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

09:00 → 09:30 Registration

09:30 → 10:30 Holographic Entropy Relations

Speaker: Veronika Hubeny

10:30 → 11:00 Beyond the standard model physics from gauge/gravity duality

Speaker: Johanna Erdmenger

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 → 12:00 Wilson line defects in ABJM theory

Speaker: Silvia Penati

12:00 → 12:30 The Landscape of Supersymmetric Symmetric Product Orbifolds

Speaker: Alejandra Castro

12:30 → 13:00 Complexity in Holography and QFT

Speaker: Shira Chapman

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch break

14:30 → 15:00 Topological String Entanglement

Speaker: Mukund Rangamani

15:00 → 15:30 Strong Cosmic Censorship

Speaker: Oscar Dias

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 → 16:30 Holographic complexity and black hole evaporation

Speaker: Larus Thorlacius

16:30 → 17:00 The momentum/size correspondence, black hole collapse and holographic complexity

Speaker: Dmitry Ageev

18:00 → 20:00 Reception and poster session

Tuesday 24 September

09:30 → 10:30 Black holes in the large D limit

Speaker: Roberto Emparan

10:30 → 11:00 Building 4 Dimensions from 3

Speaker: Cinthia Keeler

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 → 12:15 Learning from history: What Marie, Irène and Maria had … and what is needed for a career in physics

Speaker: Minna Salminen-Karlsson

12:15 → 13:00 Discussion

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch break

14:30 → 15:00 Genus one string amplitudes from conformal field theory

Speaker: Luis Alday

15:00 → 15:30 Domain walls and integrability within AdS/dCFT

Speaker: Charlotte Kristjansen

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 → 16:30 A journey out of the swamp riding a dark bubble

Speaker: Ulf Danielsson

16:30 → 17:00 Black hole evaporation and semiclassicality at large D

Speaker: David McGady

17:00 → 17:30 Information flows in holography

Speaker: Niko Jokela

Wednesday 25 September

09:30 → 10:30 Aspects of flux compactifications

Speaker: Michela Petrini

10:30 → 11:00 New results on AdS3/CFT2

Speaker: Yolanda Lozano

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 → 12:00 Gauge and gravitational anomalies in boundary CFT

Speaker: Vladimir Prochazka

12:00 → 12:30 From the COST experience to GenHET: Working on the problem of gender representation in Theoretical Physics

Speaker: Silvia Penati

12:30 → 13:00 Discussion

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch break

14:30 → 15:00 Challenges in the construction of de Sitter vacua in string theory

Speaker: Mariana Grana

15:00 → 15:30 On supersymmetry breaking vacua from D-branes at orientifold singularities

Speaker: Matteo Bertolini

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 → 16:30 T-duality perspective on integrable deformations

Speaker: Saskia Demulder

16:30 → 17:00 Holographic plasmons in strange metals

Speaker: Ulf Gran

Thursday 26 September

09:30 → 10:30 Does the black hole shadow probe the event horizon geometry?

Speaker: Maria Rodriguez

10:30 → 11:00 Force Free Electrodynamics description of Kerr black hole magnetosphere

Speaker: Gianluca Grignani

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 → 12:15 Recruiting Great Scientists; brains or bias?

Speaker: Pete Jones

12:15 → 13:00 Discussion

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch break

14:30 → 15:00 Non-relativistic Strings from Quantum Mechanics

Speaker: Troels Harmark

15:00 → 15:30 First law of complexity

Speaker: Alice Bernamonti

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 → 16:30 Central Charges of Two-Dimensional Defects and Boundaries

Speaker: Andrew O'Bannon

16:30 → 17:00 Celestial Photons and Gravitons

Speaker: Andrea Puhm

17:00 → 17:30 Constructive holography for 4d black holes

Speaker: Bo Sundborg

Friday 27 September

09:30 → 10:30 The (super)conformal bootstrap program

Speaker: Madalena Lemos

10:30 → 11:00 Challenges in first order hydrodynamics

Speaker: Watse Sybesma

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 → 12:00 Bootstrapping the spectral density in massive QFTs

Speaker: Denis Karateev

12:00 → 12:30 Exact results for holographic Wilson loops: CFT and beyond

Speaker: Konstantin Zarembo

15:00 → 16:00 Special lecture: Observing Critical Behavior of the M87 Black Hole

Speaker: Andrew Strominger