Program on Anomalies, Topology and Quantum Information in Field Theory and Condensed Matter Physics

The Landau paradigm for characterizing phase transitions is living a renaissance at present. This interest has grown in parallel on several forefronts of research – including condensed matter physics, topological quantum field theory, quantum field theory in its various axiomatic approaches (e.g. Euclidean path integrals, bootstrap, algebraic), and quantum information. In all these fronts, the concepts of generalized symmetries, generalized order parameters and anomalies have played a prominent role, and have allowed a conceptual unification of different problems in the various fields. The dream is that these concepts might provide a unified perspective on the classification of general phases of matter.

This two-week program brings together researchers from all these different disciplines, so that recent discoveries can be shared and critiqued, and the next steps can be envisioned. In the first week, four lecturers, Fiona Burnell, Horacio Casini, Paul Fendley, and John McGreevy will review recent developments in the field, and there will be open discussions. Topics will include: generalized symmetries in condensed matter physics, topological field theories, quantum information and symmetries in quantum field theory, experimental developments and symmetries in anyon models. The second week will host a standard conference event with seminars by invited speakers.

• Eduardo Fradkin (University of Illinois, USA)
• Marina Huerta (Balseiro Institute, Argentina)
• Gustavo Lozano (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Javier Magán (Balseiro Institute, Argentina)
• Rodrigo Soto-Garrido (Pontifical Catholic University, Chile)
• Jorge Zanelli (San Sebastián University & CECS Valdivia, Chile)

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Application deadline: April 26, 2025

Lecturers

• Fiona Burnell (University of Minnesota, USA)
• Horacio Casini (Bariloche Atomic Centre, USA)
• Paul Fendley (University of Oxford, UK)
• John McGreevy (UC San Diego, USA)

• Gerardo Aldazábal (Instituto Balseiro, Argentina)
• Valentín Benedetti (ICTP, Italy) 
• Francesco Benini (Sissa, Italy) 
• Fiona Burnell (University of Minnesota, USA) 
• Horacio Casini (Instituto Balseiro, Argentina) 
• Claudio Chamon (Boston University, USA) 
• Xie Chen (Caltech, USA) *TBC
• Paul Fendley (Oxford, UK) 
• Davide Gaiotto (Perimeter Institute, Canada) 
• Xiao Gang Wen (MIT, USA) 
• Iñaki García-Etxebarría (Durham, UK)* TBC
• Diego Hofman (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) 
• Stefan Hollands (Leipzig University, Germany) 
• Taylor Hughes (University of Illinois, USA) 
• Po-Shen Hsin (UCLA, USA) 
• Vladimir Juricic (NORDITA, Sweden & Universidad Santa María, Venezuela) 
• Alex Maloney (Mc Gill, USA) 
• John McGreevy (University of California San Diego, USA) 
• Dmitry Melnikov (UFRN, Brazil) 
• Max Metlitski (MIT, USA) * TBC
• Horatiu Nastase (IFT-Unesp, Brazil)  
• Leo Radzihovsky (University of Colorado, USA) * TBC
• Shinsei Ryu (Princeton University, USA) 
• Ignacio Salazar Landea (Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina)
• T. Senthil (MIT, USA) * TBC
• Dam T. Son (University of Chicago, USA) 
• Ho Tat Lam (MIT, USA) 
• Gonzalo Torroba (Instituto Balseiro, Argentina)
• Joaquín Turiaci (University of Washington, USA) * TBC
• Pedro Vieira (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada & ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP, Brazil)
• Ashvin Vishwanath (Harvard University, USA) 
• Rodrigo Pereira (IIP & UFRN, Brazil) 
• Jose Carlos Egues (USP, Brazil) 
• Vivian França (UNESP-Aranquera, Brazil) 
• Wei Chen (PUC-Rio, Brazil)

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Application deadline: April 26, 2025

TBA

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