19.11.2020 (Thursday)

Integrable Kondo line defect, 4D Chern Simons, and ODE/IM correspondence

Journal Club Jingxiang Wu (Perimeter Institute)

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15:15 Other
room Zoom, instructions in abstract
abstract:

I will discuss the integrability and wall-crossing properties of Kondo line defects in rational conformal field theories. It provides a large class of interesting defect RG flow starting from topological line defects. As a surprise, I will discuss new examples of the ODE/IM correspondence and our attempts towards its physical origin using 4d Chern Simons theory. This work is part of a multi-pronged exploration of studying 4D Chern-Simons theory as an overarching structure for integrable systems. ---- Part of London Integrability Journal Club. New participants can register using the form at integrability-london.weebly.com. The link will be emailed.