Theory Group - Seminars & Special Talks

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Spring 2014

Tue 01/14
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Split SUSY Radiates Flavor

Dr. Daniel Stolarski, CERN (Abstract)

Thu 01/16
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Quantum Mechanics without State Vectors

Dr. Steven Weinberg, The University of Texas at Austin

Tue 01/21
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Probing the deep IR of scaling solutions

Dr. Sera Cremonini, Texas A&M University (Abstract)

Tue 01/28
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Origin of probabilities and their application to the multiverse

Dr. Andreas Albrecht, UC Davis (Abstract)

Fri 01/31
3:00 pm
RLM 4.102

Theory Group Special Seminar

Latest Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

Dr. Samuel C. C. Ting, MIT

Tue 02/04
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Special Seminar

Baryogenesis from WIMPs

Dr. Yanou Cui, University of Maryland (Abstract)

Tue 02/11
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Special Seminar

Unwinding Inflation

Dr. Guido D'Amico, New York University (Abstract)

Tue 02/18
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Special Seminar

Bundle deformations and supersymmetry breaking in two dimensions

Dr. Ilarion Melnikov, Texas A&M University (Abstract)

Tue 02/25
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Special Seminar

Hunt for Dark Matter: Current Status and Constraints from Direct and Indirect Detection and the LHC

Dr. Kathryn Zurek, University of Michigan

Tue 03/04
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Special Seminar

Higgs Without Supersymmetry

Dr. Joseph Lykken, Fermilab (Abstract)

Thu 03/06
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Special Seminar

Resurgence in quantum field theory: handling the Devil

Dr. Aleksey Cherman, University of Minnesota (Abstract)

Tue 03/11
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Special Seminar

Spring Break

There is no seminar during Spring Break

Tue 03/18
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Special Seminar

Scattering Amplitudes, Unitarity, and hte Positive Grassmannian

Dr. Jacob Bourjaily, Harvard University (Abstract)

Tue 03/25
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Special Seminar

Revisiting Integrability in N=2 Gauge Theories

Dr. Peter Koroteev, Perimeter Institute (Abstract)

Tue 04/01
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Special Seminar

The destruction of black holes

Dr. Adam Brown, Stanford University (Abstract)

Tue 04/08
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Special Seminar

BTZ/CFT

Dr. Raman Sundrum, University of Maryland (Abstract)

Wed 04/09
4:15 pm
RLM 4.102

Physics Colloquium

The Quest for Naturalness at the LHC

Dr. Raman Sundrum, University of Maryland (Abstract)

Tue 04/15
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

New Horizons in Gravity: Dark Energy and Condensate Stars

Dr. Emil Mottola, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division (Abstract)

Mon 04/21
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Final Defense

Holographic studies of thermalization and dissipation in strongly coupled theories

Mr. Walter Tangarife, University of Texas at Austin (Abstract)

Tue 04/22
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Standard Clock in Primordial Density Perturbations and Cosmic Microwave Background

Dr. Xingang Chen, University of Texas at Dallas (Abstract)

Thu 04/24
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Final Defense

Single Field Inflation: Observables and Constraints

Mr. Sandipan Kundu, University of Texas at Austin

Tue 04/29
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Deformations of maximally supersymmetric gauge theories

Dr. Xi Yin, Harvard University (Abstract)

Thu 05/01
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Aspects of Nonabelian (0,2) GLSM

Dr. Bei Jia, Virginia Tech (Abstract)

Tue 05/06
3:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Final Defense

Instanton Crystals

Mr. Muhammad Sohaib Alam, University of Texas at Austin (Abstract)

Summer 2014

Wed 05/28
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Seminar

Inflation after Planck and BICEP2

Dr. Joel Meyers, CITA, University of Toronto (Abstract)

Wed 08/06
2:00 pm
RLM 5.104

Theory Group Final Defense

Toward a Theory of Observation

Mr. Daniel J. Carney, University of Texas at Austin (Abstract)

Thu 08/07
10:30 am
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Final Defense

Four dimensional N=2 theories from six dimensions

Mr. Aswin Balasubramanian, University of Texas at Austin (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