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STAG Research Centre

String Theory seminar - Carl Turner Seminar

Time:
13:00
Date:
6 February 2019
Venue:
Building 54, room 8031

For more information regarding this seminar, please email Brandon Robinson at [email protected] .

Event details

Title: Z_2 Gauge Theory and Duality

Abstract: I will try and clarify the surprisingly obscure story underlying some of the simplest non-trivial dualities in theoretical physics: the self-duality of the Ising CFT, and bosonization, both in 2d. We will begin by understanding the basics of Z_2 gauge theory and spin connections, and then using this technology to explain some important, oft-overlooked subtleties in these stories. I will finish by presenting a simple but elegant duality web in two dimensions.

Speaker information

Carl Turner , Cambridge.

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