Talks

We use 3d defect TQFTs and state sum models with defects to give a gauge theoretical formulation of Kitaev's quantum double model (for a finite group) and (untwisted) Dijkgraaf-Witten TQFT with defects. This leads to a simple description in terms of embedding quivers, groupoids and their representations. Defect Dijkgraaf-Witten TQFTs is then formulated in terms of spans of groupoids and their representations. This is work in progress with João Faría-Martins, University of Leeds.

I will describe models with on-site symmetry that permutes anyons with non-trivial mutual statistics, and show that the action of this symmetry on the boundary can effectively be that of a non-invertible symmetry such as Kramers-Wannier duality. I will sketch some implications of this for anomalies in non-invertible symmetries. Finally, I will introduce a construction (based on idempotent completion) that allows us to realize all possible anyon permuting symmetries of a given topological order in an on-site way.

I discuss some analogies between the Haag-Kastler approach to QFT and quantum statistical mechanics of lattice systems. As an illustrative example, I consider the interpretation of the Hall conductance of gapped 2d lattice systems as an obstruction to gauging a global symmetry of a gapped state. I argue that in order to define a proper analog of the net of algebras of observables one needs to study a category of subsets of the lattice equipped with a natural Grothendieck topology.

Ultra-cold Fermi gases exhibit a rich array of quantum mechanical properties, including the transition from a fermionic superfluid Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) state to a bosonic superfluid Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), which can be precisely probed experimentally. However, accurately describing these properties poses significant theoretical challenges due to strong pairing correlations and non-perturbative interactions. In this talk, I will discuss our recent development—a Pfaffian-Jastrow neural-network quantum state equipped with a message-passing architecture, designed to efficiently capture pairing and backflow correlations. We benchmark our approach against existing Slater-Jastrow frameworks and state-of-the-art diffusion Monte Carlo methods. Analysis of pair distribution functions and pairing gaps reveals the emergence of strong pairing correlations around unitarity. We demonstrate that transfer learning stabilizes the training process in the presence of strong, short-ranged interactions, allowing for an effective exploration of the BCS-BEC crossover region. Our findings highlight the potential of neural-network quantum states as a promising strategy for investigating ultra-cold Fermi gases.

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