Topological qauntum field theory in 3+1D and the emergence of quantum gravity.

Event Start:
2019-08-26T11:00:00
Event End:
2019-08-26T12:00:00
Event Information:
Topological qauntum field theory(TQFT) is a very powerful theoretical tool
to study topological phases and phase transitions. In 2 + 1D, it is well
known that the Chern-Simons theory captures all the universal topological
data of topological phases, e.g., quasi-particle braiding statistics,
chiral central charge and even provides us a deep insight for the nature of
topological phase transitions. Recently, topological phases of quantum
matter are also intensively studied in 3 + 1D and it has been shown that
loop like excitation obeys the so-called three-loop-braiding statistics. In
Event Location:
309
Speaker:
Prof. Zhengcheng Gu (The Chinese University of HongKong)
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