Theory Group - Seminars & Special Talks

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Fall 2014

Tue 09/09
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Wavelet Techniques for Jet Substructure

Dr. William Shepherd, University of California, Santa Cruz (Abstract)

Tue 09/16
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Constraints on Chiral Operators in N=2 SCFTs and Implications for Theory Space

Dr. Matthew Buican, Rutgers University (Abstract)

Tue 09/23
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Revisiting soliton contributions to perturbative amplitudes

Dr. Andrew Royston, Texas A&M University (Abstract)

Wed 09/24
4:15 pm
RLM 4.102

Physics Colloquium

The Question of Mass in Newton's Law of Gravity

Dr. George E. Smith, Tufts University (Abstract)

Tue 09/30
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Generating and Constraining Primordial Magnetic Fields

Dr. Takeshi Kobayashi, Perimeter Institute and CITA, University of Toronto (Abstract)

Tue 10/07
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

New aspects of heterotic/F-theory duality

Dr. Lara Anderson, Virginia Tech (Abstract)

Tue 10/14
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

This talk is brought to you by the letter B

Dr. William Kinney, University at Buffalo (Abstract)

Tue 10/21
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Spin and Long-Range Forces: The Unfinished Tale of the Last Massless Particle

Dr. Philip Schuster, Perimeter Institute (Abstract)

Tue 10/28
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Coarse grained quantum dynamics

Dr. Albion Lawrence, Brandeis University (Abstract)

Wed 10/29
4:15 pm
RLM 4.102

Physics Colloquium

Colliding Worlds - How Cutting-Edge Science is Redefining Contemporary Art

Dr. Arthur I. Miller, University College London (Abstract)

Tue 11/04
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

The Galactic Center GeV Gamma-ray Excess: Have We Started to See Dark Matter

Dr. Sam McDermott, Stony Brook University (Abstract)

Tue 11/11
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Chiral symmetry algebras and superconformal field theories in four and six dimensions

Dr. Christopher Beem, IAS Princeton (Abstract)

Tue 11/18
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Integrability from 2d N = (2,2) Dualities

Dr. Wenbin Yan, Caltech (Abstract)

Tue 11/25
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Thanksgiving Week

There is no seminar during the week of Thanksgiving.

Tue 12/02
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Center for Particles and Fields/Theory Group Seminar

New signs of naturalness at the LHC

Dr. Nathaniel Craig, University of California, Santa Barbara (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