Particle Theory Seminar - Gabriel Cuomo - “Line defects in CFTs: from magnets to Wilson lines”

Event time: 
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
Sloane Physics Laboratory SPL, Room 48 See map
217 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Speaker/Performer: 
Gabriel Cuomo - Stonybrook University
Event description: 

Line defects describe one-dimensional probes of a quantum field theory. Physically interesting examples can be found in different systems, ranging from condensed matter physics to gauge theories. In this talk, I will briefly review some recent results on the renormalization group approach to line defects in CFTs. I will then discuss some applications. In particular, I will discuss some interesting RG flows for Wilson lines in massless gauge theories, and their relation with an instability to screening by charged fields.

Admission: 
Free