Overview – Fall 2021
In selected weeks, we will have formal seminar talks by external speakers. All other talks in the HEP seminar are held by students for students. Clearly, faculty members will also participate. The format is informal. The talks are 45 minutes long, plus 15 minutes of discussion time.
Location: Zoom Link upon request / distributed internally
Time: 12:00 noon (Central Standard Time)
Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 20 | No seminar. | – |
| Aug 27 | Everyone. | Organizational meeting. |
| Sep 03 | No seminar. | – |
| Sep 10 | No seminar. | – |
| Sep 17 | Prof. Marcos Mariño (University of Geneva, Switzerland) |
Resurgence and renormalons in quantum field theory
|
| Sep 24 | Casey Cartwright (UA) | A brief introduction to random matrix theory – Notes – Mathematica Notebook |
| Oct 01 | Rachalis Maharucksit (UA) | Standard Model Particles from Complex Octonions – Notes |
| Oct 08 | Victor Baules (UA) |
A brief introduction to differential forms and application to Riemannian geometry – Notes |
| Oct 15 | Chuang Xu (UA) | JT dilaton gravity and its holographic dual – Notes |
| Oct 22 | Marco Knipfer (UA) | Hydrodynamic Attractors in Holographic Bjorken Flow and Resurgence – Slides |
| Oct 29 | Fall break. | |
| Nov 05 | Puja Das (UA) |
The Hierarchy Problem and New Dimensions at a Millimeter – Notes |
| Nov 12 | Dr. Benjamin Withers (University of Southampton, UK) | The large-order hydrodynamic series: quasinormal modes and singulants |
| Nov 19 | Dr. Giovanni Villadoro (ICTP, Italy) | Axion Dark Matter
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| Nov 26 | Thanksgiving. | |
| Dec 03 | Taoli Liu (UA) | Introduction to Randall-Sundrum Braneworld Cosmology – Notes |
Previous HEP Theory Seminars
| Semester | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2021 | Seminar Schedule, Notes, Abstracts, Recordings | |
| Fall 2020
Spring 2020 |
Seminar Schedule, Notes, Abstracts, Recordings | |
| Fall 2019
Spring 2019 |
Seminar Schedule, Notes, Abstracts | |
| Fall 2018
Spring 2018 |
Anomalies in Quantum Field Theory | |
| Fall 2017
Spring 2017 |
Supersymmetry | |
| Fall 2016 | Limitations of quantum field theory | |