Low Energy Challenges for High Energy Physicists

19 talks

May 26, 2014 - May 30, 2014

C14025

Collection Type Conference/School

Description Low Energy Challenges for High Energy Physicists

Displaying 1 - 12 of 19

Dynamical trapping near a quantum critical point

Emanuel Katz Boston College

May 30, 2014 PIRSA:14050116
Functional renormalization group and statistical mechanics of membranes

Omar Zanusso SISSA Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati

May 30, 2014 PIRSA:14050115
Relativity of non relativistic systems

Federico Piazza CPT Marseille

May 30, 2014 PIRSA:14050113
Lattice models for anomalous field theories

John McGreevy University of California, San Diego

May 29, 2014 PIRSA:14050110
Spontaneous symmetry breaking, gravity, and spinning objects

Solomon Endlich Stanford University

May 29, 2014 PIRSA:14050111
Effective theories of vortex lines

Riccardo Penco University of Pennsylvania

May 29, 2014 PIRSA:14050103
Quantum matter without quasiparticles

Subir Sachdev Harvard University

May 29, 2014 PIRSA:14050109
Hydrodynamics and anomalies

Dam Thanh Son University of Chicago

May 28, 2014 PIRSA:14050107
What's wrong with Goldstone?

Hitoshi Murayama Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe

May 28, 2014 PIRSA:14050106
Quantum Turbulence
- Russell Donnelly
- Carlo Barenghi Newcastle University
May 28, 2014 PIRSA:14050104
From scale invariance to Lorentz symmetry

Sergey Sibiryakov McMaster University

May 28, 2014 PIRSA:14050136
Some Exact Results for Conformal Field Theories in d>2

Zohar Komargodski Stony Brook University

May 27, 2014 PIRSA:14050137

Dynamical trapping near a quantum critical point

Emanuel Katz Boston College

May 30, 2014 PIRSA:14050116

We consider a closed system where the parameter controlling a quantum phase transition is promoted to a dynamical field interacting with the quantum critical theory. In the case that the field has an energy extensive in the volume we can treat its evolution classically. We find that the field can become trapped near the phase transition point due to its interactions with the degrees of freedom of the quantum critical theory. The trapping/untrapping transition can be understood using Kibble-Zurek scaling arguments. We check the general framework numerically in the particular case of the 1D transverse field Ising chain, where the transverse magnetic field is dynamical. This constitutes a dynamical mechanism for tuning a relevant parameter to zero through a non-equilibrium process.
Functional renormalization group and statistical mechanics of membranes

Omar Zanusso SISSA Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati

May 30, 2014 PIRSA:14050115

We will first review the rich variety of universality classes of membranes and the various models developed to describe their mechanical properties. We will then discuss the recent applications of the non-perturbative renormalization group to these models aimed at improving the understanding of the membranes' phase-space beyond the epsilon-expansion. Finally, we will comment on the implications of these results on various physical systems.
Relativity of non relativistic systems

Federico Piazza CPT Marseille

May 30, 2014 PIRSA:14050113

To the best of our knowledge, the fundamental laws of physics are Lorentz invariant. This means that condensed matter systems at finite density still display full Lorentz symmetry: it is just spontaneously broken (i.e. by state considered) and thus non-linearly realized. This simple observation allows to derive exact results about the spectrum of theories at finite charge density and suggests to classify condensed matter systems according to all the inequivalent ways in which boosts can be spontaneously broken.
Lattice models for anomalous field theories

John McGreevy University of California, San Diego

May 29, 2014 PIRSA:14050110
Spontaneous symmetry breaking, gravity, and spinning objects

Solomon Endlich Stanford University

May 29, 2014 PIRSA:14050111

Space-time symmetries are a crucial ingredient of any theoretical model in physics. Unlike internal symmetries, which may or may not be gauged and/or spontaneously broken, space-time symmetries do not admit any ambiguity: they are gauged by gravity, and any conceivable physical system (other than the vacuum) is bound to break at least some of them. Motivated by this observation, I will sketch how to couple gravity with the Goldstone fields that non-linearly realize spontaneously broken space-time symmetries by weakly gauging the Poincare symmetry group in the context of the coset construction. To illustrate the power of this perspective I will build a low energy effective action that describes spinning objects coupled to gravity and describe its interpretation.
Effective theories of vortex lines

Riccardo Penco University of Pennsylvania

May 29, 2014 PIRSA:14050103

Vortex lines are a distinctive feature of superfluids and are characterized by a very peculiar dynamics. In this talk, I will first discuss the behavior of vortex lines in a non-relativistic superfluids in the incompressible limit. I will then introduce an effective theory of vortex lines coupled to sound which applies to relativistic superfluids. I will conclude by briefly discussing the similarities between the effective theory for vortex lines and non-relativistic General Relativity.
Quantum matter without quasiparticles

Subir Sachdev Harvard University

May 29, 2014 PIRSA:14050109

Modern materials abound in systems to which the quasiparticle picture does not apply, and developing their theoretical description remains an important challenge in condensed matter physics. I will describe recent progress in understanding the dynamics of two systems without quasiparticles: (i) ultracold atoms in optical lattices, and (ii) the nematic quantum critical point of metals with applications to the `strange metal’ found in the high temperature superconductors. A combination of field-theoretic, holographic, and numerical methods will be used.
Hydrodynamics and anomalies

Dam Thanh Son University of Chicago

May 28, 2014 PIRSA:14050107

Recently its has been found that relativistic hydrodynamics requires modifications in the presence of quantum anomalies. We will follow the theoretical developments that leads to this discovery and look at modern applications of hydrodynamics with anomalies.
What's wrong with Goldstone?

Hitoshi Murayama Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe

May 28, 2014 PIRSA:14050106

Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking is a very universal concept applicable for a wide range of subjects: crystal, superfluid, neutron stars, Higgs boson, magnets, and many others. Yet there is a variety in the spectrum of gapless excitations even when the symmetry breaking patterns are the same. We unified all known examples in a single-line Lagrangian of the low-energy effective theory.
Quantum Turbulence
- Russell Donnelly
- Carlo Barenghi Newcastle University
May 28, 2014 PIRSA:14050104

This hour will be devoted to a description of quantum turbulence,that is turbulence in superfluids. The first talk (~20 minutes) will be given by Russell Donnelly. He will describe briefly the problem of classical turbulence and how turbulence in superfluids is different. The second talk will be given by Carlo Barenghi who will discuss progress in the simulation of quantum turbulence which is capable of suggesting insights so far inaccessible to experiment.
From scale invariance to Lorentz symmetry

Sergey Sibiryakov McMaster University

May 28, 2014 PIRSA:14050136

I will discuss the enhancement of space-time symmetries to Lorentz (rotation) invariance at the renormalization group fixed points of non-relativistic (anisotropic) field theories. Upon describing examples from the condensed matter physics, I will review the general argument for the stability of the infrared fixed points with the enhanced symmetry. Then I will focus on unitary field theories in (1+1) space-time dimensions which are invariant under translations, isotropic scale transformations and satisfy the requirement that the velocity of signal propagation is bounded from above. No a priori Lorentz invariance will be assumed. Still, I will prove that above properties are sufficient to ensure the existence of an infinite dimensional symmetry given by one or a product of several copies of conformal algebra. In particular, this implies presence of one or several Lorentz groups acting on the operator algebra of the theory. I will conclude by discussing the challenges in extending this result to higher space-time dimensions.
Some Exact Results for Conformal Field Theories in d>2

Zohar Komargodski Stony Brook University

May 27, 2014 PIRSA:14050137

Title	Speaker(s)	Date	Talk Type	Info
Dynamical trapping near a quantum critical point	Emanuel Katz	2014-05-30	Conference	View details
Functional renormalization group and statistical mechanics of membranes	Omar Zanusso	2014-05-30	Conference	View details
Relativity of non relativistic systems	Federico Piazza	2014-05-30	Conference	View details
Lattice models for anomalous field theories	John McGreevy	2014-05-29	Conference	View details
Spontaneous symmetry breaking, gravity, and spinning objects	Solomon Endlich	2014-05-29	Conference	View details
Effective theories of vortex lines	Riccardo Penco	2014-05-29	Conference	View details
Quantum matter without quasiparticles	Subir Sachdev	2014-05-29	Conference	View details
Hydrodynamics and anomalies	Dam Thanh Son	2014-05-28	Conference	View details
What's wrong with Goldstone?	Hitoshi Murayama	2014-05-28	Conference	View details
Quantum Turbulence	Russell Donnelly, Carlo Barenghi	2014-05-28	Conference	View details
From scale invariance to Lorentz symmetry	Sergey Sibiryakov	2014-05-28	Conference	View details
Some Exact Results for Conformal Field Theories in d>2	Zohar Komargodski	2014-05-27	Conference	View details

Low Energy Challenges for High Energy Physicists

Format results