Theory Group - Seminars & Special Talks

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Spring 2011

Tue 02/08
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Symmetry Restrictions of Candidate Counterterms in N=8 Supergravity

Dr. Henriette Elvang, University of Michigan (Abstract)

Tue 02/15
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Some Field Theory Problems in Cosmology

Dr. Steven Weinberg, University of Texas at Austin

Thu 02/17
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Topological Insulators, Gravity and Torsion

Dr. Rob Leigh, University of Illinois

Tue 02/22
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Matrix models and Einstain spaces

Mr. Silviu Pufu, Princeton University (Abstract)

Mon 02/28
3:15 pm
RLM 5.116

Theory Group Seminar

MFV and LHC

Dr. Michael Trott, Perimeter Institute (Abstract)

Tue 03/01
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Special Physics Colloquium

High Hopes, Early Returns and Future Dreams in the LHC Era

Dr. Michael Trott, Perimeter Institute (Abstract)

Thu 03/03
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

On-shell constructibility of tree amplitudes in general field theories

Mr. Timothy Cohen, University of MIchigan (Abstract)

Mon 03/07
3:15 pm
RLM 4.102

Special Physics Colloquium

Particle Dark Matter: High Hopes and Low Cross Sections

Dr. Pearl Sandick, University of Texas at Austin (Abstract)

Tue 03/08
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

A geometric solution to the coincidence problem, and the size of the landscape as the origin of hierarchy

Dr. Raphael Bousso, University of California at Berkeley (Abstract)

Thu 03/10
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Vectorlike Confinement and Its Signatures

Dr. Can Kilic, Rutgers University (Abstract)

Fri 03/11
3:15 pm
RLM 4.102

Special Physics Colloquium

A Model-Independent Approach in Loooking For Dark Matter

Dr. Can Kilic, Rutgers University (Abstract)

Tue 03/15
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Spring Break

There is no seminar during Spring Break.

Tue 03/22
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Quantum phase transitions in holographic models of strongly correlated systems

Dr. Thomas Faulkner, University of California, Santa Barbara

Thu 03/24
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Weakly Interacting Stable Pions

Dr. Yang Bai, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Abstract)

Fri 03/25
3:15 pm
RLM 4.102

Special Physics Colloquium

Dark Matter at Colliders

Dr. Yang Bai, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Abstract)

Tue 03/29
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Cosmic Bumps Make Two Humps

Dr. Matthew Kleban, New York University

Thu 03/31
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Non-perturbative effects on D-branes and geometric deformations

Dr. Anatoly Dymarsky, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (Abstract)

Tue 04/05
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Geometric Moduli Stabilization in Heterotic Calabi-Yau Vacua

Lara Anderson, University of Pennsylvania (Abstract)

Tue 04/12
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Screening Dark Energy

Dr. Justin Khoury, University of Pennsylvania (Abstract)

Tue 04/19
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Parameter estimation in supersymmetric and effective dark matter models

Dr. Pat Scott, McGill University (Abstract)

Tue 04/26
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

General Argyres-Douglas theory

Dr. Dan Xie, Texas A&M University (Abstract)

Thu 04/28
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Higgs Decays to Neutralinos in Gauge Mediation

Dr. John Mason, Harvard University

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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