Theory Group - Seminars & Special Talks

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Spring 2013

Tue 01/15
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Perturbative results, from the smallest to largest structures in nature

Dr. John Joseph M. Carrasco, Stanford University (Abstract)

Fri 01/18
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Little Flavor

Dr. Ann Nelson, University of Washington, Seattle (Abstract)

Tue 01/22
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Seminar

Complementarity vs. Firewalls: Are there unexpected quantum effects near the horizons of large black holes? (Video Conference)

Dr. Donald Marolf, UCSB (Abstract)

Tue 01/29
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

How the fuzzball conjecture resolves the black hole information paradox

Dr. Samir D. Mathur, Ohio State University (Abstract)

Tue 02/05
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Towards a holographic resolution of cosmological singularities

Dr. Misha Smolkin, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Canada

Tue 02/12
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

From representation theory to a new QCD effect

Dr. Tamar Friedmann, Rochester University

Tue 02/19
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Higgs Coupling Signals of New Physics

Dr. Spencer Chang, University of Oregon (Abstract)

Tue 02/26
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

IR Factorization and Holomorphic Blocks in Three Dimensions

Dr. Chris Beem, Stony Brook University (Abstract)

Tue 03/05
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Quantum Quench and Holographic Critical Points

Dr. Sumit Das, University of Kentucky (Abstract)

Tue 03/12
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Spring Break

There is no seminar during Spring Break

Tue 03/19
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Carving Out the Space of Conformal Field Theories

Dr. David Poland, Yale University (Abstract)

Wed 03/27
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Higgs hunting in and beyond the standard model

Dr. Jessie Shelton, Harvard University

Tue 04/02
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Cancelled

Dr. Paul Chesler, MIT

Tue 04/09
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Modified Higgs Sectors and NLO Associated Production

Dr. Matthew Philip McCullogh, MIT (Abstract)

Tue 04/16
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Higgslike Dilations

Dr. Jay Hubisz, Syracuse University (Abstract)

Tue 04/23
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

The Geometry of the Quantum Hall Effect

Dr. Dam Thanh Son, University of Chicago

Tue 04/30
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Energy trapping and Hagedorn densities of states

Dr. Mark Van Raamsdonk, University of British Columbia (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