Defects in Quantum Field Theory
Topological and conformal defects, defect RG flows, magnetic impurities, Wilson and ’t Hooft lines, and crystalline flux defects.
Zohar
Komargodski
My interests center on quantum field theory and its applications across statistical mechanics, condensed matter, and string theory.
Professor at the
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
Stony Brook University, New York
Lectures & notes
Selected material
Lecture slides and longer-form notes for students and researchers. The complete research record is available through INSPIRE-HEP.
Critical Exponents and Effective Field Theories
Large-charge and large-spin methods for conformal field theories, from superfluids and vortices to heavy operators and Regge physics.
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An Overview of the Chern-Simons Interaction
A broad introduction to the Chern-Simons interaction and its role across quantum field theory.
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Line Defects and the Renormalization Group
Zero-temperature entropy for impurities and its evolution under renormalization group flow.
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Line Defects in QFT
An entropy function, conformality, and symmetries in the study of line defects.
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Lectures on Quantum Field Theory
Topics in conformal field theory, anomalies, monotonicity theorems, supersymmetry, and S-matrix theory.
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Education at Tel Aviv University and the Weizmann Institute, followed by the Institute for Advanced Study and faculty positions at Weizmann and the Simons Center.
Download full CV PDF updated June 2024Some awards
- Annual Racah Lecture in Physics
- Brout–Englert–Lemaître Center Distinguished Lectures
- Kieval Lecture, Cornell University
- Tomassoni–Chisesi Physics Prize
- New Horizons Solvay Lectures and Sackler International Prize
- Gribov Medal, European Physical Society
- New Horizons in Physics Prize
Contact
Research questions, visits, and collaborations.
zkomargo@gmail.comSimons Center for Geometry and Physics
Stony Brook University, New York