String Theory Seminars
Quantum Hall Matrix Models (Quantum Spacetime Seminar)
by Prof. David Tong (DAMTP, University of Cambridge)
Monday, February 22, 2016
from
to
(Asia/Kolkata)
at A304
at A304
Description |
I'll describe a simple matrix model that describes certain Abelian and on-Abelian quantum Hall states. The matrix model arises from the dynamics of vortices in Chern-Simons theories. The dynamics of this matrix model capture aspects of the WZW model which lives on the boundary. |
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