Mathematical physics

We will begin by reviewing the work of Kazhdan and Lusztig, who established an equivalence between certain affine Lie algebra representations and quantum group representations. It can be thought of as a logarithmic version of the CS-WZW correspondence. In a joint work with Lin Chen, we used factorization algebras to establish an extended version of this equivalence. We will explain the main structure of the proof, and draw some connections with Kazhdan and Lusztig's original proof. The key idea is that of Kac-Moody localization, a parametrized version of factorization homology. Time permitting, we will also explain how this idea plays a role in the recently announced proof (by Gaitsgory et al.) of the de Rham geometric Langlands conjecture.

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For a simple Lie algebra \mathfrak{g}, Kazhdan-Lusztig correspondence states that for certain values of the level k, there is an equivalence between two braided tensor categories: the category of modules of the affine Lie algebra of \mathfrak{g} at level k and the category of modules of the quantum group of \mathfrak{g} at q=e^{\pi i/k}. I will report on recent work to appear with T. Creutzig and T. Dimofte proving such a statement for a class of Lie superalgebras. These Lie superalgebras and their affine VOAs arise from the study of boundary conditions in 3d \mathcal{N}=4 abelian gauge theories. I will also explain how the corresponding supergroups act on the category of matrix factorizations.

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I will introduce ($q$-)opers on a projective line in the presence of twists and singularities and will discuss the space of such opers. We will see how Bethe Ansatz equations for quantum spin chains and energy level equations of classical soluble models of Calogero-Ruijsenaars type naturally appear from the oper construction. Both can also be described in terms of so-called $QQ$-systems, which have their origins in algebra and representation theory. Our construction is universal and works for any simple, simply-connected complex Lie group $G$.

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