Workshop

Overview

The domain of utilisation of quantum field theory in curved spacetime has found many new applications in particle, nuclear and condensed matter physics. Aside for suggesting novel intersections between quantum fields and gravity, an unexplored landscape of original ideas is taking shape and inspiring the formulation of new exciting problems and ramifications of the theory.

This 2-days workshop brings together researchers working in different areas of quantum field theory with interest in its curved space applications in the area of gravity and beyond. The goal of the workshop is to exchange ideas on what is or is expected soon to become topical and discuss potential interdisciplinary interactions in a stimulating and collaborative environment.

Organization

Antonino Flachi (Keio University), Taro Kimura (Keio University), So Matsuura (Keio University), Muneto Nitta (Keio University)

Support

The workshop is supported by a grant from Keio University's Research and Education Center for Natural Sciences and by the Keio Topological Science MEXT-Supported Program for the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities (No.S1511006).

Fees

There are no fees to attend this workshop, but registration is required.

Program

Participants

  • Stefano Ansoldi (University of Udine)
  • Heng-Yu Chen (National Taiwan University)
  • Patrick Copinger (University of Tokyo)
  • Antonino Flachi (Keio University)
  • Hidenori Fukaya (Osaka University)
  • Kenji Fukushima (University of Tokyo)
  • Takuya Furusawa (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
  • Shinya Gongyo (RIKEN)
  • Yuhei Goto (Keio University)
  • Sven Bjarke Gudnason (Keio University)
  • Kentaro Hara (Tokyo University of Science)
  • Hiroaki Ishizuka (University of Tokyo)
  • Taro Kimura (Keio University)
  • Takahiro Kubota (Osaka University)
  • Giacomo Marmorini (Keio University)
  • Koichiro Matsumoto (Musashi High School)
  • So Matsuura (Keio University)
  • Tomokazu Miyamoto (Yokohama National University)
  • Yusuke Nishida (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
  • Kentaro Nishimura (Keio University)
  • Muneto Nitta (Keio University)
  • Keisuke Ohashi (Keio University)
  • Shi Pu (University of Tokyo)
  • Norisuke Sakai (Keio University)
  • Yutaka Shitano (Keio University)
  • Tokuzo Shimada (Meiji University)
  • Atsuo Shitade (RIKEN)
  • Rei Takahashi (Keio University)
  • Takahiro Tanaka (Kyoto University)
  • Junsei Tokuda (Kyoto University)
  • Yuko Urakawa (Nagoya University)
  • Vincenzo Vitagliano (Keio University)
  • Naoki Yamamoto (Keio University)
  • Shigehiro Yasui (Keio University)
  • Ryosuke Yoshii (Chuo University)

    • Program/Speakers

    Friday 27th

    Speaker Title Time
    Yuko Urakawa Large gauge transformation, Soft theorem, and Infrared divergence of inflationary perturbations 10:45 - 11:45
    Junsei Tokuda Can we interpret all the IR secular effects during inflation as increasing variances in a classical statistical ensemble? 11:50 - 12:50
    Lunch Break 12:50 - 14:15
    Atsuo Shitade Theory of the thermal Hall effect 14:15 - 15:15
    Hidenori Fukaya A physicist-friendly reformulation of the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer index theorem 15:20 - 16:20
    Coffee break 16:20 - 16:50
    Kenji Fukushima Spontaneous and anomalous symmetry breaking in curved space 16:50 - 17:50
    dinner 18:30 ~

    Saturday 28th

    Speaker Title Time
    Takahiro Tanaka Primordial black holes and gravitational waves 10:45 - 11:45
    Shinya Gongyo Chiral symmetry breaking and rotation of Dirac fermions 11:50 - 12:50
    Lunch Break 12:50 - 14:15
    Kentaro Nishimura Anomalous effects of dense matter under rotation 14:15 - 14:45
    Patrick Copinger Axial Ward identity and the Schwinger mechanism: Applications to the real-time chiral magnetic effect and condensates 14:45 - 15:15
    Vincenzo Vitagliano Symmetry Breaking and Lattice Kirigami 15:15 - 15:45

Venue

The workshop will take place in the relaxing setting of Keio University Campus in Hiyoshi. This is conveniently located just a few steps from the Hiyoshi main metro station (Toyoko Line and Meguro Line) and a short train ride to the main attractions of Tokyo area: Shibuya and Shinjuku districts, the Yokohama bay, the old capital of Kamakura.

The workshop's venue is the central "Raiōsha" building, whose name literally means "a place for coming and going". The name of the building refers to a poem by Fukuzawa Yukichi, the founder of Keio university, celebrating the importance of gathering to foster conversation, confrontation and collaboration.