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LOCATION:Chamberlin 2241
SUMMARY:Symmetry in Quantum Field Theory\, Physics Department Colloqui
 um\, Clay Córdova\, University of Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Symmetry is a powerful mathematical tool for organizing ph
 ysical phenomena and anchors our understanding of the laws of nature. 
 Over the past century\, the theory of symmetry has evolved in parallel
  with quantum physics and has become fundamentally intertwined with qu
 antum field theory and topology.  Recently\, new generalized concepts 
 of symmetry have been developed and rekindled a longstanding hope for 
 a classification of phases of field theories based on patterns of symm
 etry realization in the vacuum.  These novel symmetries may also play 
 a role in addressing long-standing mysteries of particle physics\, suc
 h as hierarchies in the masses and couplings of elementary particles. 
  I will survey these developments and applications.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=8512
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