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ETH Zürich (Switzerland)

This conference will focus on the interplay between the most recent theoretical developments in the context of QFT, the impact that these can have in guiding and interpreting the result of experimental searches, and the reshaping of the relevant questions that physics BSM must answer.

Contrary to other conferences and workshops, that tend to focus either on the most theoretical aspects of QFT or on the most practical ones of physics BSM, this conference will aim at studying phenomenologically relevant questions with a more theoretical perspective.

From a modern point of view, quantum field theory associates to every symmetry a topological defect, which acts on local and extended observables. This understanding has recently led to the discovery of new higher notions of symmetry, which in turn has shed new light on some of the most mysterious and profound phenomena described by quantum field theory, including color confinement in non-abelian gauge theories and duality. The deep link between symmetry and topology finds its natural expression in the mathematics of topological quantum field theory, such as the modular tensor categories that describe invariants of knots and the long-distance physics of anyons. Recent advances have centered on the rich categorical structure of various defects and how it encodes the fundamental idea of locality, as expressed by the cobordism hypothesis.

Mathematical Physics,    Courses and Events for Physics Students

Frontiers in Machine Learning in Cosmology and Particle Physics 2023 is a workshop on the latest machine learning developments in the domains of cosmology and particle physics. It takes inspiration from the influential workshop series "Hammers & Nails", organised every other year by the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning,    Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology