Speaker: Yi-Nan Wang (Peking University)
Abstract: Symmetry Topological Field Theory (SymTFT) is a unified framework to classify global forms of physical systems with different generalized global symmetries. For finite symmetries there are two equivalent approaches, one is from field theory perspective, and the other one is via the category language. For continuous symmetries, the situation is much more unclear. In this talk I will present our recent work on the SymTFT of continuous symmetry groups, from both of these perspectives, and aim to build up a complete picture for SymTFT. References: 2503.04546, 2509.13170
Time: 2025-09-24 14:00:00
Location: R1310, SIMIS
Zoom Meeting ID: 423 317 8953 (Passcode: SIMIS)
Introduction to the Speaker: Yinan Wang got B.Sc. from Peking University, School of Physics in 2013 and Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics in 2018. His Ph.D. thesis advisor is Prof. Washington Taylor. After postdoctoral research at University of Oxford, Mathematical Institute from 2018 to 2021, he joined Peking University, School of Physics as assistant professor in 2021. Yinan Wang’s main research fields are string theory, quantum field theory, mathematical physics and computational methods in theoretical physics. In particular, he is recently interested in supersymmetric quantum field theories, string phenomenology and generalized symmetries in theoretical physics.
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