Kick-off event: AI and the future of mathematics and physics - 21.10.2026
In light of recent developments, the incoming kick-off event at the Institut Henri Poincaré will take the form of a debate gathering mathematicians and theoretical physicists around the role of AI in the practice of research. More information will come soon.
Theoretical Physics
Gapped phases and the SymTFT
byLea Bottini
Abstract:The symmetry topological field theory (SymTFT) has emerged in the past years as a powerful framework for analyzing generalized symmetries. In this talk, I will review how we can use it to characterize the gapped infrared phases of two-dimensional quantum field theories with an internal symmetry, described in general by a fusion category. I will then discuss extensions of this framework that incorporate space-time symmetries, with a particular focus on time-reversal.