This 4-day on-site workshop aims to bring together experts working on quantum field theory applied to both Hermitian and non-Hermitian systems, to open new directions in the understanding of formal aspects of quantum field theory, particularly nonperturbative effects and non-Hermitian extension of its Hermitian framework, and to explore interconnections and implications for beyond the Standard Model physics. We will in particular discuss the following four general topics:
- Perturbative and non-perturbative aspects of QFT
- PT-symmetric QM and QFT
- Phase transitions/False vacuum decay/Quantum tunneling
- Cosmology
There are no registration fees. There will be a (continental) breakfast, a lunch, and two coffee breaks provided each day without charge. [There will be vegetarian options. If you have any further dietary requirements please let us know. These include allergies, intolerances and religious requirements; such as Halal meat.] Due to limited space, a maximum of 40 participants will be allowed. Participants (including non-invited speakers) will be determined upon selection when necessary.
The speakers will be required to upload their slides of their talk in PDF form to this Indico page.
Invited speakers:
Jean Alexandre (King's College London): Finite-volume effects in QFT and preventing singularities in gravity
Carl Bender (Washington University in St Louis): Complex phases in quantum mechanics
Massimo Blasone (University of Salerno & INFN): Perturbative and non-perturbative aspects of falvour oscillations
Daniele Dorigoni (Durham University): Resurgence and Modularity: a large-N story
Gerald V. Dunne (University of Connecticut): Resurgence and Non-perturbative Physics
Andreas Fring (City, University of London): Toda field theories and Calogero models associated to infinite Weyl group
Björn Garbrecht (Technical University of Munich): CP conservation in the strong interactions
Oliver Gould (University of Nottingham): Dynamics of thermal bubble nucleation
Ruth Gregory (King's College London): Building a Quantum Black Hole Simulator
Syo Kamata (University of Tokyo): Exact WKB analysis for PT-symmetric quantum mechanics: Study of the Ai-Bender-Sarkar conjecture
Edward W. Kolb (University of Chicago): QFT, higher-spins, and particle production in the early universe
Azadeh Malek-Nejad (King's College London): Gauge fields in the early Universe and their remnants in the Sky
Nikolaos E. Mavromatos (National Technical University of Athens, King's College London): Complex Metastable condensates in Chern-Simons Quantum Gravity
Peter Millington (University of Manchester): New physics from pseudo-Hermiticity
Tim R. Morris (University of Southampton): Ultraviolet finite resummation of perturbative quantum gravity
Ian Moss (University of Newcastle): Nucleation seeds and vacuum bubbles
Michael Ogilvie (Washington University in St Louis): High-density QCD: a paradigm for PT symmetry in field theory
Manuel Reichert (Sussex University): Towards the Asymptotically Safe Landscape
Paul Romatschke (University of Colarado Boulder): Large N insights for the PT-symmetric Higgs at finite temperature
Joan Solà Peracaula (University of Barcelona): Running vacuum approach to renormalizing the vacuum energy in cosmological spacetime and the cosmological constant problem
Micheline Soley (University of Wisconsin-Madison): Harnessing the power of reflectionless scattering modes in atomic and molecular systems
Alex Soto (Newcastle University) Bosonic dark-matter: How to mix Particle Physics, Cosmology and Cold Atoms
Andreas Stergiou (King's College London): Gradient Properties of RG Flows
Anders E. Thomsen (University of Bern): The Structure of Perturbative Renormalization Group Functions
Tom Rudelius (Durham University): Axions, String Theory, and the Swampland
Francisco Correa (Universidad de Santiago de Chile): Integrability in Non-Hermitian Physics and Field Theories
Graham A. White (Southampton University): Why quantum gravity made me fall in love with domain walls
John Ellis (to be confirmed)
Organizers: Wen-Yuan Ai and Sarben Sarkar (chair)
Chairpersons of the meeting sessions
Some useful information
- Bunch of Grapes
- The Old Kings Head
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George Inn (dating back to the 17th century)
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A walk on the South Bank from London Bridge to Waterloo Bridge would be an excellent experience. There is a fantastic food market at the end of this route: South Bank Food Market, behind the Royal Festival Hall ( https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/royal-festival-hall/)
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Evening Cruise on River Thames
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St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square (https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/autumn-winter/).
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Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events)
