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Mathematical Research at the University of Cambridge

 

It is commonly believed that exact infra-red (IR) solutions for renormalization group (RG) flows are rare to come by. In this talk, we will consider codimension-one RG flows from pinning fields coupled to bulk local operators in conformal field theories. Using tools from functional analysis, symmetry and anomaly matching, we find exact fixed point solutions for a vast zoo of such flows in d=2,3 and chart the landscape of conformal defects in familiar CFTs.

Further information

Time:

11Dec
Dec 11th 2025
10:30 to 11:30

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

Speaker:

Yifan Wang (New York University)

Series:

Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series