Generalized symmetries in HEP and CMP

28 Jul 2025, 08:00 → 1 Aug 2025, 18:00 Asia/Shanghai

212 (Middle Building)

Topics: Mathematical foundations of generalized symmetries, applications of generalized symmetries in quantum field theory, condensed matter physics and string theory.
There is no registration fee for the conference. P​​​​​​articipants should arrange for their own accommodations.

Dates: 2025 07.28-08.01

Organizers: Yinan Wang (Peking University), Yunqin Zheng (KITS, GUCAS)

Location: M212, Department of Physics, Peking University

Address: 209 Chengfu Rd, Haidian District, Beijing   北京市海淀区成府路209号

 

Speaker list:

Name	Institution
Andrea Antinucci	University of Oxford
Yu-An Chen	Peking University
Jin Chen	Xiamen University
Christian Copetti	University of Oxford
Mirjam Cvetic	University of Pennsylvannia
Max Hubner	University of Uppsala
Ling-Yan Hung	Tsinghua University
Wenjie Ji	McMaster University/PI
Justin Kaidi	Kyushu University
Yuya Kusuki	Kyushu University
Ho tat Lam(online)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Shang Liu	CAS Institute of Physics
Shuhei Ohyama	University of Vienna
Rajath Radhakrishnan	ICTP
Sakura Schafer-Nameki(online)	University of Oxford
Jiahua Tian	Eastern China Normal University
Apoorv Tiwari	Southern Denmark University
Zheyan Wan	BIMSA
Qingrui Wang	Tsinghua University
Hao Zhang	Tokyo University, IPMU
Yi Zhang	Tokyo University, IPMU
Zhihao Zhang	BIMSA

 

Monday, 28 July

1 Registration

2 Selection Rules Revisited

Speaker: Justin Kaidi (Kyushu University)

3 New Crosscap States from Non-Invertible Symmetries

Speaker: Yuya Kusuki (Kyushu University)

12:00 Lunch

4 Anomaly and fermionic unitary operators

Speaker: Yi Zhang (Tokyo University, IPMU)

5 Gauging non-invertible symmetries via von Neumann subfactors

Speaker: Hao Zhang (Tokyo University, IPMU)

15:30 Tea Break

6 Anomalies and generalized statistics on lattices

Speaker: Yu-An Chen (Peking University)

7 Constructing bulk topological orders from generalized Ising models

Speaker: Shang Liu (CAS Institute of Physics)

Tuesday, 29 July

8 Higher condensation theory and gauging of symmetries

Speaker: Zhihao Zhang (BIMSA)

9 Gauging non-invertible symmetries in 2+1d TQFTs

Speaker: Rajath Radhakrishnan (ICTP)

12:00 Lunch

10 A 2D-CFT Factory: Critical Lattice Models from Competing Anyon Condensation in SymTO/SymTFT

Speaker: Ling-Yan Hung (Tsinghua University)

11 Deconfined quantum critical points and dual generalized symmetries

Speaker: Qingrui Wang (Tsinghua University)

15:30 Tea Break

12 What does symmetry say

Speaker: Jiahua Tian (Eastern China Normal University)

13 Topological Responses of the Standard Model Gauge Group

Speaker: Zheyan Wan (BIMSA)

Wednesday, 30 July

14 Super-Strip Algebra in Gaped Fermionic Models

Speaker: Jin Chen (Xiamen University)

15 Chiral Tube Algebra

Speaker: Ho tat Lam (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

12:00 Lunch

Thursday, 31 July

16 Anomaly Coefficients of Higher Symmetries in Geometrically Engineered Quantum Field Theories

Speaker: Mirjam Cvetic (University of Pennsylvannia)

17 Symmetry Theories, Wigner's Function, Compactification, and Holography

Speaker: Max Hubner (University of Uppsala)

12:00 Lunch

18 Higher Structures on Boundary Conformal Manifolds

Speaker: Shuhei Ohyama (University of Vienna)

19 Bulk Excitations of Invertible Phases

Speaker: Wenjie Ji (McMaster University/PI)

15:30 Tea Break

20 SymTFT Approach to Pure and Mixed Phases with Categorical Symmetries

Speaker: Sakura Schafer-Nameki (University of Oxford)

21 Symmetry constraints on defect dynamics

Speaker: Christian Copetti (University of Oxford)

Friday, 1 August

22 Spontaneously Non-uniform Entangled Phases

Speaker: Apoorv Tiwari (Southern Denmark University)

23 Categorical Anomalies

Speaker: Andrea Antinucci (University of Oxford)

12:00 Lunch