IGST 2011

Event Type: Conference
Scientific Area(s):
Quantum Fields and Strings
End date:
August 15, 2011 at 9:00 AM

Exact solvability, or integrability for short, is normally a one or two dimensional blessing which sometimes occurs in condensed matter systems such as spin chains, the Hubbard model, some sigma models, etc. Recently it became clear that some four dimensional gauge theories are dual to two dimensional integrable sigma models and inherit their quantum integrability. This gives rise to outstanding opportunities for improving our understanding of nature at fundamental scales. For example, using integrability, the exact dimension of all operators in a four dimensional gauge theory are now conjectured. This is the first time ever that non-trivial  (non-protected) quantities are computed at any value of the coupling in a strongly interacting field theory. 

Progress in this field is still happening at an amazing pace. This includes, for example, using the Thermodynamic Bethe ansatz and the AdS/CFT Y-system for probing the finite size spectrum of the theory and computing four dimensional scattering amplitudes making use of integrability. The computations of higher point correlation functions are also starting to arise. At the same time mysterious connections between correlation functions in Liouville theory (an integrable theory) and the partition functions of certain N=2 Gauge theories have been found and wall crossing phenomena have been connected to thermodynamic Bethe ansatz equations. 

The purpose of the IGST2011 conference is to assess the current status of this rapidly evolving field by bringing together experts in gauge theories, strings, integrable systems and mathematics. The conference will consist of 25 talks and will allow for plenty of time for discussions. Many of the speaking slots will be made apparent in the near future to allow for the latest developments.

 

PREVIOUS IGST CONFERENCES

 

Speakers:

Nima Arkani-Hamed, Institute for Advanced Study
Ian Balitsky, Old Dominion University and Jefferson Lab
Benjamin Basso, Princeton Center for Theoretical Sciences
Raphael Benichou, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Simon Caron-Huot, Institute for Advanced Study
Paul Fendley, University of Virginia
Sergey Frolov, Trinity College Dublin
Nikolay Gromov, DESY Theory Group
Romuald Janik, Jagiellonian University
Michio Jimbo, Rikkyo University
Gregory Korchemsky, Institut de Physique Theorique
Martin Kruczenski, Purdue University
Andre LeClair, Cornell University
Sergei Lukyanov, NHETC, Rutgers
Joe Minahan, Uppsala University
J. Luis Miramontes, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Jan Plefka, Institut fur Physik, Berlin
Amit Sever, Perimeter Institute
David Simmons-Duffin, Harvard University 
David Skinner, Perimeter Institute
Arkady Tseytlin, Imperial College London
Dima Volin, Pennsylvania State University

Participants:

Michael Abbott, TIFR, Mumbai
Changrim Ahn, Ewha University
Ines Aniceto, Instituto Superior Tecnico
Ivan Arraut, Osaka University
Janos Balog, KFKI Research Institute 
Matteo Beccaria, Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Oscar Bedoya, University of Sao Paulo 
Niklas Beisert, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik
Joseph Ben Geloun, Perimeter Institute
Marco Stefano Bianchi, Universit degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
Agnese Bissi, Niels Bohr Institute
Diego Bombardelli, Universidade do Porto
Stephen Britton, Trinity College
Mathew Bullimore, University of Oxford
Benjamin Burrington, University of Toronto
Joao Caetano, Perimeter Institute
John Joseph Carrasco, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics
Wissam Chemissany, Institute for Theoretical Physics, K.U. Leuven
Miguel Costa, Universidade do Porto
Keshav Dasgupta, McGill University
Marius de Leeuw, AEI, Potsdam
Amit Dekel, Tel-Aviv University
Eleonora Dell'Aquila, Perimeter Institute
Vladimir Dobrev, Institute of Nuclear Research
Gary Doskas, AMD
Nadav Drukker, Imperial College
Ahmed El Mezeini, University of Cambridge, DAMPT
Jorge Escobedo, Perimeter University 
Livia Ferro, Humboldt University
Omar Foda, University of Melbourne
Valentina Forini, MPI for Gravitational Physics
Rouven Frassek, Humboldt University
Dongmin Gang, Korea Institute for Advanced Study
Humberto Gomez, IFT-UNE SP
Maxim Grigoriev, Lebedev Physical Institute
Yuxiang Gu, Perimeter Institute
S. Shajid Haque, University of Wisconsin-Madison
John Harnad, Concordia University
Song He, Albert Einstein Institute
Martin Heinze, Humboldt University 
Ben Hoare, Imperial College
Chrysostomos Kalousios, Humboldt University  
Nils Kanning, Humboldt University
Vladimir Kazakov, Ecole Normale Superieur
Minkyoo Kim, Sogang University
Thomas Klose, Uppsala University
Yumi Ko, Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics
Eunkyung Koh, Korea Institute for Advanced Study
Kiran Kolishetty, King's College, London
Ivan Kostov, IPhT, CEA-Saclay
Charlotte Kristjansen, Niels Bohr Institute
Joel Lamy-Poirier, Perimeter Institute
Pawel Laskos-Grabowski, Jagiellonian University
Bum-Hoon Lee, Sogang University
Sebastien Leurent, LPT-ENS
Fedor Levkovich-Maslyuk, Imperial College
Arthur Lipstein, California Institute of Technology
Tomasz Lukowski, Humboldt University
Sergei Lukyanov, NHETC, Rutgers
Lionel Mason, Oxford University 
Takuya Matsumoto, Albert Einstein Institute
Tristan McLoughlin, AEI, MPI
Carlo Meneghelli, Humboldt University
Joseph Minahan, Uppsala University
Mozhgan Mir, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
J. Luis Miramontes, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Vladimir Mitev, Humboldt University
Rafael Nepomechie, University of Miami
Eimear O'Callaghan, Institute of Physics Publishing
Georgios Papathanasiou, Brown University
Joao Penedones, Perimeter Institute
Jan Plefka, Institut fur Physik, Berlin
Sayeh Rajabi, Perimeter Institute
Vidas Regelskis, University of York
Victor Rivelles, Sao Paulo University
Radu Roiban, Pennsylvania State
Theodor Schuster, Humboldt University
Burkhard U.W. Schwab, Albert Einstein Institute 
Jihye Seo, McGill University
Didina Serban, Institut de Physique Theorique
Amit Sever, Perimeter Institute
Igor Shenderovich, CEA Saclay
Christoph Sieg, Humboldt University
Jakub Sikorowski, University of Oxford
Ajay Singh, Perimeter Institute 
David Skinner, Perimeter Institute
Matthias Staudacher, Humboldt University
Guhan Sukumaran, University of Bonn
Ryo Suzuki, Utrecht University
Mehrnoosh Tahani, University of Regina
Vclav Tlapak, Humboldt University
Jonathan Toledo, Perimeter Institute
Stijn van Tongeren, Utrecht University
Jaroslav Trnka, Princeton University
Arkady Tseytlin, Imperial College, London
Zengo Tsuboi, Humboldt University
Hiroshi Umetsu, Kushiro National College of Technology
Anton van Niekerk, Perimeter Institute
Stijn van Tongeren, University of Utrecht 
Cristian Vergu, Brown University
Benoit Vicedo, DESY, Hamburg
Pedro Vieira, Perimeter Institute 
Dima Volin, PennState University
Tianheng Wang, Perimeter Institute
Konstantin Wiegandt, Humboldt University
Yingying Xu, Humboldt University
Alexander Yale, Perimeter Institute
Donovan Young, Niels Bohr Institute
Andrey Zayakin, Universita' di Perugia
Konstantinos Zoubos, Niels Bohr Institute