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 ›
Theoretical Physics
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 ›
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 ›
Focus on bimetric theory
It goes without saying that finding answers to questions raised by the Standard Model and General Relativity remains a huge part of theoretical physics. Recent developments in bimetric theory, a topical review published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical is the second most most highly cited article in the journal from 2016. Here we talk to one of the authors of the review, Angnis Schmidt-May, from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, to discover why this field is so active and what discoveries she’d like to see.
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 ›
Focus on quantum thermodynamics
The interface between quantum information and thermodynamics is currently a very active area. The topical review The role of quantum information in thermodynamics — a topical review, published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical is the most highly cited 2016 article in the journal. Here we talk to one of the authors of the review, Marcus Huber, from Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Vienna, to discover why this field is so active and where he thinks it’s heading.
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 2
In the second of a series of interviews, meet Simone Giombi, Igor Klebanov and Grigory Tarnopolsky, the authors of Conformal QED d , F-theorem and the ε expansion.
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 ›
Quantum statistical behaviour of a two-mode magnon system with microwave pumping
How can this be studied through the nonlinear magnetization dynamics of coupled ferromagnetic nanowires?
“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 ›
Novel magnetic excitations in iron-based superconductors
Hai-Yang Zhang and Ning Xu shed some light on magnetic excitations in iron pnictides