Speaker: Director Ue-Li Pen (Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica)
Host: Director Chia-Seng Chang (Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica)
Time: 3:00-5:00 pm, Tuesday, November 8 , 2022
Place: 1F Auditorium, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica
Website: https://www.phys.sinica.edu.tw/lecture_detail.php?id=2624&eng=T

Abstract:
Path integrals are defining features of wave optics and quantum mechanics. Dr. Ue-Li Pen present recent generalizations of classical lensing and more general path integrals in the framework of Picard-Lefschetz theory, interpreting wave/quantum phenomena as interferences of complex classical paths in real time. This picture provides a simple explanation for previously complex scintillation phenomena.