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Yifan Wang

	Assistant Professor of Physics Ph.D. in Physics 2016, Massachusetts Institute of Technology B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics 2010, University of Toronto
Contact Information
Phone:	(212) 998-7732
Email:	yw6417 AT nyu.edu
Office:	906
Research:
My research focuses on non-perturbative aspects of quantum field theory and string theory, with applications to the dynamics of strongly coupled quantum systems that arise in both high energy and condensed matter physics. One central theme of my research program is to explore the power of symmetries, by identifying generalized symmetry principles and anomalies with ideas from mathematics, as well as constraining and solving strongly coupled theories with non-perturbative tools such as conformal bootstrap and supersymmetry. More recently, I am working on fundamental properties of extended defect operators in quantum field theory.
Selected Publications:
Click here for an up-to-date list of my publications. R. Thorngren and Y. Wang, “Fusion Category Symmetry II: Categoriosities at c = 1 and Beyond”, arXiv:2106.12577. Y. Wang, “Surface Defect, Anomalies and b-Extremization”, arXiv:2012.06574. S. Komatsu and Y. Wang, “Non-perturbative defect one-point functions in planar N = 4 super-Yang-Mills”, Nucl. Phys. B 958 2020 115120, arXiv:2004.09514. Y. Wang, “Taming defects in N = 4 super-Yang-Mills”, JHEP 08 2020, no. 08 021, arXiv:2003.11016. S. M. Chester, M. B. Green, S. S. Pufu, Y. Wang, and C. Wen, “Modular invariance in superstring theory from N = 4 super-Yang-Mills”, JHEP 11 2020 016, arXiv:1912.13365. R. Thorngren and Y. Wang, “Fusion Category Symmetry I: Anomaly In-Flow and Gapped Phases”, arXiv:1912.02817. N. Benjamin, H. Ooguri, S.-H. Shao, and Y. Wang, “Light-cone modular bootstrap and pure gravity”, Phys. Rev. D 100 2019, no. 6 066029, arXiv:1906.04184. C.-M. Chang, Y.-H. Lin, S.-H. Shao, Y. Wang, and X. Yin, “Topological Defect Lines and Renormalization Group Flows in Two Dimensions”, JHEP 01 2019 026, arXiv:1802.04445. C.-M. Chang, M. Fluder, Y.-H. Lin, and Y. Wang, “Spheres, Charges, Instantons, and Bootstrap: A Five-Dimensional Odyssey”, JHEP 03 2018 123, arXiv:1710.08418. J. Gomis, Z. Komargodski, H. Ooguri, N. Seiberg, and Y. Wang, “Shortening Anomalies in Supersymmetric Theories”, JHEP 01 2017 067, arXiv:1611.03101. Y.-H. Lin, S.-H. Shao, D. Simmons-Duffin, Y. Wang, and X. Yin, “N = 4 superconformal bootstrap of the K3 CFT”, JHEP 05 2017 126, arXiv:1511.04065. Y. Wang and D. Xie, “Classification of Argyres-Douglas theories from M5 branes”, Phys. Rev. D94 2016, no. 6 065012, arXiv:1509.00847. Y. Wang and X. Yin, “Constraining Higher Derivative Supergravity with Scattering Amplitudes”, Phys. Rev. D92 2015, no. 4 041701, arXiv:1502.03810. C.-M. Chang, Y.-H. Lin, S.-H. Shao, Y. Wang, and X. Yin, “Little String Amplitudes and the Unreasonable Effectiveness of 6D SYM”, JHEP 12 2014 176, arXiv:1407.7511.