Theory Group - Seminars & Special Talks

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Spring 2015

Tue 01/20
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Entanglement entropy and emergent geometry

Dr. Tom Hartman, Cornell University (Abstract)

Tue 01/20
4:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Center for Particles and Fields Seminar

What Jets and Two-Particle Correlations Reveal about the Quark Gluon Plasma

Dr. Megan Connors, Yale University (Abstract)

Fri 01/23
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Center for Particles and Fields Seminar

Low energy probes of high energy physics

Dr. Dave Craig Moore, Stanford University (Abstract)

Mon 01/26
4:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Center for Particles and Fields Seminar

Using kaons to unlock the secrets of the neutrino

Dr. Joshua Spitz, MIT (Abstract)

Tue 01/27
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Self-Interacting Dark Matter from a Non-Abelian Hidden Sector

Dr. Timothy Tait, University of California, Irvine (Abstract)

Fri 01/30
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Center for Particles and Fields Seminar

From Discovery to Understanding: Higgs Physics, Muon Detectors and Beyond

Dr. Robert Harrington, University of Edinburgh and CERN (Abstract)

Mon 02/02
4:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Center for Particles and Fields Seminar

Building Towards Discovery: Preparing for new Physics at the LHC

Dr. Tim Andeen, Columbia University (Abstract)

Tue 02/03
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Electroweak Baryogenesis and the LHC

Dr. David Morrissey, TRIUMF (Abstract)

Fri 02/06
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Center for Particles and Fields Seminar

Discoveries at the Large Hadron Collider: The Standard Model and Beyond

Dr. Joao Guimaraes da Costa, Harvard University (Abstract)

Thu 02/12
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

The Accelerating Universe and Effective Theories

Dr. Mark Hertzberg, MIT (Abstract)

Fri 02/13
3:00 pm
RLM 11.204

Special Physics Colloquium

The Accelerating Universe

Dr. Mark Hertzberg, MIT (Abstract)

Tue 02/17
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Black hole spectra in holography: consequences for equilibration of dual gauge theories

Dr. Alex Buchel, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Ontario (Abstract)

Fri 02/20
3:00 pm
RLM 11.204

Special Physics Colloquium

Advancing ATLAS: Exploring New Energies at the LHC

Dr. Tim Andeen, Columbia University (Abstract)

Mon 02/23
4:00 pm
RLM 11.204

Special Physics Colloquium

Low energy probes of high energy physics

Dr. Dave Craig Moore, Stanford University (Abstract)

Tue 02/24
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Dark Matter: Thermal vs Non-Thermal

Dr. Bhaskar Dutta, Texas A&M University (Abstract)

Fri 02/27
3:00 pm
RLM 11.204

Theory Group Special Colloquium

Planck, BICEP, and the Early Universe

Dr. Raphael Flauger, Carnegie Mellon University (Abstract)

Tue 03/03
10:00 am
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Final Defense

Twisted and Exceptional Tinkertoys for Gaiotto Duality

Mr. Anderson Trimm, University of Texas at Austin (Abstract)

Wed 03/04
11:00 am
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Special Seminar

Isocurvature Perturbations from Spectator Fields (Video Conference) (Cancelled)

Dr. Hojin Yoo, University of California, Berkeley

Tue 03/10
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

N=1 curve

Dr. Dan Xie, Harvard University (Abstract)

Tue 03/17
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Spring Break

There is no seminar during Spring Break

Mon 03/23
3:30 pm
RLM 15.216B

Joint Theoretical Astrophysics/Theory Group Seminar

Random walks in the sky: theoretical halo statistics for Cosmology

Dr. Marcello Musso, University of Pennsylvania (Abstract)

Tue 03/24
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Tensor Networks from Integral Geometry

Dr. Bartek Czech, Stanford University (Abstract)

Tue 03/31
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Recent developments in 2d (0,2) theories

Dr. Eric Sharpe, Virginia Tech (Abstract)

Tue 04/07
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Gravitational Interaction of the Higgs and Dark Matter

Dr. Jing Ren, University of Toronto (Abstract)

Tue 04/14
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Discovering or falsifying sub-GeV dark matter with electron fixed-target experiments

Dr. Gordan Krnjaic, Perimeter Institute (Abstract)

Tue 04/21
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Odd tensor modes from inflation

Dr. Lorenzo Sorbo, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Abstract)

Mon 04/27
11:00 am
RLM 10.176

Theory Group Final Defense

Beyond Wild Walls there is Algebraicity and Exponential Growth (of BPS indices)

Mr. Tom Mainiero, University of Texas at Austin (Abstract)

Tue 04/28
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

All 6D SCFTs from F-theory

Dr. Jonathan Heckman, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Abstract)

Thu 04/30
12:30 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Final Defense

Dynamics of asymptotically AdS spaces and holography

Mr. Juan Pedraza, University of Texas at Austin (Abstract)

Fri 05/01
1:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Final Defense

Mirror Symmetry in Three Dimensional Supersymmetric Gauge Theories

Mr. Anindya Dey, University of Texas at Austin (Abstract)

Summer 2015

Fri 08/07
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Final Defense

Dynamical Refinement in Loop Quantum Gravity

Mr. Syed Asif Hassan, 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