The research group "Quantum Field Theory: Renormalization, Conformal Correlation Functions and AdS Backgrounds"

funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within the "Emmy Noether" programme

The Emmy Noether Research Group "Quantum Field Theory"

Current members:

Dr. Johanna Erdmenger

Dr. Zachary Guralnik

Dr. Riccardo Apreda

Dipl.-Phys. Johannes Grosse

Dipl.-Phys. Robert Schmidt

Diploma Students:

Andre Haas

Christian Wagner

Uwe Roehner

Stephan Hoehne

Christian Schwenke

Former members:

Dr. Ingo Kirsch (now at Harvard University)

Dr. James Babington (Alexander v. Humboldt fellow, now at ICTP Trieste)

Welcome to our homepage. Our group has research interests in a number of areas of quantum field theory and string theory. We are particularly involved in studying the interface between string theory and quantum field theory. One focus of interest are extensions and generalizations of the AdS/CFT correspondence. Our group is funded by the Emmy Noether programme of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). We actively participate in the scientific life of the quantum field theory group at Humboldt University.

Publications:

1. J. Babington, J. Erdmenger, N. Evans, Z. Guralnik and I. Kirsch:

A gravity dual of chiral symmetry breaking, hep-th/0312263.

2. J. Erdmenger, Z. Guralnik, R. Helling (Cambridge) and I. Kirsch:

A world-volume perspective on the recombination of intersecting branes, hep-th/0309043.

3. J. Babington, J. Erdmenger, N. Evans, Z. Guralnik and I. Kirsch:

Chiral symmetry breaking and pions in non-supersymmetric gauge/gravity duals, hep-th/0306018, Phys. Rev. D 69 (2004) 066007.

4. N. Constable (MIT), J. Erdmenger, Z. Guralnik and I. Kirsch:

Intersecting branes, defect conformal field theories and tensionless strings, 9p., hep-th/0212265, Fortsch. Phys. 51 (2003) 732.

5. N. Constable (MIT), J. Erdmenger, Z. Guralnik and I. Kirsch:

(De)constructing intersecting M5-branes, 27p., hep-th/0212136, Phys. Rev. D. 67 (2003) 106005.

6. N. Constable (MIT), J. Erdmenger, Z. Guralnik and I. Kirsch:

Intersecting D3-branes and Holography, 45p., hep-th/0211222, Phys.Rev.D 68 (2003) 106007.

7. J. Erdmenger, Z. Guralnik and I. Kirsch:

Four-dimensional superconformal theories with interacting boundaries or defects, hep-th/0203020, Physical Review D 66 (2002) 025020.

Activities of the Emmy Noether research group:

This Semester (SS 04):

Course: Physik I (first year physics)

WS 03/04:

Visits of Dr David Mateos (Perimeter Institute), Prof Anne Davis (University of Cambridge)

Course: "Theoretische Physik III - Quantenmechanik", Lectures Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11am, Class Thursdays at 1pm, Department of Mathematics.

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Semester SS 03:

Course "The AdS/CFT correspondence", Tuesdays at 11am, room 2-102. (Uebung nach Absprache)

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Semester WS02/03:

22nd - 24th January 2003: visit of Dr Nick Evans, University of Southampton

Course "Konforme Feldtheorie mit Anwendungen in Elementarteilchen- und Festkoerperphysik" , Vorlesung dienstags 10 Uhr Raum 668, Uebung dienstags 16 Uhr Raum 600.

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Semester SS02:

Course "The AdS/CFT correspondence", Tuesdays at 10am, room 670

11th - 18th April: visit of Prof. Hugh Osborn, University of Cambridge

12th - 18th May: visit of Nicolas Boulanger, Universite Libre de Bruxelles

5th - 13th June: visit of Dr. James Babington, University of Southampton

16th - 24th June: visit of Prof. Djordje Minic, Virginia Tech

16th - 23rd August: visit of Dr. Neil Constable, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Semester WS01/02:

Course "Conformal Symmetry in Quantum Field Theory", Tuesdays at 10am in room 670 (Johanna Erdmenger)

10th - 16th December: visit of Dr. Manuel Perez-Victoria, Universita di Padova and INFN

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For more information please contact Johanna Erdmenger at

Email: jke at physik.hu-berlin.de
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