We will review the role of Quantum Field Theory (QFT) in modern physics. We will highlight how QFT uses a reductionist perspective as a powerful quantitative tool relating phenomena at different length and energy scales. We will then discuss various examples, motivated by string theory and lattice models, that challenge this separation of scales and seem to lie outside the standard framework of QFT. These lattice models include theories of fractons and other exotic systems.
| Building: | West Hall |
|---|---|
| Event Type: | Workshop / Seminar |
| Tags: | Physics, Science |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Department Colloquia, Department of Physics |
Events
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Nov
08
Saturday Morning Physics | How Old is the Universe — That is, What Time is It?
Scott Watson, Professor of Physics (Syracuse University)
10:30 AM
170 & 182
Weiser Hall
Upcoming
Oct
28
CM-AMO Seminar | Physics at the Intersection of AMO and Plasmas
Scott Baalrud (U-M Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences)
4:00 PM
340
West Hall
Oct
29
HET Brown Bag Seminar | AdS3 Quantum Gravity and Finite N Chiral Primaries
Ji Hoon Lee
12:00 PM
3481
Randall Laboratory
Oct
29
Department Colloquium | Quantum Field Theory, Separation of Scales, and Beyond
Nathan Seiberg (IAS)
3:00 PM
340
West Hall
