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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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