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Calendar of Physics Talks Vienna
| On the stability of string vacua |
| Speaker: | Magdalena Larfors (LMU Munich) |
| Abstract: | Compactifications of string theory constitute a promising framework for reproducing interesting cosmological features, such as inflation. An important subtlety in these constructions is the stabilization of moduli; four-dimensional scalar fields that describe fluctuations of the geometry of the compactified dimensions. In this talk, I will review how moduli can be fixed in compactifications of type II string theory. I will also discuss cosmological features of the resulting four-dimensional vacua, and how metastable vacua can decay through the formation of new vacuum bubbles.
Overview Lunch Club |
| Date: | Tue, 02.03.2010 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Duration: | 60 min |
| Location: | Vienna University of Technology, Seminar Room E136, 10th floor |
| Contact: | Theo Adaktylos, David Burke, Andreas Gabriel, Niklas Johansson & Christoph Spengler |
| On the interpretation of recent results on dark matter direct detection |
| Speaker: | Thomas Schwetz (MPI Heidelberg) (Fakultät für Physik) |
| Abstract: | im Rahmen des Teilchenphysikseminars |
| Date: | Tue, 02.03.2010 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Duration: | 60 min |
| Location: | Erwin Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stock |
| Contact: | W. Grimus, H. Neufeld |
| Topological Strings and the Melting Crystal |
| Speaker: | Paul Schreivogl (Univ. Wien) (Fakultät für Physik) |
| Abstract: | im Rahmen der gemeinsam veranstalteten Seminare "Komplexe Stochastische Systeme" (Univ.Wien) und "Analyse Komplexer Systeme" (Med.Univ.Wien) |
| Date: | Fri, 05.03.2010 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Duration: | 90 min |
| Location: | Erwin Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stock |
| Contact: | H. Hüffel |
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