UT Austin Theory Group - Seminar Listings

Theory Group Seminars - Fall 2008

Tuesday Seminars:
All talks are on Tuesdays, at 2 PM, in RLM 7.104, unless otherwise noted.

Date:	Speaker and Title:
9/9	Sergei Dubovsky, Abstract class="plain" style="color: white" HREF="http://www.stanford.edu//">Stanford University, Higgs phases of gravity: the status report Abstract
9/16	Eugene Lim, Columbia University, "Beyond f_NL : Non-trivial non-gaussianities from Primordial Inflation"
9/23	Steven Weinberg, UT Austin, "On the Calculation of Non-Gaussian Cosmological Correlations"
9/25	Joseph Marsano, Caltech, "SUSY breaking and gauge mediation in F-theory GUTs"
9/30
10/07	Andrew Neitzke, Harvard, "BPS Wall-Crossing Via Dimensional Reduction"
10/14	Sarah Shandera, Columbia University, "Fundamental Interactions and Inflation" Abstract
10/21	Lev Kofman, Universityof Toronto, "Gravity waves from before and after Inflation"
10/28	Christopher Herzog, Princeton, "Holographic Superfluidity and Superconductivity" Abstract
11/04	Louis Leblond, Texas A&M, "Cosmological Signatures from the End of Brane Inflation" Abstract
11/11	Ben Freivogel, UC-Berkeley, "Anthropic Explanation of the Dark Matter Abundance"
11/20	Jonathan Rocher, Service de Physique Theorique, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, "Dynamics and initial conditions for hybrid inflation" Abstract
11/25	Thanksgiving Week: No Seminar
12/02	Daniel Jafferis, Rutgers University, "M2 branes and Chern-Simons-matter theories" Abstract
12/05	Last class day

Physics Colloquium and Other Talks of Interest
All talks are on Wednesdays, at 4:15 PM, in 4.102, unless otherwise noted.

Date:	Speaker and Title:
10/15	Leonardo Senatore, IAS, "Non-Gaussianity of the primordial density perturbations" Abstract
12/3	QUALIFIER: Joel Meyers, UT-Austin, "Non-gaussianities from an Effective field Theory for Inflation," 3:00pm, RLM 6.126

Brown Bag Meetings
All meetings are on Thursdays, from 12:30 to 1:30 PM, in RLM 9.202, unless otherwise noted.
Note: These meetings will consist, typically, of a short talk on current research or other matters of interest to the group, followed by an open discussion. The emphasis is on the open discussion, so meeting agendas might not be regularly announced.

Date:	Speaker and Title:
9/4	Organizational Meeting
9/11	Members of the Theory Group discuss their work
9/18	Members of the Theory Group discuss their work
9/25	No Brown Bag this week. See 9/25 Theory Group Seminar.
10/2	Members of the Theory Group discuss their work
10/9	No Brown Bag this week.
10/16	Members of the Theory Group discuss their work
10/23	Members of the Theory Group discuss their work
10/30	Members of the Theory Group discuss their work
11/6	Members of the Theory Group discuss their work
11/13	Members of the Theory Group discuss their work
11/20	No Brown Bag Today. Special Thursday seminar today.
11/27	Thanksgiving Holiday
11/29	No Brown Bag this week.
12/4	Members of the Theory Group discuss their work
12/11	Members of the Theory Group discuss their work
12/18	Members of the Theory Group discuss their work

Geometry and String Theory Seminars
All talks are on Wednesdays, at noon, in RLM 9.166, unless otherwise noted.
Note:These talks are also often scheduled on a short notice, so these listings may not be up to date. See the Geometry and String Theory Calendar.for the latest schedule.

Date:	Speaker and Title:
8/27	Organizational Meeting
9/3	Topics of interest to Physicists and Mathematicians
9/10	Topics of interest to Physicists and Mathematicians
9/17	Topics of interest to Physicists and Mathematicians
9/24	Topics of interest to Physicists and Mathematicians
10/1	Topics of interest to Physicists and Mathematicians
10/8	Topics of interest to Physicists and Mathematicians
10/15	Topics of interest to Physicists and Mathematicians
10/22	Topics of interest to Physicists and Mathematicians
10/29	Topics of interest to Physicists and Mathematicians
11/5	Topics of interest to Physicists and Mathematicians
11/12	Topics of interest to Physicists and Mathematicians
11/19	Topics of interest to Physicists and Mathematicians
11/26	Topics of interest to Physicists and Mathematicians
12/3	Topics of interest to Physicists and Mathematicians

Back to Theory Group Home