New Directions in Theoretical Physics
from
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 (11:00 AM)
to
Friday, January 10, 2014 (2:00 PM)
Monday, January 6, 2014
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
12:30 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
2:00 PM
Welcome and introduction
-
Richard Ball
(
Director of the Higgs Centre
)
Welcome and introduction
Richard Ball
(
Director of the Higgs Centre
)
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM
2:10 PM
The Higgs and the excessive success of the Standard Model
-
Guido Altarelli
(
Rome
)
The Higgs and the excessive success of the Standard Model
Guido Altarelli
(
Rome
)
2:10 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Symmetry breaking and electroweak unification - an Imperial College perspective
-
Tom Kibble
(
Imperial
)
Symmetry breaking and electroweak unification - an Imperial College perspective
Tom Kibble
(
Imperial
)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Tea
Tea
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Higgs interferometry
-
Lance Dixon
(
Stanford
)
Higgs interferometry
Lance Dixon
(
Stanford
)
4:30 PM - 5:10 PM
5:10 PM
The ubiquitous top quark
-
Eric Laenen
(
Nikhef
)
The ubiquitous top quark
Eric Laenen
(
Nikhef
)
5:10 PM - 5:40 PM
Thursday, January 9, 2014
9:30 AM
Transition to turbulence in pipe flow: a dynamical systems perspective
-
Bruno Eckhardt
(
Marburg
)
Transition to turbulence in pipe flow: a dynamical systems perspective
Bruno Eckhardt
(
Marburg
)
9:30 AM - 10:20 AM
10:20 AM
Modeling of tunable reconfiguration of Janus colloidal particles
-
Ronald Larson
(
Michigan
)
Modeling of tunable reconfiguration of Janus colloidal particles
Ronald Larson
(
Michigan
)
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM
Coffee
Coffee
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
11:10 AM
Probing fundamental physics with cosmological observations
-
Robert Brandenberger
(
McGill
)
Probing fundamental physics with cosmological observations
Robert Brandenberger
(
McGill
)
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Planck Confronts the Standard Model(s)
-
Andrew Jaffe
(
Imperial
)
Planck Confronts the Standard Model(s)
Andrew Jaffe
(
Imperial
)
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Ghost free & singularity free theory of gravity
-
Anupam Mazumdar
(
Lancaster
)
Ghost free & singularity free theory of gravity
Anupam Mazumdar
(
Lancaster
)
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Lunch and Higgs Centre IAC meeting
Lunch and Higgs Centre IAC meeting
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Quantum physics without quasiparticles
-
Subir Sachdev
(
Harvard
)
Quantum physics without quasiparticles
Subir Sachdev
(
Harvard
)
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
2:40 PM
Condensed matter: plenty of places to go but which direction to get there?
-
Andy Schofield
(
Birmingham
)
Condensed matter: plenty of places to go but which direction to get there?
Andy Schofield
(
Birmingham
)
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM
Phase reconstruction near the high-symmetry point of the O(2)xO(2) nonlinear sigma model
-
Chris Hooley
(
St Andrews
)
Phase reconstruction near the high-symmetry point of the O(2)xO(2) nonlinear sigma model
Chris Hooley
(
St Andrews
)
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
3:40 PM
Tea
Tea
3:40 PM - 4:10 PM
4:10 PM
On quantum tunnelling
-
Neil Turok
(
Perimeter
)
On quantum tunnelling
Neil Turok
(
Perimeter
)
4:10 PM - 4:50 PM
4:50 PM
Exploring TeV scale physics in decays of [ultra]cold neutrons and from nEDM
-
Rajan Gupta
(
Los Alamos
)
Exploring TeV scale physics in decays of [ultra]cold neutrons and from nEDM
Rajan Gupta
(
Los Alamos
)
4:50 PM - 5:20 PM
5:20 PM
All-order perturbative results for gauge field theories
-
Lorenzo Magnea
(
Torino
)
All-order perturbative results for gauge field theories
Lorenzo Magnea
(
Torino
)
5:20 PM - 5:50 PM
7:30 PM
Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Friday, January 10, 2014
10:00 AM
Gravity from squaring Yang-Mills
-
Michael Duff
(
Imperial
)
Gravity from squaring Yang-Mills
Michael Duff
(
Imperial
)
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM
Vacuum decay and the end of the Universe
-
Ian Moss
(
Newcastle
)
Vacuum decay and the end of the Universe
Ian Moss
(
Newcastle
)
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM
Coffee
Coffee
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM
Symmetries and broken symmetries in non equilibrium systems
-
Bernard Derrida
(
Paris 6
)
Symmetries and broken symmetries in non equilibrium systems
Bernard Derrida
(
Paris 6
)
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM
PT-symmetry and the double-scaling (correlated) limit in quantum field theory
-
Carl Bender
(
St Louis
)
PT-symmetry and the double-scaling (correlated) limit in quantum field theory
Carl Bender
(
St Louis
)
12:10 PM - 12:40 PM
12:40 PM
How to make an invisibility cloak
-
Chris White
(
Glasgow
)
How to make an invisibility cloak
Chris White
(
Glasgow
)
12:40 PM - 1:10 PM
1:10 PM
Concluding remarks
Concluding remarks
1:10 PM - 1:20 PM