IAS-PHYS Fundamental Physics Seminar Series - Cosmological Grassmannian: A Natural Language for Spinning AdS / Cosmological Correlators

IAS-PHYS Fundamental Physics Seminar Series - Cosmological Grassmannian: A Natural Language for Spinning AdS / Cosmological Correlators
3:00pm - 4:00pm
IAS4042, 4/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST

Abstract


Spinning Cosmological Correlators are notorious for their complicated structure. In this talk, the speaker will introduce a new kinematics space, known as the Cosmological Grassmannian, which reveals the hidden simplicity of these spinning correlators. He will explain how this kinematics space makes the constraints of a massless spinning correlator (namely current conservation and de Sitter isometry) manifest. He will also go over some examples of three point and four point correlators, and explain how properties such as flat space limit and factorization are manifest in this space.


About the Speaker


Dr. Gordon Mang Hei LEE is currently a postdoctoral researcher at National Taiwan University. He obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2024. Dr. Lee mainly works on understanding the structure of Cosmological Correlators, as well as their interplay with various fundamental principles of physics such as unitarity and symmetry.


About the Center for Fundamental Physics


For more information, please refer to https://iascfp.hkust.edu.hk/.


For Attendees' Attention


Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

Event Format
Speakers / Performers:
Dr. Gordon Mang Hei LEE
National Taiwan University
Recommended For
Faculty and staff, PG students, UG students
Language
English
Organizer
HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study
Department of Physics
Contact
Science & Technology