Tue, 06 Jun 2023

11:00 - 12:00
L4

Level lines of smooth Gaussian fields

Akshay Hegde
Abstract

We talk about the Hausdorff measure of level sets of the fields, say length of level lines of a planar field. Given two coupled stationary fields  $f_1, f_2$ , we estimate the difference of Hausdorff measure of level sets in expectation, in terms of $C^2$-fluctuations of the field $F=f_1-f_2$. The main idea in the proof is to represent difference in volume as an integral of mean curvature using the divergence theorem. This approach is different from using the Kac-Rice type formula as the main tool in the analysis. 

Franciscan nun Sister Irene O'Connor began singing when a teacher in Singapore in the 1960s. The following decade, together with producer Sister Marimil Lobregat, she recorded the 'Fire of God's Love' album which has become a cult classic for its psychedelic-folky sound. Have a listen. It might not be what you'd expect, but it is perhaps consoling.

Symplectic C*-manifolds II: Morse-Bott-Floer Spectral Sequences
RITTER, A Živanović, F (2023)
Symplectic C*-manifolds I: Filtration on Quantum Cohomology
RITTER, A Živanović, F (2023)
Thu, 08 Jun 2023
14:00
C4

The ABJM SCFT

Horia Magureanu
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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.

Thu, 01 Jun 2023
14:00
N3.12

Neutrino masses in string theory

Dewi Gould
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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.

Thu, 25 May 2023
14:00
N3.12

Supersymmetric Localization

Alice Lüscher
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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.

Thu, 18 May 2023
14:00
N3.12

Maldacena’s quantum mechanical system describing a black hole

Daniel Pajer
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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.

Mon, 15 May 2023
13:00
L1

From Poisson’s Ratio to Cosmology

Chris Herzog
(KCL )
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.
 

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