About
Welcome to the Chair of Quantum Mathematical Physics. We conduct research on mathematical aspects of various branches of contemporary theoretical physics. Of our particular interest are formal features and exact results in quantum field theory – and among others in its incarnations, such as conformal, integrable, and topological quantum field theories – which arise in condensed matter, quantum information, high energy physics, quantum gravity, string theory and M-theory. We analyze quantum integrability and strongly correlated quantum systems, entanglement measures and computational complexity, and try to understand how gravity geometry emerges from quantum information. Of our interest are matrix models and topological recursion, as well as links between physics, knot theory, and low-dimensional topology, and relations of all these systems to topological string theory.
Contact and address
Head of the Chair: prof. dr hab. Piotr Sułkowski
Chair of Quantum Mathematical Physics
Institute of Theoretical Physics
Faculty of Physics
University of Warsaw
ul. Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
tel. +48 22 55 32814, +48 22 55 32949
e-mail: psulkows [at] fuw.edu.pl
People
[Members of our Chair (with a guest) – click the photo to enlarge]
Our contact details can be found here.
Faculty members
- dr hab. Paweł Caputa
- dr hab. Miłosz Panfil
- prof. dr hab. Jacek Pawełczyk
- prof. dr hab. Piotr Sułkowski
- prof. Tomasz Taylor (collaborating under Nawa Professorship grant, 2023-2026)
Senior researchers
- dr hab. Nikolai Iorgov
Postdocs
- dr Adam Bzowski
- dr Oleksandr Gamayun
- dr Dongsheng Ge
- dr Sinong Liu
- dr Felipe Taha Sant’ana
PhD students
- Jan Boruch
- Pedram Karimi
- Maciej Łebek
- Dimitrios Patramanis
- Souradeep Purkayastha
- Abhigyan Saha
- Yurii Zhuravlov
MSc students
- Jacek Kenig
- Artur Strąg
Former members (affiliated after January 1, 2022)
- Helder Larraguivel (PhD student, 2016-2023)
- dr Aditya Bawane (postdoc, 2020-2023)
- dr Kento Osuga (postdoc, 2021-2022)
- Michał Bączyk (PhD student, 2021-2022)
- Shi Cheng (PhD student, 2019-2022)
- Dmitry Noshchenko (PhD student, 2017-2022)
Research groups
Quantum Information in Quantum Gravity
Principal Investigator: dr hab. Paweł Caputa
Website
Our main goal is to explore quantum gravity using quantum information. Our current focus is on developing quantum information tools such as entanglement measures and computational complexity in quantum field theories and using them to understand how gravity geometry emerges from quantum information.
Strongly Correlated Systems and Quantum Integrability
Principal Investigator: dr hab. Miłosz Panfil
Website
Our primary interest is in the field of strongly correlated quantum systems and quantum integrability. We are also interested in mathematics and physics at the intersection of quantum groups, knots theory and topological string theory.
Quantum Fields and Strings
Principal Investigator: prof. Piotr Sułkowski
Website
We conduct research in formal aspects of quantum field theory, topological string theory, matrix models and topological recursion, knot theory and knots-quivers correspondence. We are interested in interrelations between these topics and still some other related problems.
Quantum Singularities in Holographic Models
Principal Investigator: dr Adam Bzowski
Website
My goal is to explore the structure of quantum black holes and cosmologies. I want to deliver new cosmological predictions based on holography and investigate the structure of the space of states of quantum black holes.
Grants
COST (European Cooperation in Science & Technology)
“Fundamental challenges in theoretical physics”
2023-2027
Country representative: Prof. Piotr Sułkowski
NCN – OPUS
“Quantum geometry and BPS states”
2023-2027
Principal Investigator: Prof. Piotr Sułkowski
NCN – OPUS
“From a broken integrability to thermalization in quantum many-body systems”
2023-2027
Principal Investigator: dr hab. Miłosz Panfil
NAWA Professorship
“Holographic description of fundamental interactions”
2023-2026
Principal Investigator: Prof. Tomasz Taylor
NCN – Sonata Bis
“Quantum information in quantum field theories and holography: dynamics and complexity”
2020-2025
Principal Investigator: dr Paweł Caputa
NAWA – Polskie Powroty
“Holographic geometry and quantum information”
2020-2024
Principal Investigator: dr Paweł Caputa
University of Warsaw – Mobility grant for PhD students, ZIP
For research visit at Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and collaboration with Prof. Sergei Gukov
Spring 2023
Grantee: Pedram Karimi
University of Warsaw – Student mobility grant, IDUB
For research visit at Kyoto University and collaboration with Prof. Mayuko Yamashita
Spring 2023
Grantee: Jacek Kenig
Simons Collaboration
“It from Qubit”
2017-2023
Alumnus Investigator: dr Paweł Caputa
NCN – Sonata
“Dynamic correlation functions of integrable models in and out of the equilibrium”
2019-2023
Principal Investigator: dr Miłosz Panfil
Foundation for Polish Science – Team
“Random matrix models: from biomolecules to topological recursions”
2019-2023
Principal Investigator: Prof. Piotr Sułkowski
NCN – POLS
“Quantum singularities in holographic models”
2021-2023
Principal Investigator: dr Adam Bzowski
NAWA – Ulam programme
“Non-equilibrium dynamics in quantum and classical one dimensional system”
2020-2022
Principal Investigator: dr Oleksandr Gamayun
Fulbright – STEM grant
“Unifying quivers and BPS states”
2022
Principal Investigator: Prof. Piotr Sułkowski
Seminars
String Theory Journal Club
A regular seminar of our chair
Tuesday, 12:15, 5.42 lecture room
Website
Exact Results in Quantum Theory & Gravity
A regular seminar at the Faculty of Physics
Friday, 14:15, 1.40 lecture room
Website
Theory of Duality (Teoria Dwoistości)
A regular seminar of KMMF
Thursday, 10:15, 2.23 lecture room
Website
Gravity, Quantum Fields and Information
Joint online international seminar
Tuesday, 15:00, online
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Topological Recursion and Integrability Seminar
Online international seminar on topological recursion and integrability
Thursday, 15:00, online
Website
Western Hemisphere Colloquium on Geometry and Physics
Online colloquium on geometry and physics aimed at a broad audience
Monday (biweekly), 21:00, online
Website
Conferences
Advanced school on asymptotically flat spacetime and celestial holography
August 28 – September 1, 2023
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw
Website
stringtheory.pl/2023
May 19-20, 2023
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw
Website
String Math 2022
July 11-15, 2022
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw
Website
7th Warsaw School on Statistical Physics
June 26 – July 2, 2022
Sandomierz, Poland
Website
Links
Jobs and positions
Postdoc positions
Positions in the project “Quantum geometry and BPS states” (grant OPUS funded by the National Science Centre). Host and Principal Investigator: Prof. Piotr Sułkowski.
Deadline for applications: September 1, 2023.
Announcement
Acknowledgements and funding
