Mon, 29 Jan 2024

13:00 - 14:00
N3.12

Mathematrix: Standing up for your Rights

Abstract

We will be joined by Tim LaRock, president of the UCU, to talk about everything money and work related, and how these issues intersect with being a minority. Lunch will be provided. 

Thu, 15 Feb 2024
14:00
N3.12

Coulomb and Higgs Phases of G2 Manifolds

Daniel Baldwin
Abstract

We will discuss the physics of M-theory compactifications onto G2-orbifolds of the type that can be desingularised via the method of Joyce and Karigiannis i.e. orbifolds where one has a singular locus of A1 singularities that admits a nowhere-vanishing (Z2-twisted) harmonic 1-form. Interestingly, there are topologically distinct desingularisations of such orbifolds which we show can be physically interpreted as different branches of the 4d vacuum moduli space of the arising gauge theories: Coulomb and Higgs branches. The results suggest generalisations of the results of Joyce and Karigiannis to G2-orbifolds with more diverse ADE singularities and higher order twists. As a bonus, we also get an isomorphism between the moduli space of flat connections on flat compact 3-manifolds and the moduli space of Ricci flat metrics on the G2-orbifolds. We will briefly discuss this. Based on 2309.12869 and 2312.12311.



 

Thu, 07 Mar 2024
14:00
N3.12

Physics Applications of Higher Symmetries

Alison Warman
Abstract

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, 29 Feb 2024
14:00
N3.12

Geometric Quantization

Adam Kmec
Abstract

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, 22 Feb 2024
14:00
N3.12

Symplectic Reduction

Marta Bucca
Abstract

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 Feb 2024
14:00
N3.12

Mellin Amplitudes and Holography

Maria Nocchi
Abstract

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 Jan 2024

13:00 - 14:00
N3.12

Mathematrix: Interview Discussion

Abstract

Join us for a discussion about preparing for PhD and PostDoc Interviews. We will be talking to Melanie Rupflin and Mura Yakerson.

Thu, 30 Nov 2023
14:00
N3.12

Machine Learning in HEP-TH

Dewi Gould
Further Information

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, 23 Nov 2023
14:00
N3.12

Von Neumann Algebras and their Type Classification

Clément Virally
Further Information

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, 16 Nov 2023
14:00
N3.12

AGT Correspondence and Class S: Part 2

Palash Singh
Further Information

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.

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