Particle Theory Seminar: Christian Jepsen, Stony Brook University, “RG flows, bifurcations, and chaos”

Event time: 
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
Sloane Physics Laboratory (SPL), Room 51 See map
217 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Event description: 

Matrix and tensor models with O(N) symmetry offer a surprise on analytic continuation in N: the existence of Hopf bifurcations and limit cycles in the RG flow. In models with O(N_1) times O(N_2) symmetry, yet more exotic possibilities are possible: homoclinic RG orbits and chaos. In this talk, I will present an overview of these phenomena and present a number of examples.
Host: Yuan Xin (yuan.xin@yale.edu)