Non-Lorentzian Geometries and their Applications

Nonrelativistic quantum strings from gauged WZW models

1 May 2025, 11:30

1h

Maxwell Lecture Theatre

Theme 3: mathematics of NL geometries Mathematics of NL geometries: Plenary Talk (Chair: Gerben Oling)

Speaker

Prof. José Figueroa-O'Farrill (The University of Edinburgh)

Description

I will report on joint work with Girish Vishwa about a construction of nonrelativistic quantum strings from gauged WZW models. This is inspired on the characterisation of Lie groups admitting a bi-invariant galilean structure as quotients of generalised Nappi-Witten groups.