Rafa Physics/Maths

My name is Rafael Cordoba. I am a physicist and matematician interested in foundational aspects of QFTs, CFTs, generalized symmetries and quantum gravity. Right now I have been exploring the following topics:

RG flows, CFTs and defects:
- Boundaries: Topic of my diploma project with Agnese.
- Lines: Project with Miguel
Topological quantum field theory (Symmetries and dualities in lattice models, non-invertible symmetries and gauging,Knots and CS as a quantum gravity theory),
Algebraic quantum field theory (Notes on AQFT, the Unruh effect and measurements in quantum field theory here)

Click here to find some lecture notes and pdfs on topics I have been atracted to.

Currently I am student of the École Normale Supérieure (ENS)– PSL in Paris, France.

Click here to see what I been up to (non-academia).

News!

Internship: Bootstrapping gauge theories

Apr 12

We continue the exploration of the "Bootstrapping gauge theories" program. We found an improvement of the bootstrap and identify the exact S-Matrix for the pion-pion scattering. Results can be found here.

Schools and Workshops

2024 IHES Summer School: Symmetries and Anomalies: a Modern Take

Jul 01

Courses on Generalized Symmetries, anomalies and their relations with high energy, condensed matter and mathematics. Continue reading

2024 ICTP Spring School

Apr 20

School on S-Matrix bootstrap, entropy formulas in AdS/CFT, celestial holography and... Here are some lecture notes and project from Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics