Introduction to Generalized Global Symmetries

by Prof. Sungwoo Hong (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST))

Monday 13 Nov 2023, 13:00 → 14:30 Asia/Shanghai

Tsung-Dao Lee Institute/N6F-N601 - Lecture Room (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute)

Abstract: 

In this series of lectures, I will introduce basic concepts of generalized global symmetries, including higher-form and non-invertible symmetries. Discrete gauge theory, also know as BF theory, will be discussed in detail, which plays an important role in generalized global symmetries.If time permits, we can also discuss higher-group symmetries, and generalized symmetries appearing in particle physics.

Biography：

[Career]

2022.10- present: Assistant Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea.

2020-2022: Postdoctoral Fellow, Enrico Fermi Institute at University of Chicago. Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory.

2017-2020: Bethe Postdoctoral Fellow, LEPP, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

[Education]

2011-2017: Ph.D. (2017.07.13), Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Thesis Title: A Natural Extension of Standard Warped Higher-Dimensional Compactifications: Theory and Phenomenology

Thesis Advisor: Kaustubh S. Agashe

2010-2011: Graduate School, Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

2010: B.S., Physics, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, B.Sc with High Honours.

 

Time：

Nov. 13 Lecture 1 (1pm-2:30pm)  

Nov. 14 Lecture 3 (1pm-2:30pm) & Lecture 4 (2:50pm-4:20pm)

 Nov. 15 Lecture 5 (1pm-2:30pm)