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Calendar of Physics Talks Vienna
| Seiberg duality and generalizations of the Verlinde algebra |
| Speaker: | Anton Kapustin (Caltech) |
| Date: | Mon, 06.05.2013 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Location: | ESI Boltzmann lecture hall |
| Contact: | ESI |
| The quest for the Higgs boson at the LHC |
| Speaker: | Jim Virdee (Imperial College London and CERN) |
| Abstract: |
In July 2012 ATLAS and CMS experiments reported the discovery of a Higgs-like boson, most likely confirming the mechanism for generation of mass of fundamental particles put forward in the 1960's. The physics behind this mechanism will be discussed drawing analogy with other physical phenomena. An outline of the challenges faced during the construction of both the LHC and the experiments will be presented as well as an overview of the operation and performance during the first run. Selected physics results and future aims, in particular those relating to the discovery of the Higgs-like boson, will be discussed. |
| Date: | Mon, 06.05.2013 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Duration: | 60 min |
| Location: | Lise Meitner Hörsaal, Univ. Wien, Strudlhofgasse 4/1. Stock, 1090 Wien |
| Contact: | Anton Rebhan |
| Kinetic models of ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions |
| Speaker: | Maximilian Attems (FIAS) |
| Abstract: | Ultrarelativistic heavy ion collision experiments probe strongly interacting matter under extreme conditions. The theory of the strong interaction quantum chromodynamics (QCD) predicts the creation of a Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) in such collisions. The theoretical description of the QGP dynamical evolution requires a wide range of tools. The initial condition of the nuclei before the collision as well as the gluon dynamics right after the collision is governed by Yang-Mills dynamics. Soon after the collision the system reaches local equilibrium and hydrodynamics describes the expansion. As the system gets more dilute, hadronic kinetic theory models become applicable. Progress on studies of the non-Abelian plasma instabilities for early stage dynamics and first results from a new pion gas implementation will be presented. |
| Date: | Tue, 07.05.2013 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Duration: | 60 min |
| Location: | Univ. of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5th floor, Erwin Schrödinger Lecture Hall |
| Contact: | Philipp Köhler, Albert Georg Passegger - www.univie.ac.at/lunch-seminar |
| Speaker: | Jan Schlemmer (Univ.Wien) |
| Abstract: | im Rahmen des Seminars für Mathematische Physik |
| Date: | Tue, 07.05.2013 |
| Time: | 14:15 |
| Duration: | 60 min |
| Location: | Fakultät für Physik, Erwin Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stock |
| Contact: | J. Yngvason |
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