Theory Group - Seminars & Special Talks

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Spring 2009

Thu 01/22
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Dark Matter and Dark Radiation

Lotty Ackerman, Caltech (Inspire)

Tue 01/27
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

S-duality and Chern-Simons Theory

Ori Ganor, Berkeley (Inspire)

Thu 01/29
4:15 pm
RLM 4.102

Physics Colloquium

Acceleration in our past and in our present

Leonardo Senatore, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (Abstract) (Inspire)

Mon 02/02
3:30 pm
RLM 15.216B

Texas Cosmology Center Seminar

Weak Lensing and Large Scale Structure

Jun Zhang, Berkeley (Inspire)

Tue 02/03
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

The Cosmological Observables When Worlds Collide

Spencer Chang, UC Davis (Abstract) (Inspire)

Fri 02/06
10:45 pm
RLM 15.216A

Texas Cosmology Centeer Seminar

Constraints on the non-linear coupling parameter f_NL with CMB data

Andres Curto, Instituto de Fisica Cantabria, Spain (Inspire)

Tue 02/10
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Electric-Magnetic Duality for 't Hooft Loop

Jaume Gomis, Perimeter Institute (Abstract) (Inspire)

Tue 02/17
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

SU(5) GUT Models from Compact Type IIB Orientifolds

Timo Weigand, Stanford (Abstract) (Inspire)

Mon 02/23
3:30 pm
RLM 15.216B

Texas Cosmology Center Seminar

Primordial Non-Gaussianity from Preheating

Andrei Frolov, Simon Fraser University (Inspire)

Tue 02/24
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Heterotic Swamplands?

Eric Sharpe, Virginia Tech (Inspire)

Wed 02/25
4:15 pm
RLM 4.102

Physics Colloquium

From Inflation to Observation

Steven Weinberg, UT Austin (Inspire)

Tue 03/03
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

What Is The Simplest Quantum Field Theory?

Jared Kaplan, Harvard and Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (Inspire)

Tue 03/10
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

String Junctions, Abelian Fibrations, and Flux/Geometry Duality

Michael Schulz, Bryn Mawr (Abstract) (Inspire)

Tue 03/17
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Spring Break

There is no seminar scheduled during Spring Break

Tue 03/24
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Flavor Hierarchy From F-theory GUTs

Jonathan Heckman, Harvard (Inspire)

Wed 03/25
4:15 pm
RLM 4.102

Physics Colloquium

Cosmology as Science?

Lawrence Krauss, Arizona State University (Abstract) (Inspire)

Tue 03/31
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Chern-Simons-Matter Theory and Mirror Symmetry

Xi Yin, Harvard (Abstract) (Inspire)

Thu 04/02
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Reevaluating the WIMP Miracle

Scott Watson, University of Michigan (Abstract) (Inspire)

Tue 04/07
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Methods for Computing Yang-Mills Amplitudes

Diana Vaman, University of Virginia (Inspire)

Tue 04/14
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Phenomenology of Higgsino NLSPs

Matthew Reece, Princeton (Abstract) (Inspire)

Mon 04/20
1:45 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Local string models and the LARGE volume scenario

Fernando Quevedo, DAMTP, University of Cambridge (Abstract) (Inspire)

Tue 04/21
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Sommerfeld-Enhancing the Dark Matter Annihilation

Pearl Sandick, UT Austin (Inspire)

Fri 04/24
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Dark Stars

Katherine Freese, University of Michigan (Inspire)

Tue 04/28
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Superstring Cosmology: New Physics in the Sky

Mark Jackson, Universiteit Leiden (Abstract) (Inspire)

Mon 05/04
2:00 pm
RLM 7.116

Theory Group Qualifier

Non-gaussian primordial fluctuations due to a Pre-inflationary Anisotropic Phase

Anindya Dey, UT Austin

Tue 05/05
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Metastable supersymmetry breaking and multirace deformations of SQCD

Kuver Sinha, Texas A&M (Abstract) (Inspire)

Wed 05/06
4:15 pm
RLM 4.102

Physics Colloquium

The Strange Friendship of Pauli and Jung: When Physics Met Psychology

Arthur Miller, University College London (Abstract) (Inspire)

Summer 2009

Tue 05/19
2:00 pm
RLM 7.114

Theory Group Seminar

(Personal) Summary of the Solvay Workshop on 'Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics'

Eiichiro Komatsu, UT Austin Astronomy

Tue 05/26
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Dark Matter Signals From Cascade Annihilations

Daniel Stolarski, Berkeley (Abstract) (Inspire)

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Theory Group Seminars and Special Talks All talks are Tuesdays at 2:00 PM in RLM 9.222 unless otherwise noted.

Relativity Seminars All talks are Thursdays at 3:30 PM in RLM 9.222 unless otherwise noted.

Geometry and String Theory Seminars All meetings are Wednesdays at 12:00 PM in RLM 8.136 unless otherwise noted.

Physics Colloquia All talks are Wednesdays at 4:00 PM in RLM 4.102 unless otherwise noted.

Brown Bag Meetings All meetings are Thursdays from 12:30 to 1:30 PM in RLM 9.222 unless otherwise noted. These meetings will typically consist 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.

Texas Cosmology Center Seminars All meetings will be announced