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Calendar of Physics Talks Vienna

Obtaining a Precise Higgs Boson Transverse Momentum Spectrum
Speaker:Iain Stewart (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Date: Tue, 15.05.2018
Time: 16:15
Duration: 60 min
Location:Fakultät für Physik, Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stock
Contact:A. Hoang, H. Neufeld

Gravitational Shock Waves in stationary Black Hole Spacetimes
Speaker:Albert Huber (TU Wien)
Abstract:In this talk, the geometric framework of local metric deformations will be discussed with special emphasis on so-called generalized Kerr-Schild deformations. The consideration of precisely these deformations is justified by the fact that they lead to a comparably simple structure of Einstein's field equations, which is demonstrated using the spin-coefficient formalism of Newman and Penrose. Based on the results obtained, it is shown how the field of a gravitational shockwave generated by a massless point-like particle can be calculated at the event horizon of the stationary Kerr-Newman black hole, while specific physical properties of the corresponding class of geometries are discussed in passing.
Date: Thu, 17.05.2018
Time: 14:00
Duration: 60 min
Location:Arbeitsgruppe Gravitation, Währinger Strasse 17, Raum 218, 2. Stock, 1090 Wien
Contact:P.T. Chrusciel, D. Fajman

Bottom and charm quark masses from quarkonium at N3LO
Speaker:Vicent Mateu Barreda (University of Salamanca, Spain)
Abstract:The bottomonium spectrum up to n = 3 is studied within Non-Relativistic Quantum Chromodynamics up to N3LO. We consider finite charm quark mass effects both in the QCD potential and the MSbar-pole mass relation up to third. The u = 1/2 renormalon of the static potential is canceled by expressing the bottom quark pole mass in terms of the MSR mass. A careful investigation of scale variation reveals that, while n = 1, 2 states are well behaved within perturbation theory, n = 3 bound states are no longer reliable. Performing a fit to b-bbar bound states we fit for the bottom mass. We extend our analysis to the lowest lying charmonium states to fit for the charm mass. Additionally, using a modified version of the MSR mass with lighter massive quarks we are able to predict the uncalculated O(as^4) virtual massive quark corrections to the relation between the MSbar and pole masses.
Date: Fri, 18.05.2018
Time: 16:15
Duration: 60 min
Location:Fakultät für Physik, Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stock
Contact:A. Hoang, H. Neufeld