The Fuzzy Onion

Samuel Kovacik (Comenius U, Bratislava)

Sep 06. 2023, 12:30 — 13:00

It is generally believed that the space has a nontrivial structure which is apparent on the order of the Planck length. There is a class of models of three-dimensional quantum spaces constructed using different mathematical tools. Also, there is another class of models with matrix descriptions of spaces of various dimensions and geometries with built-in momentum cut-off -- these are called fuzzy spaces; the fuzzy sphere is a prominent example. We describe how to connect various spheres together to foliate a three-dimensional space dubbed the fuzzy onion. We show three physical examples of this model: quartic field theory, Coulomb problem and heat transfer.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Files:
Slides
Associated Event:
Large-N Matrix Models and Emergent Geometry (Workshop)
Organizer(s):
Sumit Ranjan Das (U Kentucky)
Masanori Hanada (QMU London)
Sean Hartnoll (U of Cambridge)
Antal Jevicki (Brown U, Providence)
Joanna Karczmarek (UBC)
Harold Steinacker (U of Vienna)