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Lessons from conformal field theory
June 8-9, 2017
Hamburg
Conformal field theory, in particular in two dimensions, is an important source of inspiration and insight at the interface of mathematics and physics. It is closely connected to another such brigding topic, topological quantum field theory, and the better understanding of their interplay resulted in important advances on both sides. Many people, including Jürgen Fuchs, who, by a pure coincidence, turns 60 this year, have made key contributions to these fields.
This conference is funded by the
Research Training Group 1670
"Mathematics inspired by string theory and quantum field theory". It is a joint activity of
the Research Training Group 1670,
and the Center for Mathematical Physics Hamburg.
List of speakers
- Terry Gannon (Univ. of Alberta, Canada)
- Albrecht Klemm (Bonn University, Germany)
- Gregor Masbaum (Jussieu, Paris, France)
- Ehud Meir (Hamburg University, Germany)
- Victor Ostrik (Univ. of Oregon, USA)
- Nicolai Reshetikhin (Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA)
- Bert Schellekens (NIKHEF, Netherlands)
- Joost Slingerland (Maynooth University, Ireland)
- Yinhuo Zhang (Univ. Hasselt, Belgium)
Program
The tentative program is:
Thursday, June 8, 2017
09:00-10:00 | - | Terry Gannon, Orbifolds, conformal field theories and modular tensor categories |
10:00-10:40 | - | Coffee break |
10:40-11:40 | - | Victor Ostrik, Modular extensions group of a symmetric tensor category |
11:55-12:55 | - | Joost Slingerland, Zero modes and resonances in parafermionic chains |
12:55-14:30 | - | Lunch break |
14:30-15:30 | - | Gregor Masbaum, An application of TQFT to modular representation theory |
15:30-16:10 | - | Coffee break |
16:10-17:10 | - | Yinhuo Zhang, Reconstruction of tensor categories from their invariants [slides] |
17:30-18:00 | - | Ehud Meir, Symmetric monoidal categories, Deligne Theory and algebraic structures |
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19:15 | - | Dinner at Sternchance, Schröderstiftstr. 7 |
Friday, June 9, 2017
09:30-10:00 | - | Bert Schellekens, The joy of discreteness [slides] |
10:00-10:30 | - | Coffee break |
10:30-11:30 | - | Albrecht Klemm, Modularity on compact Calabi-Yau three-folds |
11:45-12:45 | - | Nicolai Reshetikhin, CFT, semiclassical limits and integrable systems |
Group photo:
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Venue
The conference will take place in the Hörsaal H2 of the Department of Mathematics,
Bundesstr. 55, of the University of Hamburg.
Here is a map.
The closest metro station is "Schlump" on the red line U2 and the yellow line U3.
The train station "Sternschanze" (train lines S11, S21 and S31) is also in walking distance.
Here is the website for public transport in Hamburg.
Accommodation
Here is a list of hotels.
Organisers
Ingo Runkel
Christoph Schweigert
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact the organisers here or here.
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