DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS 2025

• • Tuesday 4 November 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom : Mauro Giliberti (Florence)
    Probing confinement observables with numerical holography in quiver field theories
    Abstract: Holography has long been employed to explore the behavior of strongly interacting theories in regimes inaccessible to perturbative techniques, with confinement remaining one of the most intriguing phenomena. Indeed, while a holographic version of QCD still remains elusive, numerous theories that mimic certain aspects of QCD have been found with a known holographic dual: among them, the family of quiver field theories considered here. After recalling a few relevant concepts, I will introduce and discuss the theoretical framework and numerical implementation of two holographic observables in these theories: the Wilson loop and entanglement entropy, which have been shown, at least in some examples, to be linked to confinement. I will then present the numerical results and their interpretation, showing the emergence of distinct regimes corresponding to conformal, confining, and screened behaviors, and suggesting the presence of partial deconfinement.
  • Tuesday 11 November 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom : Tapoja Jha  (HIP, Helsinki)
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    Abstract: TBA
  • Tuesday 18 November 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom : Xin Li (Helsinki)
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    Abstract: TBA
  • Tuesday 4 December 2025 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom : René Meyer (Würzburg)
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    Abstract: TBA

Hopefully the up to 50 min + 10 min discussion long seminar/colloquium will be understandable to a wide audience.
Contacts: Keijo Kajantie (keijo kajantie at helsinki fi) [ HIP seminar],
Tushar Gupta  (tushar.gupta at helsinki fi) [cosmo seminar]

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Mathematical Physics Seminar and Workshop series Wed 14-16 in Exactum C123.
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