Event time:
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location:
Sloane Physics Laboratory SPL, Room 51
217 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT
06511
Speaker/Performer:
Yifan Wang - New York University
Event description:
We’ll describe gauging generalized symmetries in two-dimensional quantum field theory in terms of topological interfaces. We will see that familiar properties one encounters in gauging conventional invertible symmetries generalize naturally to non-invertible symmetries in this physical perspective. We will discuss a bootstrap approach to classify such topological interfaces, and correspondingly the different ways of gauging. We illustrate this general procedure for concrete generalized symmetries realized by concrete 2d CFTs and explain the physical consequences.
Admission:
Free
Contact:
Kirstin Franzman