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Theory Group
Fall 2016

Tue 08/30
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104
Theory Group Seminar
TBA
To be announced!

Wed 08/31
4:00 pm
RLM 4.102
Physics Colloquium
Adding a Little Flavor to Dark Matter
Can Kilic

Tue 09/06
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104
Theory Group Seminar
Strong Forms of the Weak Gravity Conjecture
Tom Rudelius, Harvard University (Abstract)

Tue 09/13
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104
Theory Group Seminar
How rare are the vacua in large-dimensional landscapes?
Ali Masoumi, Tufts University (Abstract)

Tue 09/20
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104
Theory Group Seminar
A (The?) Higgs Vacuum Instability During Inflation
Jack Kearney, Fermilab (Abstract)

Thu 09/22
12:30 pm
RLM 9.222
Brown Bag Meeting
Relaxed Inflation
Walter Tangarife, Tel Aviv University (Abstract)

Tue 09/27
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104
Theory Group Seminar
Causality constraints in quantum field theory
Sandipan Kundu, Cornell University (Abstract)

Tue 10/04
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104
Theory Group Seminar
Inhomogeneous Anisotropic Cosmology and the Provenance of Inflation
Matt Kleban, NYU (Abstract)

Thu 10/06
12:30 pm
RLM 9.222
Brown Bag Meeting
Scattering with partial information
Dan Carney, UBC-Vancouver (Abstract)

Tue 10/11
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104
Theory Group Seminar
Splitting and showering in the electroweak sector
Tao Han, University of Pittsburgh (Abstract)

Wed 10/12
4:00 pm
RLM 4.102
Physics Colloquium
Physics Motivations for Future Colliders
Tao Han, University of Pittsburgh (Abstract)

Tue 10/18
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104
Theory Group Seminar
Scalar Gravitational Waves in the Effective Theory of Gravity
Emil Mottola, LANL (Abstract)

Tue 10/25
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104
Theory Group Seminar
Holography and Scattering Amplitudes
Clifford Cheung, Caltech (Abstract)

Wed 10/26
4:00 pm
RLM 4.102
Physics Colloquium
Holography and Entanglement
Elena Caceres, Universidad de Colima and UT (Abstract)

Thu 10/27
12:30 pm
RLM 9.222
Brown Bag Meeting
Boundary Causality vs Hyperbolicity for Spherical Black Holes in Gauss-Bonnet
Elena Caceres, Universidad de Colima and UT

Tue 11/01
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104
Theory Group Seminar
Nnaturalness
Tim Cohen, University of Oregon (Abstract)

Tue 11/08
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104
Theory Group Seminar
Twin phenomenology
Csaba Csaki, Cornell University (Abstract)

Tue 11/15
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104
Theory Group Seminar
Weinberg Soft Theorems from Weinberg Adiabatic Modes
Mehrdad Mirbabayi, Stanford (Abstract)

Tue 11/22
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104
Theory Group Seminar
TBA
To be announced!

Tue 11/29
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104
Theory Group Seminar
AdS/CFT & Computational Complexity
Scott Aaronson, UTexas Computer Science (Abstract)

Tue 12/06
2:00 pm
RLM 7.104
Theory Group Seminar
Canonical realization of BMS symmetry
Joaquim Gomis, Universitat de Barcelona (Abstract)

Thu 12/08
12:30 pm
RLM 7.104
Theory Group Seminar
A Broadband/Resonant Approach to Axion Dark Matter Detection
Yonatan Kahn, Princeton University (Abstract)



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

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