Challenges in Theoretical High-Energy Physics

23 Sept 2019, 09:00 → 27 Sept 2019, 18:00 Europe/Stockholm

Wenner-Gren center, Axel Wenner-Gren Salen

Agnese Bissi (Uppsala University), Magdalena Larfors (Uppsala University), Marta Orselli (University of Perugia and NBI), Valentina Giangreco Puletti (University of Iceland)

Conference Venue

The conference is located at the Wenner-Gren center (close to Nordita), lecture room Axel Wenner-Gren Salen, see map here.

Scope

In this workshop we bring together theoretical high energy physicists who are specialised in string theory in a broad sense. The workshop will focus on four intertwined pillars:

• String compactifications
• AdS/CFT and dualities
• Black holes
• Conformal field theories and symmetries

Besides providing an opportunity to exchange knowledge on the most recent and outstanding developments in these fields, this workshop will be an opportunity to discuss bias, diversity and gender issues within this scientific community which largely affect women, as a yet underrepresented minority in these fields.

Format

We have a schedule with morning sessions that start with a 1-hour review talk of the current status of the respective subjects (string compactifications, AdS/CFT dualities, black holes and conformal field theories ), followed by shorter invited as well as contributed talks on recent developments in the field. Three sessions focus on diversity and gender issues, with talks given by experts of the field, followed by chaired discussions.

[Timetable]

Speakers

Dmitry Ageev, Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS Luis F. Alday, University of Oxford Alice Bernamonti, University of Florence Matteo Bertolini, SISSA Alejandra Castro, University of Amsterdam Shira Chapman, University of Amsterdam Ulf Danielsson, Uppsala University Saskia Demulder, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Swansea University Oscar Dias, University of Southampton Roberto Emparan, ICREA and University of Barcelona Johanna Erdmenger, University Wuerzburg Ulf Gran, Chalmers University of Technology Mariana Grana, IPhT Gianluca Grignani, University of Perugia Troels Harmark, NBI Veronika Hubeny, University of California, Davis Niko Jokela, University of Helsinki

Denis Karateev, EPFL Cynthia Keeler, Arizona State University Charlotte Kristjansen, NBI Madalena Lemos, CERN Yolanda Lozano, University of Oviedo David McGady, NBIA and Nordita Andy O'Bannon, University of Southampton Silvia Penati, University of Milano Bicocca Michela Petrini, LPTHE Vladimir Prochazka, Uppsala University Andrea Puhm, CPHT, Ecole Polytechnique Mukund Rangamani, University of California, Davis Maria Rodriguez, Utah State University and Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics Potsdam Bo Sundborg, Stockholm University Watse Sybesma, University of Iceland Lárus Thorlacius, University of Iceland and Stockholm University Konstantin Zarembo, NORDITA

Special Event

There will a special lecture on Friday afternoon (September 27) given by Andrew Strominger. Notice that the lecture will be at KTH, and not at the conference venue. Please see the map here.

Gender and diversity sessions: Speakers

Pete Jones, Sheffield UK Minna Salminen Karlsson, Uppsala University Helena Pettersson, Umeå University

Registration

If you want to register/apply for participation in the conference, please fill in the registration form. Invited speakers are of course automatically approved, but need to register anyway.

Registration deadline: August 23, 2019

Deadline for submitting abstracts: Due to the large number of proposed contributed talks, the deadline for submitting an abstract is June 23.

There is no registration fee.

Travel Reimbursement

A limited number of travel grants are available for PhD students and young Postdoc fellows. If you are interested in such a grant, please mark the corresponding field in the application form, briefly summarize your interest in the workshop in the comments field, and indicate an estimation of your expected travel expenses. Since only a limited number of grants is available, decision concerning the grants will be made on a case-by-case basis and you will be notified shortly after the application deadline.

Please be aware that unfortunately, scammers sometimes approach participants claiming to be able to provide accommodation and asking for credit card details. Please do not give this information to them. For successful applicants, Nordita will be in touch via email regarding accommodation. If you are in any doubt about the legitimacy of an approach, please get in contact with the organisers.

Sponsored by:

Supported by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences through its Nobel Institute for Physics

Monday 23 September

1 Registration

2 Holographic Entropy Relations

Speaker: Veronika Hubeny

3 Beyond the standard model physics from gauge/gravity duality

Speaker: Johanna Erdmenger

4 Coffee break

5 Wilson line defects in ABJM theory

Speaker: Silvia Penati

6 The Landscape of Supersymmetric Symmetric Product Orbifolds

Speaker: Alejandra Castro

7 Complexity in Holography and QFT

Speaker: Shira Chapman

8 Lunch break

9 Topological String Entanglement

Speaker: Mukund Rangamani

10 Strong Cosmic Censorship

Speaker: Oscar Dias

11 Coffee break

12 Holographic complexity and black hole evaporation

Speaker: Larus Thorlacius

13 The momentum/size correspondence, black hole collapse and holographic complexity

Speaker: Dmitry Ageev

14 Reception and poster session

Tuesday 24 September

15 Black holes in the large D limit

Speaker: Roberto Emparan

16 Building 4 Dimensions from 3

Speaker: Cinthia Keeler

17 Coffee break

18 Learning from history: What Marie, Irène and Maria had … and what is needed for a career in physics

Speaker: Minna Salminen-Karlsson

19 Discussion

20 Lunch break

21 Genus one string amplitudes from conformal field theory

Speaker: Luis Alday

22 Domain walls and integrability within AdS/dCFT

Speaker: Charlotte Kristjansen

23 Coffee break

24 A journey out of the swamp riding a dark bubble

Speaker: Ulf Danielsson

25 Black hole evaporation and semiclassicality at large D

Speaker: David McGady

26 Information flows in holography

Speaker: Niko Jokela

Wednesday 25 September

27 Aspects of flux compactifications

Speaker: Michela Petrini

28 New results on AdS3/CFT2

Speaker: Yolanda Lozano

29 Coffee break

30 Gauge and gravitational anomalies in boundary CFT

Speaker: Vladimir Prochazka

31 From the COST experience to GenHET: Working on the problem of gender representation in Theoretical Physics

Speaker: Silvia Penati

32 Discussion

33 Lunch break

34 Challenges in the construction of de Sitter vacua in string theory

Speaker: Mariana Grana

35 On supersymmetry breaking vacua from D-branes at orientifold singularities

Speaker: Matteo Bertolini

36 Coffee break

37 T-duality perspective on integrable deformations

Speaker: Saskia Demulder

38 Holographic plasmons in strange metals

Speaker: Ulf Gran

Thursday 26 September

39 Does the black hole shadow probe the event horizon geometry?

Speaker: Maria Rodriguez

40 Force Free Electrodynamics description of Kerr black hole magnetosphere

Speaker: Gianluca Grignani

41 Coffee break

42 Recruiting Great Scientists; brains or bias?

Speaker: Pete Jones

43 Discussion

44 Lunch break

45 Non-relativistic Strings from Quantum Mechanics

Speaker: Troels Harmark

46 First law of complexity

Speaker: Alice Bernamonti

47 Coffee break

48 Central Charges of Two-Dimensional Defects and Boundaries

Speaker: Andrew O'Bannon

49 Celestial Photons and Gravitons

Speaker: Andrea Puhm

50 Constructive holography for 4d black holes

Speaker: Bo Sundborg

Friday 27 September

51 The (super)conformal bootstrap program

Speaker: Madalena Lemos

52 Challenges in first order hydrodynamics

Speaker: Watse Sybesma

53 Coffee break

54 Bootstrapping the spectral density in massive QFTs

Speaker: Denis Karateev

55 Exact results for holographic Wilson loops: CFT and beyond

Speaker: Konstantin Zarembo

56 Special lecture: Observing Critical Behavior of the M87 Black Hole

Speaker: Andrew Strominger