The ESI program Amplitudes and Algebraic Geometry aims to develop new mathematical paradigms for the fundamental interactions of nature by bringing together physicists working on scattering amplitudes and mathematicians with expertise in real, complex, tropical and computational algebraic geometry. The program features several mini-courses, two one-week topical workshops, as well as two weeks with a light program to enable collaborations among the participants.
Schedule (see below for details of topics):
Week 1, Feb 16-20: Mini-Courses I
Week 2, Feb 23-27: Light program (approx. one talk per day)
Week 3, Mar 2-6: Mini-Courses II
Week 4, Mar 9-13: Workshop I
Week 5, Mar 16-20: Light program (approx. one talk per day)
Week 6, Mar 23-27: Workshop II
Mini-Courses I. Expected lecturers include:
Bernd Sturmfels: Kinematic Varieties
Lorenzo Tancredi: Feynman Integrals
Lauren Williams: Amplituhedra
Mini-Courses II. Expected lecturers include:
Daniele Dorigoni: Modular Forms and AdS/CFT
James Drummond: Cluster Algebras
Samuel Grushevsky: Theta Functions and Moduli Spaces
Workshop I is co-organized by Thomas Lam, Erik Panzer, and Anastasia Volovich. Topics: algebraic and combinatorial aspects of amplitudes, such as cluster algebras, amplituhedra and surfacehedra, tropical geometry, as well as positive and binary geometry.
Workshop II is co-organized by Axel Kleinschmidt, Martin Raum, and Leila Schneps. Topics: Feynman/string integrals, their differential equations, (co-)homology theories and intersection numbers; computational aspects of periods, Hodge theory, theta functions, Siegel modular forms, and moduli spaces of curves and abelian varieties
Coming soon.