| Monday 20 May 2024 | |
| Events for day: Thursday 11 January 2024 |
| 09:00 - 17:00 Attention Workshop From Psychology to Neurobiology School COGNITIVE SCIENCES . ... 17:30 - 18:30 Theory weekly seminar (TWS) Liouville theory and the Weil–Petersson geometry of moduli space School PARTICLES AND ACCELERATORS Abstract: Conformal field theory is a powerful tool in the study of geometry, with applications ranging from mirror symmetry to spectral theory and quantum chaos. Liouville theory is a specific conformal field theory that provides a natural means to study the Weil–Petersson geometry of the moduli space of Riemann surfaces. In the semiclassical limit, the Liouville path integral computes the Kähler potential, giving access to the metric and associated geometric quantities. In this talk, I will review Liouville theory, the geometry of hyperbolic surfaces and their moduli space, and explain how the study of Liouville theory in the ... |