Mathematical physics

The Mathematics Physics research program spans the ANU College of Science, with several members having joint appointments with the Department of Theoretical Physics in RSPE. The program is active in studying fundamental problems across a broad spectrum of Mathematical Physics.

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The Mathematics Physics research program spans the ANU College of Science, with several members having joint appointments with the Department of Theoretical Physics in RSPE. The program is active in studying fundamental problems across a broad spectrum of Mathematical Physics, such as:

String Theory
Conformal Field Theory
Integrable Models in Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory
Condensed Matter Theory

using and developing techniques from:

Algebra (including Algebraic Topology and Algebraic Geometry)
Representation Theory
Differential Geometry

Projects

Introduction to String Theory

This project aims to give a basic introduction to String Theory, and the mathematical techniques required, by working through (part of) the undergraduate textbook "A First Course in String Theory" by Barton Zwiebach (Cambridge University Press, 2004).

Student intake

Open for Bachelor students

People

Peter Bouwknegt

Lindbladians and related master equations in quantum mechanics

Student intake

Open for students

People

Murray Batchelor

Mathematical Aspects of Conformal Field Theory

operator theoretic aspects of quantum field theory
computational problems in vector-valued modular forms
tensor categories and functorial conformal field theories