Researchers at Stanford and Boston University construct two dimensional CFTs with the right properties to be holographic duals of three-dimensional supergravity. They spoke to Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical about their Publisher’s Pick Who are you? … Read More ›
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John Cardy’s scale-invariant journey in low dimensions: a special issue for his 70th birthday
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical celebrates the 70th birthday of Professor John Cardy with a special issue collection spearheaded by guest editors Pasquale Calabrese, Paul Fendley and Uwe C Täuber. The issue is nearing final completion and JPhys+ would like to… Read More ›
Image of the Week: Joint statistics of strongly correlated neurons via dimensionality reduction
This week’s image is taken from a study of Joint statistics of strongly correlated neurons via dimensionality reduction as part of the Modelling and inference in the dynamics of complex interaction networks special issue of Journal of Physics A: Mathematical… Read More ›
Publisher’s Pick: Proving duality for the two-component asymmetric simple exclusion process.
In this paper Jeffrey Kuan uses symmetry of quantum groups to prove duality for the two-component asymmetric simple exclusion process. He spoke to Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical as about his Publisher’s Pick Who are you? Jeffrey Kuan,… Read More ›
Schrödinger-cat-like states: an Emerging Talents Lab Talk with Florian Fröwis
In a recently published Emerging Talents paper in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical Florian Fröwis investigates Lower bounds on the size of general Schrödinger-cat states from experimental data. Florian spoke to JPhys+ to explain more about Schrödinger-cat-like states. Recent experiments have… Read More ›
Progress on the separability problem of Quantum Mechanics: A Lab Talk
In their recent paper in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical researchers from China and South Korea investigate a Separability criterion for three-qubit states with a four dimensional norm. Kyung Hoon Han spoke to JPhys+ to explain more about their… Read More ›
Dynamical phase transitions: an Emerging Talents Lab Talk with Alexandre Lazarescu
In a newly published Emerging Talents paper in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical Alexandre Lazarescu investigates a Generic dynamical phase transition in one-dimensional bulk-driven lattice gases with exclusion. Alexandre spoke to JPhys+ to explain more about dynamical phase… Read More ›
Percolation: Where physics and mathematics meet for coffee
We talk to Ralph Kenna and Bertrand Berche about their paper on Universal finite-size scaling for percolation theory in high dimensions published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. They talk about the importance of percolation in mathematics and… Read More ›
How sitting in on a lecture inspired a new idea: Interview with Lisa Glaser
Lisa Glaser discusses phase transitions, non-commutative geometry and how sitting in on a lecture can bring about new ideas as she talks about her recent paper in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. Who are you? I’m Lisa Glaser,… Read More ›
Extending the reach of integrability in AdS/CFT as far as possible
In their recently published Emerging Talents paper in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical Stijn van Tongeren and Ben Hoare study Jordanian deformations of AdS5 and supergravity. Stijn has taken the time to answer some questions from JPhys+ to tell… Read More ›
Meet the winners of the Journal of Physics A 2017 Best Paper Prizes
Part 1: Silvio Franz and Giorgio Parisi The simplest model of jamming
Bell scenarios with communication: an Emerging Talents Lab Talk with Jonatan Brask
In the recently published Emerging Talents paper in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical Jonatan Brask and Rafael Chaves investigate Bell scenarios with communication. Emerging Talent, Jonatan spoke to JPhys+ to explain more about nonlocality. Classical and quantum physics provide… Read More ›
“Do not get discouraged by the struggles of academia. There are plenty of success stories!” – an interview with Professor Gerardo Adesso
Professor Gerardo Adesso is a theoretical physicist and Professor of Mathematical Physics at the School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Nottingham. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. He works on… Read More ›
One-dimensional q-state Potts model with multi-site interactions: An interview with Loïc Turban
In his recently published Paper in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical Loïc Turban from the Université de Lorraine has provided a study of the 1D classical q-state Potts model. Professor Turban talks to JPhys+ to tell us more about… Read More ›
“Creative projects gave me intuition and insight”: An ergodic generation method for off-lattice walks
Researchers from California develop an efficient, ergodic generation method for off-lattice walks with excluded volume and analyze the effects of thickness on shape and knotting. They spoke to JPhys+ about their recent publication in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and… Read More ›
Tunneling in quantum search: an Emerging Talents Lab Talk with Thomas Wong
In his recently published Emerging Talents paper in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical Thomas Wong investigates a Quantum walk search through potential barriers. Thomas spoke to JPhys+ to explain more about the world of tunneling in quantum search. Quantum… Read More ›
Publisher’s Pick: Exploring the dynamo effect
We talk to Professor Igor Kolokolov about his recent work published in Journal of Physics A.