Gauge theories and non-commutative geometry

by Iliopoulos Ioánnis (École normale supérieure)

Wednesday 21 Jun 2023, 16:00 → 17:30 Europe/Rome

Aula Conversi (Dipartimento di Fisica - Ed. G.Marconi)

The idea that the coordinates of space itself may satisfy non-trivial commutation relations goes back to the very early days of quantum mechanics. In this talk I will review the various motivations for introducing non-commutative geometry, the connection with non-abelian gauge theories and the expectations related to physics beyond the standard model.
However, I want also to warn the audience that, up to now, no novel physical results have been obtained using this approach.

Rome-NCG-2023.pdf