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2023-12-28
Seminar Report
Quantum Matter Seminar by Yuji Hirono on December 22, 2023
On December 22nd, Professor Yuji Hirono from Kyoto University gave an online seminar talk in Quantum Matter Study Group, exploring the intricate world of fractonic phases. His talk, titled "A symmetry principle for gauge theories with fractons," ran from 5pm to 6:15pm JST. Taking center stage were fractons, unusual quasiparticles with a surprising quirk – they are practically immobile when alone. A key feature of the fractons, making them distinct from typical topological objects, is that their stability is not protected by an energy gap. Instead, it is the underlying symmetries that guarantee their properties. Professor Hirono used simple examples, like the conservation laws of dipoles and the connection to the immobility, to illuminate this unique property. This immobility sets fractons apart from the more conventional particles that we are familiar with, sparking fascination and curiosity about their underlying mechanisms. Central to his discussion was the formulation of effective theories based on the spontaneous breaking of these nonuniform symmetries. At low energies, these theories simplify into known higher-rank gauge theories, such as scalar/vector charge gauge theories. The gapless excitations in these theories are interpreted as Nambu–Goldstone modes for higher-form symmetries. A novel aspect highlighted was the acquisition of a gap by some modes due to the nonuniformity of the symmetry, analogous to the inverse Higgs mechanism in spacetime symmetries. This framework elucidates the mobility restrictions of fractons as determined by the commutation relations of charges with translations. This illuminating seminar offered a glimpse into the remarkable world of fractonic phases and the power of novel symmetry principles. Reported by Ching-Kai Chiu
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2023-12-28
Paper of the WeekWeek 5, December 2023
Title: Physics-informed neural network for solving functional renormalization group on lattice Author: Takeru Yokota arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.16038v1 Title: Non-Hermitian $p$-wave superfluid and effects of the inelastic three-body loss in a one-dimensional spin-polarized Fermi gas Author: Hiroyuki Tajima, Yuta Sekino, Daisuke Inotani, Akira Dohi, Shigehiro Nagataki, Tomoya Hayata arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.15724v1
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2023-12-25
Hot Topic
Farewell message from Yalong Cao
Our colleague Yalong CAO will move to the Morningside Center of Mathematics and the Institute of Mathematics at the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing as an Associate Professor, starting from Jan. 9, 2024. We all wish him success in his new affiliation! Here is a message from Yalong: I am deeply in debt of gratitude to Hatsuda san and all iTHEMS assistants for their generous support over the two and a half years which I spent in iTHEMS. To mathematicians, maybe the most important thing is to have an environment where we can freely develop things that fascinate us, which might not be useful for something else immediately. It is a great fortune to me that iTHEMS provides such an environment. Besides that, I have been enjoying discussing with our lovely members and also wandering in the beautiful Wako campus (especially during Spring and Autumn), which helps to refresh me all the time. I will move to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing to work and become a visiting scientist of iTHEMS. I hope to come back to visit regularly and continue to enjoy everything here. Everyone is surely very welcome to visit me in Beijing. Let's keep in touch and keep enjoying our life and career.
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2023-12-25
Seminar Report
iTHEMS Biology Seminar by Takara Nishiyama on December 19, 2023
In this seminar, Mr. Nishiyama delivered a lecture primarily on a cohort study of COVID-19, focusing on the application and interpretation of mathematical models. The content of this lecture provided us, the audience, with extremely valuable insights in the context of how to give back to society through mathematical modeling. In particular, he demonstrated how things that are not apparent in normal statistical analysis can be quantitatively compared and interpreted through mathematical models and parameter estimation. He also proposed a simple model for parameter estimation, which is feasible even with few data points and highly heterogeneous data, and applied this model. Therefore, we were able to see the essence of data-driven mathematical research. This lecture was a very meaningful event from both the perspectives of research content and research approach. Reported by Daiki Kumakura
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2023-12-21
Paper of the WeekWeek 4, December 2023
Title: Homotopy theories of colored links and spatial graphs Author: Yuka Kotorii, Atsuhiko Mizusawa arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.12822v1 Title: Dense $\textrm{QCD}_2$ with matrix product states Author: Tomoya Hayata, Yoshimasa Hidaka, Kentaro Nishimura arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.11643v1 Title: Geometric conservation in curved spacetime and entropy Author: Sinya Aoki, Yoshimasa Hidaka, Kiyoharu Kawana, Kengo Shimada arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.09712v1
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2023-12-20
Press ReleaseBlack Hole Recorder Selected for DIG SHIBUYA Art Event Co-Sponsored by Shibuya Ward
The science art piece "Black Hole Recorder," created in 2021 by iTHEMS in collaboration with external creators based on the quantum black hole theory, has been selected for the collaborative project (open call) of the "DIG SHIBUYA" art event, co-hosted by the SHIBUYA CREATIVE TECH Executive Committee and Shibuya Ward. As part of the program within "DIG SHIBUYA," the artwork is scheduled for exhibition at the Shibuya Ward Workers' Welfare Hall from January 12th (Friday) to January 14th (Sunday), 2024, spanning three days. For more information, please see the related links.
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2023-12-18
Seminar Report
iTHEMS Theoretical Physics Seminar by Ryotaro Sano on December 4, 2023
In this seminar, Mr. Sano presented their study on magnon hydrodynamics for ultraclean ferromagnets. A set of coupled hydrodynamic equations for a magnon fluid are derived and the spin and thermal conductivities are studied by focusing on the most dominant time scales. As a hallmark of the hydrodynamic regime, the speaker and his colleagues reveal that the ratio between the two conductivities shows a large deviation from the so-called magnonic WF law. The drastic breakdown of the magnonic WF law results from the difference in relaxation processes between spin and heat currents, which is unique to the hydrodynamic regime. Therefore, the presented results will become key evidence for an emergent hydrodynamic magnon behavior and lead to the direct observation of magnon fluids. In the seminar, researchers with different backgrounds (ranging from condensed matter physics to nuclear physics and cosmology) asked a lot of questions, and a lively discussion ensued. Reported by Yuta Sekino
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2023-12-14
Paper of the WeekWeek 3, December 2023
Title: Stealth dark matter spectrum using LapH and Irreps Author: Richard C. Brower, Christopher Culver, Kimmy K. Cushman, George T. Fleming, Anna Hasenfratz, Dean Howarth, James Ingoldby, Xiao Yong Jin, Graham D. Kribs, Aaron S. Meyer, Ethan T. Neil, James C. Osborn, Evan Owen, Sungwoo Park, Claudio Rebbi, Enrico Rinaldi, David Schaich, Pavlos Vranas, Evan Weinberg, Oliver Witzel arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.07836v1 Title: Complex-valued in-medium potential between heavy impurities in ultracold atoms Author: Yukinao Akamatsu, Shimpei Endo, Keisuke Fujii, Masaru Hongo arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.08241v1 Title: Spin relaxation rate for baryons in thermal pion gas Author: Yoshimasa Hidaka, Masaru Hongo, Mikhail Stephanov, Ho-Ung Yee arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.08266v1 Title: Thermomagnetic Anomalies by Magnonic Criticality in Ultracold Atomic Transport Author: Yuta Sekino, Yuya Ominato, Hiroyuki Tajima, Shun Uchino, Mamoru Matsuo arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.04280v1
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2023-12-11
Person of the Week
Self-introduction: Pratik Nandy
I am Pratik Nandy, a theoretical physicist from India. After graduating from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 2022, I moved to the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto University, as a postdoctoral researcher in the Extreme Universe Collaboration (ExU). I joined iTHEMS in November 2023. My research interests include understanding quantum chaos in holography and condensed matter physics by using various quantum information theoretic quantities, such as entanglement and complexity. Recently, I have been working on the formulation of quantum chaos in dissipative systems and quantum field theories, especially systems with holographic duals, such as Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) models and their double-scaled variations. I believe these systems can teach us important lessons about the quantum nature of gravity in de Sitter (dS) and Anti-de Sitter (AdS) space. I am based at the SUURI-COOL, Kyoto University campus, where I am also affiliated with the YITP. I regularly visit the Wako campus and look forward to discussions with various experts from interdisciplinary environments. I will be happy to assist you if you plan to visit SUURI-COOL, Kyoto.
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2023-12-07
Paper of the WeekWeek 2, December 2023
Title: Improved real-space parallelizable matrix-product state compression and its application to unitary quantum dynamics simulation Author: Rong-Yang Sun, Tomonori Shirakawa, Seiji Yunoki arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.02667v1 Title: Oliver Curvature Bounds for the Brownian Continuum Random Tree Author: Christy Kelly arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.01894v1
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2023-12-05
Seminar Report
Joint RIKEN/N3AS Workshop on Multi-Messenger Astrophysics on November 26, 2023
The joint RIKEN-Berkeley workshop on Multi-Messenger Astrophysics was held on Nov.26 on the Big Island in Hawaii. More than 40 participants from both sides of the Pacific gathered to discuss nuclear and particle astrophysics. The photo shows a talk by Nobuya Nishimura (RIKEN Nishina Center) on the nucleosynthesis of heavy-elements in supernovae and neutron star mergers, chaired by Wick Haxton (UC Berkeley/iTHEMS). Lively discussions took place during the lectures and poster session. Reported by Tetsuo Hatsuda
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2023-11-30
Paper of the WeekWeek 5, November 2023
Title: Study on Lambda(1405) in the flavor SU(3) limit in the HAL QCD method Author: Kotaro Murakami, Sinya Aoki arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.17421v1 Title: Searching for High Frequency Gravitational Waves with Phonons Author: Yonatan Kahn, Jan Schütte-Engel, Tanner Trickle arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.17147v1 Title: End-to-end complexity for simulating the Schwinger model on quantum computers Author: Kazuki Sakamoto, Hayata Morisaki, Junichi Haruna, Etsuko Itou, Keisuke Fujii, Kosuke Mitarai arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.17388v1 Title: Towards complete characterization of topological insulators and superconductors: A systematic construction of topological invariants based on Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence Author: Seishiro Ono, Ken Shiozaki arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.15814v1 Title: Speed of sound exceeding the conformal bound in dense 2-color QCD Author: Etsuko Itou, Kei Iida arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.15259v1 Title: New configuration set of HAL QCD collaboration Author: Etsuko Itou for HAL QCD collaboration arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.15522v1 Title: Supernovae Ia and Gamma-Ray Bursts together shed new lights on the Hubble constant tension and cosmology Author: M. G. Dainotti, B. De Simone, G. Montani, E. Rinaldi, M. Bogdan, K. M. Islam, A. Gangopadhyay Journal Reference: PoS(ICRC2023)1367 arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05876v1 Title: Parameter estimation by learning quantum correlations in continuous photon-counting data using neural networks Author: Enrico Rinaldi, Manuel González Lastre, Sergio García Herreros, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Maryam Khanahmadi, Franco Nori, Carlos Sánchez Muñoz arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.02309v1 Title: GRB Optical and X-ray Plateau Properties Classifier Using Unsupervised Machine Learning Author: Shubham Bhardwaj, Maria G. Dainotti, Sachin Venkatesh, Aditya Narendra, Anish Kalsi, Enrico Rinaldi, Agnieszka Pollo Journal Reference: MNRAS, Volume 525, Issue 4, pp.5204-5223, November 2023 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad2593 arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.14288v4 Title: Estimating truncation effects of quantum bosonic systems using sampling algorithms Author: Masanori Hanada, Junyu Liu, Enrico Rinaldi, Masaki Tezuka Journal Reference: Mach. Learn.: Sci. Technol. 4 045021, 2023 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-2153/ad035c arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2212.08546v2 Title: Approximate Autonomous Quantum Error Correction with Reinforcement Learning Author: Yexiong Zeng, Zheng-Yang Zhou, Enrico Rinaldi, Clemens Gneiting, Franco Nori Journal Reference: Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 050601 (2023) doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.050601 arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2212.11651v2 Title: MEET: A Monte Carlo Exploration-Exploitation Trade-off for Buffer Sampling Author: Julius Ott, Lorenzo Servadei, Jose Arjona-Medina, Enrico Rinaldi, Gianfranco Mauro, Daniela Sánchez Lopera, Michael Stephan, Thomas Stadelmayer, Avik Santra, Robert Wille arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.13545v2
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2023-11-26
Seminar Report
ABBL-iTHEMS Joint Astro Seminar by Derek Beattie Inman on November 24, 2023
Cosmological observations have led to an extremely precise understanding of the large-scale structure of the Universe. A common assumption is to extrapolate large-scale properties to smaller scales; however, whether this is correct or not is unknown and many well-motivated early Universe scenarios predict substantially different structure formation histories. In this seminar Derek discussed two scenarios where nonlinear structures form much earlier than is typically assumed. In the first case, the initial fluctuations are enhanced on small scales leading to either primordial black holes clusters or WIMP minihalos right after matter-radiation equality. In the second, Derek showed that an additional attractive dark force leads to structure formation even in the radiation dominated Universe. Derek furthermore discussed possible observations of such early structure formation including changes to the cosmic microwave background, dark matter annihilation, and when the first galaxies form. Reported by Shigehiro Nagataki
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2023-11-23
Paper of the WeekWeek 4, November 2023
Title: A Kohn-Sham Scheme Based Neural Network for Nuclear Systems Author: Zu-Xing Yang, Xiao-Hua Fan, Zhi-Pan Li, Haozhao Liang Journal Reference: Phys. Lett. B 840, 137870 (2023) doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2023.137870 arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2212.02093v2 Title: A threshold-type algorithm to the gradient flow of the Canham-Helfrich functional Author: Katsuyuki Ishi, Yoshihito Kohsaka, Nobuhito Miyake, Koya Sakakibara arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.13155v1 Title: Magnonic spin current shot noise in an itinerant Fermi gas Author: Tingyu Zhang, Hiroyuki Tajima, Haozhao Liang arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.12383v1 Title: Quantum Simulation of Finite Temperature Schwinger Model via Quantum Imaginary Time Evolution Author: Juan W. Pedersen, Etsuko Itou, Rong-Yang Sun, Seiji Yunoki arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.11616v1 Title: First-order bulk transitions in large-$N$ lattice Yang--Mills theories using the density of states Author: Felix Springer, David Schaich, Enrico Rinaldi arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.10243v1 Title: Sexual antagonism in sequential hermaphrodites Author: Thomas Hitchcock, Andy Gardner Journal Reference: Proc. R. Soc. B 290: 20232222 doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2222
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2023-11-16
Person of the Week
Self-introduction: Dongwook Ghim
I am a theoretical physicist working on high-energy physics, HEP-TH. More precisely, I am interested in the spectral problems of strongly coupled gauge theory. The infamous quark confinement of Quantum Chromodynamics and the mass gap generation of Yang-Mills theory are the most well-known spectral problems involving strongly coupled gauge theory. I mainly use two orthogonal toolkits to tackle such problems; supersymmetry and quantum simulation. I have worked on the computation of the twisted partition function of supersymmetric gauge theories, which appear in the string theory context, showing a strong relation with the geometry of Calabi-Yau manifolds. Simultaneously, I am eager to develop a quantum algorithm that can capture the spectra of gauge theories, without the aid of supersymmetry. The latter targets low-dimensional lattice gauge theory in practice. But I dream of capturing the physics of three- or four-dimensional gauge theory on the quantum processor near future. I look forward to a fruitful collaboration with people in iTHEMS, RIKEN.
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2023-11-16
Paper of the WeekWeek 3, November 2023
Title: Magnetic-coupled electronic landscape in bilayer-distorted titanium-based kagome metals Author: Yong Hu, Congcong Le, Long Chen, Hanbin Deng, Ying Zhou, Nicholas C. Plumb, Milan Radovic, Ronny Thomale, Andreas P. Schnyder, Jia-Xin Yin, Gang Wang, Xianxin Wu, Ming Shi arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.07747v1 Title: The phylogenetic reconstruction of the Neotropical cycad genus Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae) reveals disparate patterns of niche evolution Author: José Said Gutiérrez-Ortega, Miguel Angel Pérez-Farrera, Ayumi Matsuo, Mitsuhiko P. Sato, Yoshihisa Suyama, Michael Calonje, Andrew P. Vovides, Tadashi Kajita, Yasuyuki Watano Journal Reference: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107960
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2023-11-13
Seminar ReportiTHEMS Math Seminar by Möller Sven on September 19, 2023
He gave a talk on classification of holomorphic vertex operator superalgebra with central charge 24 using the method of adjacency graphs. Reported by Yuto Moriwaki
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2023-11-09
Seminar Report
iTHEMS Biology Seminar by José Said Gutiérrez-Ortega on November 7, 2023
In Nov 7, our colleague Dr. José Said Gutiérrez-Ortega gave a fantastic talk about the most conspicuous pattern of correlation between environment/geography and biodiversity. For many species, including birds and mammals, it has been known that biodiversity is higher in the tropics and lower in the areas with high latitude, but we do not why. In his talk, José addressed this big biodiversity problem using his accurate and various data of a plant, called fern (i.e. “shida” in Japanese) throughout the American continent which is the ideal system to study the problem according to him. During and after the talk, there were lively discussions about this interesting pattern, which may be the seed of future collaboration. Thank you, Jose for the great talk! Reported by Gen Kurosawa
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2023-11-09
Paper of the WeekWeek 2, November 2023
Title: Constraints on the Neutron-Star Structure from the Clocked X-Ray Burster 1RXS J180408.9$-$342058 Author: Akira Dohi, Wataru Iwakiri, Nobuya Nishimura, Tsuneo Noda, Shigehiro Nagataki, Masa-aki Hashimoto arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.02853v1 Title: Thermal behavior of effective U_A(1) anomaly couplings in reflection of higher topological sectors Author: G. Fejos, A. Patkos arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.02186v1 Title: Coupled-channel $Λ_{c}K^{+}-pD_{s}$ Interaction in Flavor $ \textrm{SU}\left(3\right) $ Limit of Lattice QCD Author: Faisal Etminan, Kenji Sasaki, Takashi Inoue arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.02569v1 Title: Operator dynamics in Lindbladian SYK: a Krylov complexity perspective Author: Budhaditya Bhattacharjee, Pratik Nandy, Tanay Pathak arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.00753v1
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2023-11-02
Paper of the WeekWeek 1, November 2023
Title: Exploring Neutrino Mass Orderings through Supernova Neutrino Detection Author: Maria Manuela Saez Journal Reference: Universe 2023, 9, 464 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/universe9110464 arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.19939v1 Title: Inhomogeneous quenches as state preparation in two-dimensional conformal field theories Author: Masahiro Nozaki, Kotaro Tamaoka, Mao Tian Tan arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.19376v1 Title: The homology of moduli spaces of 4-manifolds may be infinitely generated Author: Hokuto Konno arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.18695v1
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2023-10-31
Seminar Report
DMWG Seminar by Wen Yin on September 25, 2023
However, we have to treat the production of DM carefully before giving up the possibility that DM of m~O(1)eV. Let us consider the production of scalar DM from decays of heavier fermion which was in the thermal equilibrium of the Universe and light compared to the background temperature. The evolution of the number density of the DM particle is obtained by solving the Boltzmann equation. Due to the bosonic nature of this DM, the number density at some specific momentum enhances significantly, showing an exponentially fast increase. This enhanced production stops when the inverse reaction of the DM production takes over. As a result, we have a DM distribution function that is significantly different from those predicted for thermally-produced ones. Note that the momentum of the produced DM is relatively low, in that sense, it can be said as "cold" DM while its mass is in the "hot" DM range. Such a scenario can be realized in the context of particle physics. Model parameters are restricted by requiring to satisfy the relic abundance and the enhanced production to happen. We will see the signatures in the current Universe by observing at the infrared range searching for the signature of photon lines corresponding to the DM mass, which is a distinctive one! Reported by Nagisa Hiroshima
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2023-10-31
Seminar Report
DMWG Seminar by Simon Thor on October 24, 2023
The Standard Model of particle physics nicely describes our worlds, while we are not satisfied with this theory as there are phenomena we cannot explain exist. Dark matter (DM) is a famous example. The construction of the Standard Model is achieved by tremendous discoveries at collider experiments. It is a natural prediction that the extension of the Standard Model will be achieved with further discoveries at collider experiments. Hoping for such a scenario, several future collider experiments, such as the international linear collider (ILC), are now being planned. ILC is good at probing new physics scenarios which is related to the Higgs sector of the Standard Model. The dark neutrino model is one example that contains new dark sector particles. If the mass of the dark neutrino falls between that of the weak bosons and the Higgs, the prediction can be relatively clear: characterization of the signal can be done with three parameters in the model. Still, there are difficulties to overcome. As is usual the case, we have to find signals from data with significant background events. For example, one first makes preselection, then performs the rectangular cut (a kind of optimization), and finally tests the significance of the signal. By introducing machine learning techniques to several analysis parts the sensitivity to the model can be increased. Test using simulation data for ILC experiments at the center-of-mass energy 250GeV, it is shown that the constraints on the dark neutrino model can be improved by one- or two orders of magnitude. Further improvement can be achieved by introducing new ideas for the analysis, which will be investigated. By increasing the number of channels to be analyzed, the mass range of the dark neutrino to be probed can also be widened. A lot of physics has already been done with colliders, and further more is to be with new colliders and new techniques. We are boosting now! Reported by Nagisa Hiroshima
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2023-10-27
Researches & Researchers
Refining Number Theory Geometry through Inspiration from Researchers in Different Fields - Hiroyasu Miyazaki
What comes to mind when you hear the term "mathematical researcher"? Is it an image of someone shut away in a room, tirelessly conducting research? While this may be one side of a mathematician's life, discussions and communication with others can also lead to insights and problem-solving breakthroughs. Senior Research Scientist Hiroyasu Miyazaki believes that being in the interdisciplinary environment of iTHEMS has greatly expanded his perspective.
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2023-10-27
Award
Takeru Yokota received 18th Young Scientist Award
Takeru Yokota (SPDR, iTHEMS) received 18th Young Scientist Award (Theoretical Nuclear Physics) from The Physical Society of Japan for his "Construction of energy density functional with functional-renormalization-group method".Congratulations, Takeru!
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2023-10-27
Award
Hidetoshi Taya received 18th Young Scientist Award
Hidetoshi Taya (SPDR, iTHEMS) received 18th Young Scientist Award (Theoretical Nuclear Physics) from The Physical Society of Japan for his "Fundamental research on cooperative phenomena in perturbative and nonperturbative particle production processes under electric fields". Congratulations, Hidetoshi!
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2023-10-27
AwardSeishiro Ono received 7th Young Researcher Incentive Award
Seishiro Ono (SPDR, iTHEMS) received 7th Young Researcher Incentive Award from High-Temperature Superconducting Forum for his "Comprehensive study of symmetry and topology in superconductors". Congratulations, Seishiro!
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2023-10-26
Paper of the WeekWeek 5, October 2023
Title: Nambu-Goldstone modes in a lattice Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model with multi flavor symmetries Author: Yukimi Goto, Tohru Koma arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.15922v1 Title: The extraction of higher-order radial moments of nuclear charge density from muonic atom spectroscopy Author: Hui Hui Xie, Jian Li, Haozhao Liang arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.09546v1
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2023-10-26
Press Release
"Genuine Tetraquark" Consisting of Four Quarks - Supercomputer Fugaku unravels a new particle discovered in accelerator experiment -
The international research group including Yan Lyu (former Student Trainee from Peking Univ., iTHEMS), Takumi Doi (Senior Research Scientist, iTHEMS) and Tetsuo Hatsuda (Program Director, iTHEMS) has theoretically unraveled the properties of the genuine tetraquark state Tcc, composed of four quarks. This research achievement is expected to contribute to the understanding of a fundamental question in modern physics: how quarks, the elementary particles, can combine to form new states of matter. For more details, please refer to the press release article in the related link.
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2023-10-19
Paper of the WeekWeek 4, October 2023
Title: Can we explain cosmic birefringence without a new light field beyond Standard Model? Author: Yuichiro Nakai, Ryo Namba, Ippei Obata, Yu-Cheng Qiu, Ryo Saito arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.09152v1 Title: The statistics and sensitivity of axion wind detection with the homogeneous precession domain of superfluid helium-3 Author: Joshua W. Foster, Christina Gao, William Halperin, Yonatan Kahn, Aarav Mande, Man Nguyen, Jan Schütte-Engel, John William Scott arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.07791v1 Title: Effective Brane Field Theory with Higher-form Symmetry Author: Yoshimasa Hidaka, Kiyoharu Kawana arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.07993v1
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2023-10-13
Seminar Report
iTHEMS Biology Seminar by Theo Gibbs on October 10, 2023
A central assumption in most ecological models is that the interactions in a community operate only between pairs of species. However, two species may interactively affect the growth of a focal species. Although interactions among three or more species, called higher-order interactions, have the potential to modify our theoretical understanding of coexistence, ecologists lack clear expectations for how these interactions shape community structure. In this talk, Theo Gibbs (Ph. D, Princeton Univ.) will analyze two different sets of assumptions for how higher-order interactions impact the dynamics of competing species and show that they lead to differing outcomes. When higher-order interactions are sampled from unconstrained probability distributions, they are unlikely to generate widespread coexistence. In fact, using an analytical technique from statistical physics, he will show many — though not all — of the qualitative rules derived for pairwise interactions still apply to the higher-order case. Higher-order interactions that have specific relationships with the underlying pairwise interactions, however, can stabilize coexistence in diverse communities. He will conclude by briefly discussing ongoing experimental work that seeks to determine whether or not the dynamics of annual plant communities are structured by higher-order interactions. Reported by Keiichi Morita
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2023-10-12
Paper of the WeekWeek 3, October 2023
Title: Foliated BF theories and Multipole symmetries Author: Hiromi Ebisu, Masazumi Honda, Taiichi Nakanishi arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.06701v1
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2023-10-12
Seminar Report
ABBL-iTHEMS Joint Astro Seminar by Amir Levinson on October 6, 2023
Amir initiated his seminar by presenting a detailed review of multi-messenger astronomy, with a particular focus on neutrinos and their relationship with Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs). AGNs are extraordinary astrophysical systems in which accreting black holes, situated at the centers of galaxies, generate emissions so luminous that they outshine their host galaxies. In the latter part of his presentation, Amir delved into the mechanisms responsible for neutrino production within the core of AGNs, including insights from his own research. His work has been motivated by the IceCube collaboration's recent claim of detecting high-energy neutrinos originating from the direction of NGC 1068. He highlighted the considerable challenges in theoretically reproducing the neutrino spectrum suggested in the IceCube’s observational data. A significant challenge arises when considering the energy distribution of protons accelerated in the highly magnetized core regions of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs). Recent particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations have found energy distributions that are too 'hard' to successfully replicate the anticipated neutrino spectrum. He discussed one way to circumvent this problem is to consider a population of pre-accelerated protons being injected into turbulent regions before they undergo acceleration processes governed by turbulence. He suggested that one way to circumvent this problem is to consider a population of pre-accelerated protons that are injected into turbulent regions before undergoing acceleration processes governed by turbulence. This idea was supported by his PIC simulations, and he further discussed how this mechanism may be realized within the core regions of AGNs. Reported by Hirotaka Ito
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2023-10-06
Seminar Report
ABBL-iTHEMS Joint Astro Seminar by Chelsea Braun on October 6, 2023
Presented was a systematic, global study of Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) hosting Central Compact Objects (CCOs) aimed at addressing their explosion properties and supernova progenitors. With the Chandra and XMM-Newton telescopes, a spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy study is performed on seven SNRs that show evidence of shock-heated ejecta. Using an algorithm, we segmented each SNR in the sample into regions of similar surface brightness. These regions were fit with one- or two-component plasma shock model(s) in order to separate the forward-shocked interstellar medium from the reverse shock-heated ejecta which peak in the X-ray bands for elements including O, Ne, Mg, Si, S, Ar, Ca, and Fe. Dr. Braun and her collaborators subsequently derived the explosion properties for each SNR in the sample and found overall low explosion energies (<10^51 erg). To address their progenitor mass, they compared the measured abundances from our spectroscopic modelling to five of the most widely used explosion models and a relatively new electron-capture supernova model. Additionally, they explored degeneracy in the explosion energy and its effects on the progenitor mass estimates. However, no explosion models match all of the measured ejecta abundances for any of the SNRs in our sample. Therefore, she presented our best progenitor mass estimates and find overall low progenitor masses (<=25 solar masses) and we highlight the discrepancies between the observed data and the theoretical explosion models. Reported by Shigehiro Nagataki
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2023-10-06
Person of the Week
Self-introduction: Yuto Yamamoto
I specialize in tropical geometry, a field of mathematics that naturally emerges when considering the limits of spaces with respect to some parameters. My primary research interest lies in calculating the limits of invariants of the spaces using tropical geometry. Despite being a relatively new field, tropical geometry has already demonstrated its applicability to other various sciences. During my time at iTHEMS, I look forward to exploring such applicational aspects of tropical geometry as well.
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2023-10-06
Press Release
Success in Calculating Cluster Occurrence Probability for New Coronavirus Infections
A research group led by Shingo Iwami (Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University / Visiting Scientist, RIKEN iTHEMS) in collaboration with the University of Oxford (UK), has achieved the world's first successful calculation of the probability of cluster occurrence due to new coronavirus infections. For more details, please visit Nagoya University's website (in Japanese) or EurekAlert! (in English) through the related links.
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2023-10-06
Person of the Week
Self-introduction: Misako Tatsuuma
I'm Misako Tatsuuma, and I joined iTHEMS as a Research Scientist in October 2023. My research focuses on planetary formation theory. Specifically, I'm working on the formation process of planetesimals, which are kilometer-sized bodies like comets and asteroids, from micron-sized cosmic dust grains. This process is still not fully understood and has been extensively studied through observations, explorations, experiments, and simulations. My approach involves investigating the material strengths of dust aggregates using dust grain N-body simulations and comparing the results with explorational findings of comets and asteroids in our solar system. I got my Ph.D. in March 2022 at the University of Tokyo and subsequently began the JSPS fellow (PD) at Tokyo Institute of Technology. As for personal, I'm a mother of two and facing the ongoing challenge of balancing childcare and research.
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2023-10-05
Paper of the WeekWeek 2, October 2023
Title: The deconfinement phase transition in $Sp(2N)$ gauge theories and the density of states method Author: David Mason, Biagio Lucini, Maurizio Piai, Enrico Rinaldi, Davide Vadacchino arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.02145v1 Title: Classification of High-Ordered Topological Nodes Towards MFBs in Twisted Bilayers Author: Fan Cui, Congcong Le, Qiang Zhang, Xianxin Wu, Jiangping Hu, Ching-Kai Chiu arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.00662v1 Title: Berry's phase and quantum mechanical formulation of anomalous Hall effect Author: Kazuo Fujikawa, Koichiro Umetsu arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.02052v1 Title: Possible inconsistency between phenomenological and theoretical determinations of charge symmetry breaking in nuclear energy density functionals Author: Tomoya Naito, Gianluca Colò, Tetsuo Hatsuda, Haozhao Liang, Xavier Roca-Maza, Hiroyuki Sagawa arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.17060v1
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2023-10-05
Person of the Week
Self-introduction: Shinichiro Fujii
My name is Shinichiro Fujii. I was originally a nuclear theorist. After finishing my PhD at Kyushu University in 2000, I joined RIKEN as a special postdoctral researcher. After that, I had several positions including associate professor at the University of Tokyo. After a period of unemployment at the age of 40 due to the term limit, I was hired by JST-CRDS as a fellow in 2013. I conducted research and survey activities to formulate Japan's science and technology policy for 5 years. After that, I was involved in the management of large national projects related to quantum computers and quantum communications, such as JST-ERATO, Q-LEAP and Moonshot Goal 6, at the University of Tokyo and Yokohama National University for 5 years. 23 years after beginning my career as a researcher at RIKEN, I am back to RIKEN as a coordinator in 2023. I would like to contribute to creating a better environment for researchers and enhancing the value of RIKEN.
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2023-10-04
Seminar Report
iTHEMS Biology Seminar by Yoshitomo Kikuchi on October 3, 2023
In this seminar, I hosted Dr. Kikuchi from AIST, who delivered a lecture on the symbiosis between insects and microbes. In agriculture, the development of insecticide resistance in insects is a pressing issue, and one of the contributing factors is the presence of symbiotic bacteria within insects. His seminar experimentally demonstrated that insecticide-resistant bacteria residing in the soil can become symbiotic with insects by being ingested and adapting within the insect's gut. Their discovery is of significant importance for understanding various causes of insect resistance. Notably, the insects they focus on have very narrow intestinal tunnels, with bacteria either capable or incapable of passing through. Furthermore, they discovered that to traverse these narrow tunnels, bacteria engage in a unique movement called "drill motility," where they wrap their flagella around their bodies and twist while moving. This drill motility is a highly unique form of movement, and it is currently being researched in their project titled "The Reason why microbes are moving" from ecological, molecular biological, and physical perspectives. In the latter part of the seminar, advancements in the research related to this drill motility were discussed. These studies on host-microbe interactions based on microbial behavior have evolved into a grand interdisciplinary research effort encompassing physics, mathematics, and informatics. Throughout the seminar, discussions were held regarding the fusion of mathematical sciences with biological research, making it a highly dynamic event. Reported by Daiki Kumakura
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2023-09-28
Paper of the WeekWeek 5, September 2023
Title: A model of randomly-coupled Pauli spins Author: Masanori Hanada, Antal Jevicki, Xianlong Liu, Enrico Rinaldi, Masaki Tezuka arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.15349v1 Title: A closer look at parameter identifiability, model selection and handling of censored data with Bayesian Inference in mathematical models of tumour growth Author: Jamie Porthiyas, Daniel Nussey, Catherine A. A. Beauchemin, Donald C. Warren, Christian Quirouette, Kathleen P. Wilkie arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.13319v1 Title: Error estimate for regularized optimal transport problems via Bregman divergence Author: Keiichi Morikuni, Koya Sakakibara, Asuka Takatsu arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.11666v1
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2023-09-27
Seminar Report
ABBL-iTHEMS Joint Astro Seminar by Arno Vanthieghem on September 8, 2023
Relativistic radiation-mediated shocks (RRMS) dictate the early emission in numerous transient sources such as supernovae, low luminosity gamma-ray bursts, binary neutron star mergers, and tidal disruption events. These shock waves are mediated by Compton scattering and copious electron-positron pair creation. It has been pointed out that a high pair multiplicity inside the shock transition leads to a lepton-baryon velocity separation, prone to plasma instabilities. The interaction of the different species with this radiation-mediated microturbulence can lead to coupling and heating that is unaccounted for by current single-fluid models. Arno presented a theoretical analysis of the hierarchy of plasma microinstabilities growing in an electron-ion plasma loaded with pairs and subject to a radiation force. His results are validated by particle-in-cell simulations that probe the nonlinear regime of the instabilities and the lepton-baryon coupling in the microturbulent electromagnetic field. Based on this analysis, he derived a reduced transport equation for the particles that demonstrates anomalous coupling of the species and heating in a Joule-like process by the joined contributions of the decelerating turbulence, radiation force, and electrostatic field. Arno then discussed the effect of finite magnetization on the general dynamics and recent efforts toward a more self-consistent description of the coupling. In general, his results suggest that radiation-mediated microturbulence could have important consequences for the radiative signatures of RRMS. Reported by Shigehiro Nagataki
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2023-09-26
Seminar Report
iTHEMS Biology Seminar by Ryo Yamaguchi on June 8, 2023
During this session, Dr. Yamaguchi delivered a lecture on evolutionary ecology and its theoretical aspects. He is a researcher who has successfully discovered and quantified new biodiversity patterns through mathematical models in population genetics. In this presentation, he explained his recent research findings in a way that even beginners could easily understand. Various questions and discussions took place. Particularly noteworthy was the high compatibility of his expertise in insects and yeast with other biological fields, allowing for exchanges of ideas with various researchers. My own area of expertise lies in microbiology, specifically in bacteria. While his models primarily focus on eukaryotic organisms, direct application may be challenging, but applying his concepts is feasible. Applying these concepts is likely to yield new insights into the heterogeneity of populations in microbiology. In conclusion, this presentation provided a valuable platform for active discussions among researchers from diverse biological disciplines, making it a highly meaningful session. Reported by Daiki Kumakura
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2023-09-21
Paper of the WeekWeek 4, September 2023
Title: Dynamical chirality production in one dimension Author: Tomoya Hayata, Katsumasa Nakayama, Arata Yamamoto arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.08820v1 Title: Chemical potential (in)dependence of hadron scatterings in the hadronic phase of QCD-like theories and its applications Author: Kotaro Murakami, Etsuko Itou, Kei Iida arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.08143v1 Title: Zariski dense discontinuous surface groups for reductive symmetric spaces Author: Kazuki Kannaka, Takayuki Okuda, Koichi Tojo arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.08331v1 Title: Limits to Fluctuation Dynamics Author: Ryusuke Hamazaki arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.07301v1 Title: Genus-$g$, $n$-point, $b$-boundary, $c$-crosscap correlation functions of two-dimensional conformal field theory: Definition and general properties Author: Xun Liu arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.07528v1
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2023-09-18
Seminar Report
Quantum Matter Seminar by Ashley Cook on September 14, 2023
In a recent online seminar for RIKEN iTHEMS' QMSG series, Dr. Ashley Cook of the Max Planck Institute for Complex Systems delved into her interesting research on topological skyrmion phases in electronic systems. The talk was centered on non-interacting electronic topological phases that feature a skyrmion in their momentum-space spin polarization. After a succinct introduction that framed the talk within the broader context of topological classification in condensed matter physics, Dr. Cook pivoted to explore quantum skyrmion structures in momentum space. She specifically discussed these structures in the context of expected spin polarization in the ground state of centrosymmetric superconductors. Intriguingly, she demonstrated that the topological protection of the skyrmion number extends to the electronic structure through a generalized bulk-boundary correspondence, after accounting for non-spin degrees of freedom. This results in the formation of unique edge states that bridge one types of the energy bands (conduction bands and valence bands). Moreover, Dr. Cook emphasized that the adiabatic pumping of these edge states signifies the flow of quantum skyrmions. She suggested that this insight necessitates a reevaluation of the theoretical framework for the quantum Hall effects, which was initially conceived around point charges nearly half a century ago. Her work, therefore, not only suggests a pathway to discover new forms of topological boundary states but also calls for a more nuanced classification of topological states in electronic matter, beyond the limitations of the "tenfold way." The talk sparked a lively discussion, underscoring its significance and the excitement it generated among the participants. We extend our gratitude to Dr. Ashley Cook for her illuminating and thought-provoking contribution. Reported by Ching-Kai Chiu (iTHEMS) and Thore Posske (University of Hamburg, Germany)
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2023-09-14
Paper of the WeekWeek 3, September 2023
Title: Dynamic relationship between XRP price and correlation tensor spectra of the transaction network Author: Abhijit Chakraborty, Tetsuo Hatsuda, Yuichi Ikeda arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05935v1 Title: Greybody Factors Imprinted on Black Hole Ringdowns: an alternative to superposed quasi-normal modes Author: Naritaka Oshita arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05725v1 Title: Symmetry-resolved Entanglement Entropy, Spectra & Boundary Conformal Field Theory Author: Yuya Kusuki, Sara Murciano, Hirosi Ooguri, Sridip Pal arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.03287v1
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2023-09-07
Paper of the WeekWeek 2, September 2023
Title: Efficient Simulation of Low Temperature Physics in One-Dimensional Gapless Systems Author: Yuya Kusuki, Kotaro Tamaoka, Zixia Wei, Yasushi Yoneta arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02519v1 Title: Involutions and the Chern-Simons filtration in instanton Floer homology Author: Antonio Alfieri, Irving Dai, Abhishek Mallick, Masaki Taniguchi arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02309v1 Title: A Semi-classical Spacetime Region with Maximum Entropy Author: Yuki Yokokura arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.00602v1
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2023-09-05
Seminar Report
Lab-Theory Standing Talk #2 by Yusaku Nishimiya on September 5, 2023
At this Lab-Theory Standing Talks, taken place at the third floor open space, Yusaku Nishimiya explained the effect of heavy-ion beam on yeast. Reported by Tsukasa Tada
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2023-08-27
Hot Topic
3rd Summer School of Mathematical Biology
From the 23rd to the 25th of August 2023, the 3rd Summer School of Mathematical Biology took place at Sokendai University (Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture). It was a lecture camp organized primarily by our iTHEMS colleagues, Daiki Kumakura and Keiichi Morita. The topics included virus evolution, immune response, coexistence theories in biology and rapid evolution, human migration and its processes, optimization strategies in marine organism reproduction, and modeling biological metabolism. At the summer school, Tetsuo Hatsuda (iTHEMS Director) also participated as an attendee. In the end, there was a fruitful event, including an introduction to iTHEMS. The summer school will be held again next year.
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2023-08-25
Seminar Report
Exploring 2D Quantum Spacetime Based on Causal Dynamical Triangulations by Yuki Sato on August 21, 2023
The fourth set of intensive lectures organised by the iTHEMS Quantum Gravity Gatherings study group has now concluded. Approximately 15 participants joined this three day event in which we were given a comprehensive overview of the causal dynamical triangulations (CDT) approach to 2D quantum spacetime. Leading affairs was Dr Yuki Sato of the National Institute of Technology, Tokuyama College, who presented in a tightly organised and very pedagogical manner. Following some brief motivations for the CDT approach to quantum gravity and a summary of the numerical understanding of the theory in 4D, Sato-san began with an overview of discrete geometry in Lorentzian spaces and used this to introduce Lorentzian Regge calculus. The fundamental idea here is to realise curvature as a conical defect at certain codimension 2 regions of piecewise-flat manifolds. We concluded the first day by using this to construct the Lorentzian Einstein-Regge action in arbitrary dimension before specialising to the 2D case. We began the second day by explicitly quantising this 2D action and then proceeded to take its continuum limit, allowing for the deduction of the quantum Hamiltonian of the theory. We then briefly covered the formalism of 2D projectable Hořava–Lifshitz (PHL) gravity and demonstrated the equivalence of this theory to 2D CDT by showing that PHL gravity is described by the same Hamiltonian as in the CDT case. On the third day we learnt about a generalisation of the 2D CDT model allowing for topology change to occur, employing ideas from string field theory in the process; we studied a dual matrix model representation of the theory and derived an effective quantum Hamiltonian including the contribution of such wormhole configurations. Finally we saw how topology change in 2D generalised CDT could be realised in terms of stochastic time-dependent fluctuations of the cosmological constant in line with the so-called Coleman mechanism. In addition to the scientific activities above we had a number of short talks on the first and second days of the event by participants as well as a banquet on the first day where we were joined by several iTHEMS members. The intimate nature of the event lead to the active participation of attendees and overall a very lively and productive learning environment. Reported by Christy Koji Kelly
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2023-08-24
Paper of the WeekWeek 4, August 2023
Title: Universality in quasinormal modes of neutron stars with quark-hadron crossover Author: Hajime Sotani, Toru Kojo arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.11494v1 Title: Kramers-Krönig approach to the electric permittivity of the vacuum in a strong constant electric field Author: Hidetoshi Taya, Charlie Ironside arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.11248v1 Title: de Sitter space is sometimes not empty Author: Vijay Balasubramanian, Yasunori Nomura, Tomonori Ugajin arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.09748v1 Title: Plant GARDEN: a portal website for cross-searching between different types of genomic and genetic resources in a wide variety of plant species Author: Hisako Ichihara, Manabu Yamada, Mitsuyo Kohara, Hideki Hirakawa, Andrea Ghelfi, Takuro Tamura, Akihiro Nakaya, Yasukazu Nakamura, Sachiko Shirasawa, Samatchaya Yamashita, Yosuke Toda, Daijiro Harada, Tsunakazu Fujishiro, Akiko Komaki, Jeffrey A. Fawcett, Eiji Sugihara, Satoshi Tabata, Sachiko N. Isobe Journal Reference: BMC Plant Biology 23, 391 (2023) doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-023-04392-8 Title: Genome sequencing reveals the genetic architecture of heterostyly and domestication history of common buckwheat Author: Jeffrey A. Fawcett, Ryoma Takeshima, Shinji Kikuchi, Euki Yazaki, Tomoyuki Katsube-Tanaka, Yumei Dong, Meifang Li, Harriet V. Hunt, Martin K. Jones, Diane L. Lister, Takanori Ohsako, Eri Ogiso-Tanaka, Kenichiro Fujii, Takashi Hara, Katsuhiro Matsui, Nobuyuki Mizuno, Kazusa Nishimura, Tetsuya Nakazaki, Hiroki Saito, Naoko Takeuchi, Mariko Ueno, Daiki Matsumoto, Miyu Norizuki, Kenta Shirasawa, Chengyun Li, Hideki Hirakawa, Tatsuya Ota, Yasuo Yasui Journal Reference: Nature Plants volume 9, pages 1236–1251 (2023) doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01474-1
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