Spring 2017
Tue 01/17
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
Theory Group Seminar
Light Relics and Next Generation CMB Observations
Joel Meyers, CITA (Abstract)
Tue 01/24
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
Theory Group Seminar
Fishing for new physics at the LHC
Simon Knapen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Abstract)
Tue 01/31
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
Theory Group Seminar
Into the Bulk: A Covariant Approach
Netta Engelhardt, Princeton University (Abstract)
Tue 02/07
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
Theory Group Seminar
How Decoherence Affects the Probability of Slow-Roll Eternal Inflation
Jason Pollack, Caltech (Abstract)
Tue 02/14
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
Theory Group Seminar
TBA
To be announced!
Tue 02/21
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
Theory Group Seminar
Dark Earthshine
Philip Tanedo, UC-Riverside (Abstract)
Tue 02/28
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
Theory Group Seminar
Measuring Quantum Information Scrambling
Brian Swingle, Harvard/MIT/Brandeis (Abstract)
Tue 03/07
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
Theory Group Seminar
Cosmological Signals of a Hidden Dark Matter Sector
Zackaria Chacko, Maryland (Abstract)
Tue 03/21
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
Theory Group Seminar
-- Cancelled --
Anna Ijjas, Princeton University
Wed 03/29
4:00 pm
RLM 4.102
4:00 pm
RLM 4.102
Physics Colloquium
New Physics Gets a Boost: Jet Substructure at the Large Hadron Collider
Jesse Thaler, MIT (Abstract)
Tue 04/04
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
Theory Group Seminar
Multiply fibered Calabi-Yau manifolds and duality
James Gray, Virginia Tech (Abstract)
Tue 04/11
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
Theory Group Seminar
Effective action for reparametrizations in the SYK model and an equivalent gravity theory
Josephine Suh, UBC (Abstract)
Tue 04/18
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
Theory Group Seminar
Classical and Quantum Primordial Standard Clocks
Xingang Chen, Harvard University (Abstract)
Tue 04/25
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
Theory Group Seminar
TBA
To be announced!
Tue 05/02
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
2:00 pm
RLM 15.216B
Theory Group Seminar
Neutrino Masses: First Signal From SUSY!
Seyda Ipek, Fermilab (Abstract)
Summer 2017
Tue 07/11
11:00 am
RLM 9.222
11:00 am
RLM 9.222
Theory Group Final Defense
Secretly Asymmetric Dark Matter
Siva Swaminathan, UT-Austin (Abstract)
Tue 08/15
11:00 am
RLM 9.222
11:00 am
RLM 9.222
Theory Group Final Defense
Temporal Insights from the End of Space
Justin C. Feng, UT-Austin (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