Theory Group - Seminars & Special Talks

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Fall 2011

Tue 09/06
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Higher Derivative Corrections to D-brane Actions from T-duality and Disc Amplitudes

Dr. Daniel Robbins, Texas A&M (Abstract)

Thu 09/08
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Informal Talk

Note: Please see Brown Bag listings for a 2PM informal talk today.

Tue 09/13
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Informal Talk

Note: Please see Brown Bag listings for a 2PM informal talk today.

Thu 09/15
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Informal Talk

Note: Please see Brown Bag listings for a 2PM informal talk today.

Tue 09/20
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Inflation in supergravity and string theory

Prof. Andrei Linde, Stanford University (Abstract)

Tue 10/04
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

When Worlds Collide/Polarize!

Dr. Thomas Levi, University of British Columbia (Abstract) (Inspire)

Tue 10/11
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Future infinity, solipsism and de Sitter holography

Dr. Dionysios Anninos, Stanford University (Abstract)

Tue 10/18
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Flavor symmetries and processes with tops

Prof. Jure Zupan, University of Cincinnati (Abstract)

Tue 10/25
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Quantum information and entanglement in holographic theories

Dr. Matthew Headrick, Brandeis University (Abstract)

Tue 11/01
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Strings on non-kahler manifolds

Dr. Allan Adams, MIT (Inspire)

Tue 11/08
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

A Natural Language for AdS/CFT Correlators and the Holographic S-Matrix

Dr. Jared Kaplan, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Inspire)

Tue 11/22
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Path-Integral Jets

Dr. David Krohn, Harvard University (Abstract)

Tue 11/29
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

The Wasteland of Random Supergravities

Dr. Timm Wrase, Cornell University (Abstract) (Inspire)

Fri 12/02
2:00 pm
RLM 5.104

Special Colloquium

Cosmic Information: IT from BIT, from BITs in IT

Prof. J. Richard Bond, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) (Abstract)

Tue 12/06
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Azimuthal Decay Correlations of Top Quarks at the LHC

Dr. Brock Tweedie, Boston University (Abstract)

Tue 12/13
2:00 pm
RLM 9.202

Informal Seminar

Is Quantum Theory exact? Collapse models and possible violations of quantum linearity towards the macroscopic scale

Dr. Angelo Bassi, University of Trieste (Abstract)

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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