Writing, lectures & seminars
Talks &
Outreach.
Selected articles, recorded research seminars, and outreach. This page includes both technical material and writing intended for a broader audience.
01 / Writing & outreach
Selected writing.
Expository article · October 2026Resisting
Resisting
Misalignment
An accessible account of two quantum field theories in which continuous symmetry breaking persists at arbitrarily high temperatures.
Read at the Bhaumik InstituteWritten with Sven Harder, Zohar Komargodski, and Fedor K. Popov.
02 / Talks
Selected talks.
Selected videos and seminar archives.
University of Chicago · September 2025 · YouTube
Bootstrapping CFTs with Moduli Spaces
Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics · Watch on YouTube
Institute for Advanced Study · October 2021 · YouTube
The Onset of Quantum Chaos in Disordered Systems
IAS High Energy Theory Seminar · Watch on YouTube
Kavli IPMU (online) · August 2021 · YouTube
Transition of Large R-Charge Operators on a Conformal Manifold
Focus Week on Quantum Mechanical Systems at Large Quantum Number · Watch on YouTube
Get in touch
Contact.
For research correspondence or seminar invitations:
asharon@physics.ucla.edu