Prof. Dr. Niklas Beisert – Professor of the Quantum Field Theory and Strings group at ITP, ETH Zurich
Integrability is a powerful feature of distinguished models in theoretical physics which makes their observables accessible to exact computational methods. These abstract methods founded in complex analysis and algebra also bring to light many essential notions of physics within non-linear differential equations. In doing so, integrability draws a connection between many of the very first models encountered in studying physics – the rigid body, planetary motion a.k.a. the hydrogen atom, the pendulum – and current research in different branches of theoretical physics such as condensed matter, statistical physics, quantum field theory and the AdS/CFT correspondence.
In this talk, I will introduce some basic concepts of integrability and relate them to current applications from the AdS/CFT correspondence. Along the way, I will discuss aspects of conducting abstract research within the scientific environment.
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