The Many Faces of Conformal Interfaces

Sommerfeld Theory Colloquium (ASC)

English - June 26, 2024 15:30 - 59 minutes - 549 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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Conformal interfaces are the long-distance limits of domain walls. They play a role in condensed-matter physics, and could be also rel- evant for theories of gravity. I will review some recently-developed techniques for analyzing their properties, and will discuss their pos- sible applications.