CMSA Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar: Computing WKB periods

Name: CMSA Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar: Computing WKB periods
Start: 2025-12-08T15:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-08T16:00:00-05:00
Location: CMSA G10

CMSA QUANTUM FIELD THEORY AND PHYSICAL MATHEMATICS SEMINAR

When: December 8, 2025

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Where: CMSA G10

Address: 20 Garden St., Cambridge 02138, United States

Speaker: Max Meynig (University of Connecticut)

In one dimensional quantum mechanics, the all-orders WKB method leads to `quantum periods’ which are formal power series in \hbar whose coefficients are certain period integrals. These periods, which limelight in supersymmetric/string theories, have rich structure and can be computed in a number of ways. I will discuss a new perspective on them and their computation.

In person and online:

Zoom Link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/96870727480

Password: CMSA-QFTPM