Sachdev, Subir2018-05-252018-05-252018-05https://hdl.handle.net/11299/197531I will describe the phases and phase transitions of Z2 and U(1) gauge theories with SYK-like interactions. These models are motivated by the criticality of the optimally doped cuprates, which requires theories of finite density matter in the presence of disorder and without symmetrybreaking order parameters.enFTPICESND 2018Presentation