Anomalies of Defect Parameter Spaces and a Spin-Flux Duality
- π€ Speaker: Brandon Rayhaun (Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Sciences)
- π Date & Time: Thursday 13 November 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
- π Venue: Seminar Room 2, Newton Institute
Abstract
I will explain how the irreversibility of the renormalization group together with anomalies, including anomalies in the space of coupling constants, can be used to constrain the IR phases of defects in familiar quantum field theories. As an example, I will use these techniques to provide evidence for a conjectural “spin-flux duality” which describes how certain line operators are mapped across particle/vortex duality in 2+1d.
Series This talk is part of the Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series series.
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Brandon Rayhaun (Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Sciences)
Thursday 13 November 2025, 10:00-11:30