中科院数学与系统科学研究院
数学研究所
学术报告会
报告人： Dr. Liang Kong (University of New Hampshire & Harvard University)
题 目：Tensor categories in condensed matter physics
时 间：2016.06.03（星期五），15 :00-16 :00
地 点：思源楼509室
Abstract:
In this talk, I will explain how the modern theory of fusion categories (certain semisimple abelian categories) can be applied to condensed matter physics in its full strength. In particular, I will explain how the representation theory of fusion categories can be used to construct lattice models that can realize the so-called topological phases of matters (or topological orders), and how the theory of fusion categories can provide answers to many important questions in physics.