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An introduction to anomalies in particle physics

Seminar

Specialist level

Speaker:

David Kaplan

Institution:

University of Washington

Location&Place:

Grey Room 1

Abstract:

Topic covered will include

Derivation of chiral anomalies in two and four dimensions
The relation between anomalies and index theorems
Instantons and the theta vacuum
the strong OP problem and axions
’t Hooft anomaly matching criterion
Chiral gauge theories
Anomalies on the lattice: Ginsparg-Wilson fermions
Parity anomaly
Global anomalies
Domain wall fermions, the integer quantum hall effect, and topology in momentum space.

Prof. Kaplan is one of the leading experts in Quantum Field Theory and its applications to several problems in Particle Physics, Cosmology, Nuclear and Condensed Matter Physics. He has received, among other awards, the Herman Feshbach Prize in Theoretical Nuclear Physics (2022).