Theory Group - Seminars & Special Talks

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Fall 2018

Tue 09/04
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Seminar

TBA

To be announced!

Tue 09/11
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Seminar

Prospects for detecting freeze-in dark matter

Tongyan Lin, LBNL and UC Berkeley (Abstract)

Tue 09/18
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Seminar

TBA

To be announced!

Tue 09/25
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Seminar

Long Range Dark Matter Forces and New Perspectives on Old Questions

Hooman Davoudiasl, Brookhaven National Lab (Abstract)

Tue 10/02
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Seminar

Geometric Aspects of Holographic Bit Threads

Cesar Agón, YITP, Stony Brook (Abstract)

Tue 10/09
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Seminar

TBA

To be announced!

Thu 10/11
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Special Seminar

Long String Scattering in \(c=1\) String Theory

Victor Rodriguez, Harvard (Abstract)

Tue 10/16
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Seminar

New Opportunities with High Precision CMB Measurements

Joel Meyers, CITA (Abstract)

Tue 10/23
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Seminar

The WIMP Next Door In and Out of Equilibrium

Jared Evans, UC Davis (Abstract)

Thu 10/25
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Special Seminar

Holographic CFT and Higher Spin Particles

Sandipan Kundu, John Hopkins University (Abstract)

Tue 10/30
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Seminar

Holographic entropy relations

Max Rota, UCSB (Abstract)

Tue 11/06
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Seminar

Sesame- opening a source of light in the Middle East

Eliezer Rabinovici, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Abstract)

Tue 11/13
1:30 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Qualifier

A UV-Completion of Flavored Dark Matter

Niral Desai, UT-Austin

Thu 11/15
12:30 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Qualifier

TBA

Vikas Aragam, UT-Austin

Fri 11/16
11:00 am
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Special Seminar

Binary black holes beyond general relativity

Maria Okounkova, Caltech (Abstract)

Tue 11/20
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Seminar

TBA

To be announced!

Tue 11/27
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Seminar

Diffeomorphism invariance and holography

Phuc Nguyen, University of Maryland (Abstract)

Tue 12/04
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Seminar

The Dark Universe in the Gravitational Wave Era

Miguel Zumalacarregui, UC Berkeley (Abstract)

Tue 12/11
2:00 pm
RLM 9.222

Theory Group Seminar

Primordial Gravitational Waves and the Inflationary Field Content

Matteo Fasiello, University of Portsmouth (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