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13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics - Lecture 9

Anton Burkov University of Waterloo

October 18, 2013

PIRSA:13100055
General Relativity for Cosmology - Lecture 10

Achim Kempf University of Waterloo

October 17, 2013

PIRSA:13100106
Vector Beta Function

Yu Nakayama University of California, Berkeley

October 17, 2013

PIRSA:13100082

Quantum Fields and Strings
General Relativity for Cosmology - Lecture 9

Achim Kempf University of Waterloo

October 17, 2013

PIRSA:13100008
13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I - Lecture 8

Freddy Cachazo Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 17, 2013

PIRSA:13100030
Constructing theories from duality: my response to John Wheeler

October 17, 2013

PIRSA:13100072

Quantum Gravity
Quasinormal modes of rapidly rotating black holes/ Stability of tidally perturbed neutron stars

Aaron Zimmerman The University of Texas at Austin

October 17, 2013

PIRSA:13100096

Strong Gravity
13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics - Lecture 8

Anton Burkov University of Waterloo

October 17, 2013

PIRSA:13100054
13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I - Lecture 7

Freddy Cachazo Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 16, 2013

PIRSA:13100029
Simulating Hamiltonian evolution with quantum computers

Richard Cleve Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)

October 16, 2013

PIRSA:13100097

Quantum Information
13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics - Lecture 7

Anton Burkov University of Waterloo

October 16, 2013

PIRSA:13100053
Topics in QFT on Flat and Curved Spacetimes - Lecture 8

Ugo Moschella University of Insubria

October 16, 2013

PIRSA:13100017

13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics - Lecture 9

Anton Burkov University of Waterloo

October 18, 2013

PIRSA:13100055
General Relativity for Cosmology - Lecture 10

Achim Kempf University of Waterloo

October 17, 2013

PIRSA:13100106
Vector Beta Function

Yu Nakayama University of California, Berkeley

October 17, 2013

PIRSA:13100082

Quantum Fields and Strings

We propose various properties of renormalization group beta functions for vector operators in relativistic quantum field theories. We argue that they must satisfy compensated gauge invariance, orthogonality with respect to scalar beta functions, Higgs-like relation among anomalous dimensions and a gradient property. We further conjecture that non-renormalization holds if and only if the vector operator is conserved. The local renormalization group analysis guarantees the first three within power counting renormalization. We verify all the conjectures in conformal perturbation theories and holography in the weakly coupled gravity regime.
General Relativity for Cosmology - Lecture 9

Achim Kempf University of Waterloo

October 17, 2013

PIRSA:13100008
13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I - Lecture 8

Freddy Cachazo Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 17, 2013

PIRSA:13100030
Constructing theories from duality: my response to John Wheeler

October 17, 2013

PIRSA:13100072

Quantum Gravity

The late physicist John Wheeler, was renowned for his Socratic method of conducting physics discussions. "Why is general relativity the way it is? What makes it special?" were reportedly questions one should expect in his presence. There are different answers to these questions, each requiring a set of assumptions - which Wheeler would likely question again - and each bringing with it new insights into physics as a whole. This talk will put forward new principles for deriving general relativity. Perhaps more than is the case with other construction principles, the principles introduced are not limited to the derivation of general relativity, requiring only an specification of the theory's phase space in order to be applicable. To be less enigmatic, one defines observable equivalence between physical theories in the Dirac constraint setting, and then the principle merely searches theory space for two equivalent (or dual) fully constrained theories. We find it quite remarkable that such a complex theory as general relativity emerges, when no initial presupposition even on the existence of space-time is made. If there is time (and I will argue there is!) I will discuss another issue that also distinguishes the present set of assumptions: the possibility that they are in a concrete sense ``self-selected", which I like to think would be more satisfactory to Wheeler's line of questioning (or at least give him more to chew on).
Quasinormal modes of rapidly rotating black holes/ Stability of tidally perturbed neutron stars

Aaron Zimmerman The University of Texas at Austin

October 17, 2013

PIRSA:13100096

Strong Gravity

I will review recent work in two very different topics. First, I will discuss the quasinormal mode spectrum of nearly extremal Kerr black holes, where a bifurcation of the frequency spectrum is observed. In addition, collective oscillations of many modes is possible, resulting in a power-law rather than exponentially decaying ringdown. Next, I will discuss a recent proposal for how tidally induced, multimode coupling of normal modes in neutron stars can destabilize the stars. Such an instability could hamper gravitational wave detection of neutron star binaries by matched filtering. By accounting for higher-order multimode couplings, it can be shown that there is no such instability for neutron star binaries, although a milder instability may exist for binaries with less compact objects.
13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics - Lecture 8

Anton Burkov University of Waterloo

October 17, 2013

PIRSA:13100054
13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I - Lecture 7

Freddy Cachazo Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 16, 2013

PIRSA:13100029
Simulating Hamiltonian evolution with quantum computers

Richard Cleve Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)

October 16, 2013

PIRSA:13100097

Quantum Information

In 1982, Richard Feynman proposed the concept of a quantum computer as a means of simulating physical systems that evolve according to the Schrödinger equation. I will explain various quantum algorithms that have been proposed for this simulation problem, including my recent work (jointly with Dominic Berry and Rolando Somma) that significantly improves the running time as a function of the precision of the output data.
13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics - Lecture 7

Anton Burkov University of Waterloo

October 16, 2013

PIRSA:13100053
Topics in QFT on Flat and Curved Spacetimes - Lecture 8

Ugo Moschella University of Insubria

October 16, 2013

PIRSA:13100017

Title	Date	Collection	Type	Info
13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics - Lecture 9	2013‑10‑18	13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics	Course	View details
General Relativity for Cosmology - Lecture 10	2013‑10‑17	General Relativity for Cosmology - 2013	Course	View details
Vector Beta Function	2013‑10‑17	Quantum Fields and Strings	Scientific Series	View details
General Relativity for Cosmology - Lecture 9	2013‑10‑17	General Relativity for Cosmology - 2013	Course	View details
13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I - Lecture 8	2013‑10‑17	13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I	Course	View details
Constructing theories from duality: my response to John Wheeler	2013‑10‑17	Quantum Gravity	Scientific Series	View details
Quasinormal modes of rapidly rotating black holes/ Stability of tidally perturbed neutron stars	2013‑10‑17	Strong Gravity	Scientific Series	View details
13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics - Lecture 8	2013‑10‑17	13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics	Course	View details
13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I - Lecture 7	2013‑10‑16	13/14 PSI - Quantum Field Theory I	Course	View details
Simulating Hamiltonian evolution with quantum computers	2013‑10‑16	Colloquium	Scientific Series	View details
13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics - Lecture 7	2013‑10‑16	13/14 PSI - Statistical Mechanics	Course	View details
Topics in QFT on Flat and Curved Spacetimes - Lecture 8	2013‑10‑16	Topics in QFT on Flat and Curved Spacetimes	Course	View details

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