Theory Group - Seminars & Special Talks

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Spring 2012

Tue 01/17
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

A theory of natural supersymmetry

Dr. Nathaniel Craig, Rutgers University and IAS (Abstract)

Tue 01/24
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Parity-Violating Hydrodynamics in 2+1 Dimensions

Dr. Matthias Kaminski, University of Washington, Seattle (Abstract)

Mon 01/30
4:15 pm
RLM 4.102

Special Physics Colloquium

Once Upon a Time in Kamchatka: The Extraordinary Search for Natural Quasicrystals

Dr. Paul J. Steinhardt, Princeton University (Abstract)

Tue 01/31
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Braids, Walls and Mirrors

Mr. Clay Cordova, Harvard University

Tue 02/14
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Axion inflation and a new window on primordial non-Gaussianity

Dr. Enrico Pajer, Princeton University (Abstract)

Tue 02/21
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

The gravity dual of the Ising Model

Dr. Alejandra Castro, McGill University, Montreal

Tue 02/28
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Flavored Dark Matter: Direct Detection and Collider Signals

Dr. Zackaria Chacko, University of Maryland, College Park (Abstract)

Tue 03/06
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Scattering Amplitudes and the Positive Grassmannian

Dr. Nima Arkani-Hamed, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Wed 03/07
4:15 pm
RLM 4.102

Physics Colloquium

Quantum Mechanics and Space-time in the 21^st century

Dr. Nima Arkani-Hamed, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Tue 03/13
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Spring Break

There is no seminar during Spring Break

Tue 03/20
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Luttinger's theorem, superfluid vortices, and holography

Dr. Nabil Iqbal, University of California, Santa Barbara (Abstract)

Tue 03/27
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Signatures of Supersymmetry from the Early Universe

Dr. Daniel Green, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (Abstract)

Tue 04/03
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Diffeomorphism invariance and non-relativistic holography

Dr. Andreas Karch, University of Washington, Seattle (Abstract)

Tue 04/10
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

BEST: Bi-Event Subtraction Technique and Mass Reconstruction at the LHC

Dr. Kuver Sinha, Texas A&M (Abstract)

Tue 04/17
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Gravity duals of cascading theories: Higgsing and Seiberg dualities

Dr. Jerome Gaillard, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Abstract)

Tue 04/24
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Hunting de Sitter Holography from the Bottom Up

Dr. Matthew Baumgart, Johns Hopkins University (Abstract)

Tue 05/01
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Gyroscopic Inflation

Dr. Takemichi Okui, Florida State 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