the physical significance of these special points. I will conclude by briefly commenting on the central role that the singular structure of the moduli space plays in the classification of 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ SCFTs.
 

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.

Ordinals arising as residual finiteness depths
Bridson, M Revista matemática iberoamericana

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