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Calendar of Physics Talks Vienna
| Effective Field Theories and the Standard Model (part 1) |
| Speaker: | Prof. Aneesh V. Manohar (University of California, San Diego) |
| Date: | Tue, 04.11.2014 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Duration: | 60 min |
| Location: | Fakultät für Physik, Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stock |
| Contact: | A. Hoang, H. Neufeld |
| Entanglement in Quantum Field Theory |
| Speaker: | Martin Siegele (University of Vienna) |
| Abstract: | Continuation of the seminar series "Quantum & Gravity", based on the Jerusalem lecture notes by Daniel Harlow, http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1409.1231 |
| Date: | Wed, 05.11.2014 |
| Time: | 12:45 |
| Duration: | 75 min |
| Location: | SEM 136, TU Wien, Freihaus, 10th floor (Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10, A-1040 Vienna) |
| Contact: | Daniel Grumiller |
| Unification of forces in String Theory |
| Speaker: | Johanna Knapp (TU Vienna) |
| Abstract: | I will introduce the basic concepts of String Theory and show how the
quantized string unifies gauge theory and gravity. I will further
explain why String Theory requires a ten-dimensional space-time and
discuss the concept of compactification of extra dimensions.
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| Date: | Thu, 06.11.2014 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Duration: | 60 min |
| Location: | Arbeitsgruppe Gravitation, Währinger Strasse 17, Seminarraum A, 2. Stock, 1090 Wien |
| Contact: | P.T. Chrusciel |
| Non-equilibrium fermion production on the lattice |
| Speaker: | Daniil Gelfand (ITP, TU Wien) |
| Date: | Thu, 06.11.2014 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Duration: | 60 min |
| Location: | SEM 136, TU Wien, Freihaus, 10th floor (Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10, A-1040 Vienna) |
| Contact: | Daniel Grumiller and Johanna Knapp |
| The Higgs boson and the quest to falsify the standard model |
| Speaker: | Andre David Tinoco Mendes (CERN, CMS) |
| Abstract: | The amount of data made available by the LHC in 2011 and 2012 has allowed to firmly establish the existence of a
new particle, found in the searches for a standard model Higgs boson. Results from the ATLAS and CMS collaborations at
the CERN LHC have provided measurements of a few of the properties of this new particle and - up to now - all searches
for deviations of its properties from what is expected for the standard model Higgs boson have turned out negative.
This state of affairs now paves the way for the need of more precise and more accurate measurements and predictions;
any significant deviation could points out the way to go beyond the standard model. We’ll overview the existing corpus
of measurements and searches for deviations and then look at the impending and upcoming challenges in Higgs physics
both from a theoretical as well as from an experimental point of view. |
| Date: | Fri, 07.11.2014 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Location: | Seminar Room Wohllebengasse 12-14 (tea and cookies 10:15) |
| Contact: | josef.pradler@oeaw.ac.at |
| Undercovering universal dynamics in quantum quenches |
| Speaker: | Aditi Mitra (New York University) |
| Abstract: | In this talk I will give a general overview of the oretical approaches to studying quantum quenches in strongly interacting systems. I will apply it to quenches in 1D systems near the BKT transition and to d-dimensional systems described by a phi-4 theory. The latter in equilibrium captures a second order ferromagnetic transition. For both these cases I will show that after a quantum quench, there exists an intermediate time dephasing dominated prethermal regime where perturbative renormalization group approaches generalized to time-dependent problems can effectivelycapture universal behaviour characterized by novel exponents different from those in equilibrium. I will then outline how the transition from the prethermal to the thermal regime can be quantified. For the 1D problem the thermal regime will be studied by introducing a kinetic equation that accounts for multiparticle scattering.
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| Date: | Fri, 07.11.2014 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Duration: | 60 min |
| Location: | Hörsaal Atominstitut - Stationallee 2, 1020 Wien |
| Contact: | J. Schmiedmayer |
| Effective Field Theories and the Standard Model (part 2) |
| Speaker: | Prof. Aneesh V. Manohar (University of California, San Diego) |
| Date: | Fri, 07.11.2014 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Duration: | 60 min |
| Location: | Fakultät für Physik, Erwin-Schrödinger-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stock |
| Contact: | A. Hoang, H. Neufeld |
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