Séminaire de Mathématique Physique

Le séminaire a lieu en principe tous les lundis à 16 h 15 en salle 17

Exposés à venir :

Mardi 1er juin à 14h15 en salle 17 : Paul Wiegmann (Chicago University)

Area-Length distribution of conformal loops: SLE and Quantum Gravity

Mercredi 2 juin à 13h15 en salle 623 : Eldad Bettelheim (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Tau functions and differential equations for the real time evolution of free fermions

The work for the Kyoto group has shown that tau functions forclassically integrable systems may be written as expectation values in afermion system. These expectation values have a physical meaning, but of asomewhat artificial nature, as these correlation functions do not seem to bevery useful in studying real systems of free fermions. We show that the morephysically motivated Fermi-edge singularity type correlation functionsprovide an alternative representation of such tau functions. Thisconnection allows us to reveal the shock-wave physics behind the out ofequilibrium Fermi edge singularity problem.

Mercredi 2 juin : Christian Hagendorf (University of Virginia)

The Gaussian free field and SLE(4) on doubly connected domains

In this talk I consider the Gaussian free field whose levellines are known to be related to SLE(4). It is shown how this relation allows to define chordal SLE(4) processes on doubly connected domains, describing traces that are anchored on one of the two boundary components. The precise nature of the processes depends on the conformally invariant boundary conditions imposed on the second boundary component. Starting from the free field theory I will show how to generalise Schramm's formula for left-/right-passage with respect to a point to doubly connected domains for different boundary conditions, and point out a relation to first-exit problems for Brownian bridges. For the free field compactified at the self-dual radius, the extended su(2)_1 symmetry leads to a class of conformally invariant boundary conditions parametrised by elements of SU(2). I will explain how to extend SLE(4) to this setting. This allows for a derivation of new passage probabilities a la Schramm that interpolate continuously from Dirichlet to Neumann conditions.

Jeudi 10 juin, à 16h15, en salle 17 : Vladimir Mangazeev (ANU, Canberra)

Quantum geometry of 3D lattices

I will review remarkable connections of some recent results indiscrete differential geometry with the theory of integrable quantumsystems and the Yang-Baxter equation. We consider two examples:(i) circle patterns arising in connection with Thurston's approach tothe discrete Riemann mapping theorem and(ii) 3D circular lattices (lattices whose faces are quadrilateralsinscribable into a circle)Interestingly, geometrical counterparts of the Yang-Baxter equation reduceto classical incidence theorems of elementary geometry. Extending theseideas, we define a Poisson bracket algebra on discrete 2D surfacesconsisting of circular quadrilaterals. Quantization of this algebraleads to new solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation and its 3D analogs.

Lundi 14 juin : Ilya Gruzberg (à confirmer)

Stochastic Loewner chains for DLA-like growth (an informal talk)

We construct two families of models of stochastic growth. Both represent a generalization of the Hastings-Levitov-Stepanov model. In our generalization the growing cluster is modified by the addition of an arbitrary number of blocks in a single time step, with natural probabilities of attachment governed by harmonic measure on the cluster boundary. Both families allow for continuum limits which are described by certain stochastic Loewner chains. Further specializations of parameters of the models, and limiting procedures lead to the deterministic Laplacian growth. We believe that our models provide a natural interpolation between Laplacian growth and stochastic DLA (or DLA-like) growth.

Exposés passés :

Mercredi 19 mai, 13h15, salle 623 : Jason Miller (Stanford)

Universality for SLE(4)

Lundi 17 mai : Nikolai Makarov (Caltech)

Radial explorer and its two conformally invariant theories

Vendredi 14 mai, 13 h 25, salle 623 : Hugo Duminil-Copin (UNIGE)

Groupe de travail sur RSW

Lundi 10 mai : Rinat Kashaev (UNIGE)

Informal seminar about the colored Jones polynomial

Vendredi 8 mai : Yacine Ikhlef (UNIGE)

Groupe de travail sur le modèle O(n)

Lundi 19 avril: Nicholas Varopoulos (Unige)

Green's function on quasidisks

Lundi 12 avril 2010 : Ilia Binder (Toronto)

Efficient computation of harmonic measure and boundary geometry

Mercredi 24 mars 2010 : B. Doyon (King's College London)

Calculus on infinite-dimensional manifolds, conformal field theory, and its probabilistic descriptions

Lundi 22 mars 2010 : N. Curien (ENS)

Recursive triangulations and fragmentation theory

Lundi 15 mars 2010 : P. Nolin (Courant Institute)

Monochromatic arm exponents for 2D percolation

Mercredi 3 mars 2010 : G. Miermont (Université Paris-Sud)

Scaling limits of random planar maps with large faces

Jeudi 4 février 2010 : N. Th. Varopoulos

Random walks in complex domains

Lundi 14 décembre 2009 : Rémi Peyre (ENS Lyon)

Variables aléatoires partiellement indépendantes : une approche hilbertienne

Vendredi 11 décembre 2009, 13h30 : Anton Alekseev (UNIGE)

Séminaire informel sur WZW, KZ et SLE

Lundi 7 décembre 2009 : Bernard Nienhuis

Critical percolation and qKZ equations

Mercredi 18 novembre 2009 : Kari Astala (Helsinki)

Informal seminar on random weldings and quasiconformal maps

Lundi 16 novembre 2009: Antti Kupiainen (Helsinki)

Random Weldings

Jeudi 12 novembre 2009, 16h15, salle 17 : Phillipe Di Francesco (CEA Saclay)

Integrable Combinatorics

Voir la page du colloque : http://www.unige.ch/~smirnov/colloque.htm

Vendredis 27 novembre et 4 décembre 2009 : Dmitry Beliaev (UNIGE)

On a theorem of Tsirelson

Lundi 30 novembre 2009 : Alain-Sol Sznitman (ETHZ)

Disconnection of discrete cylinders and random interlacements

Mercredi 11 novembre 2009 : séminaire informel

29 septembre et 15 octobre 2009 : Thierry Lévy (UNIGE)

Mesure et action de Yang-Mills en deux dimensions

(séminaire Groupes de Lie et espaces de modules)

Lundi 28 septembre 2009 : Christophe Garban (ENS Lyon)

Near-critical and dynamical percolation scaling limits

Lundi 21 septembre 2009 : Vincent Beffara (ENS Lyon)

Slow progress on the slow bond problem

Vendredi 5 juin 2009, 15h15 : Nikolai Makarov (Caltech)

Random normal matrices

Lundi 18 mai 2009 : Antti Kemppainen (Helsinki)

Describing scaling limits of random planar curves by SLEs

Lundi 28 avril 2009 : Jürgen Angst (Strasbourg)

Mouvement brownien dans le cadre de la théorie de la relativité

Lundi 6 avril 2009 : Nicolas Orantin (CERN)

Énumération de cartes et matrices aléatoires

Lundi 30 mars 2009 : Adam Timar (Bonn)

Equivariant colorings of random planar graphs

Mardi 24 mars 2009, 14h00, salle 17 : Christian Mercat (Montpellier)

Surfaces de Riemann discrètes et modèle d'Ising

Lundi 9 mars 2009 : Nicolas Monod (EPFL)

Littlewood and Large Forests

Vendredi 6 mars 2009, 15h, salle 17 : Bernard Sapoval (École polytechnique et ENS Cachan)

Physical problems related to gradient and extreme gradient percolation

Lundi 15 décembre 2008 : Béatrice de Tilière (UNINE)

Lundi 24 novembre 2008 : Sacha Friedli (Belo Horizonte)

Chaînes à longue portée et le mécanisme de Bramson-Kalikow

Lundi 17 novembre 2008 : Istvan Prause

Harmonic measure and quasiconformal mappings

Lundi 10 novembre 2008 : Yacine Ikhlef

Observables holomorphes sur réseau et modèles de boucles intégrables

Lundi 3 novembre 2008 : David Ridout (DESY theory group, Hamburg)

Critical Percolation as a CFT (with a view to SLE)

Jeudi 30 octobre 2008 (13h, salle 623) : Viviane Baladi (ENS Paris)

Espaces de Banach adaptés aux dynamiques hyperboliques avec singularités et aux billards

Lundi 20 octobre 2008 : Cédric Boutillier (Université Paris VI et UniNE)

Scaling limits for random skew plane partitions with a piecewise periodic back wall

Jeudi 16 octobre 2008 (13h, salle 623) : David Cimasoni (ETHZ)

The dimer model, discrete spin structures and discrete d-bar operators

Lundi 6 octobre 2008 : Olivier Bernardi (Université Paris-Sud)

Comptage des cartes coloriées

Lundi 29 septembre 2008 : Bertrand Eynard (SPhT, CEA - Saclay)

Plancherel measure on partitions, matrix models and Gromov-Witten theory

Lundi 22 septembre 2008 : Gregory Miermont (Université Paris-Sud et ENS Paris)

Propriétés géométriques des grandes cartes aléatoires

Contact : Clément Hongler (clement.hongler@unige.ch)