20th Rencontres du Vietnam: BSM in particle physics and cosmology - 50 years later
from
Sunday 7 January 2024 (17:00)
to
Saturday 13 January 2024 (13:00)
Monday 1 January 2024
Tuesday 2 January 2024
Wednesday 3 January 2024
Thursday 4 January 2024
Friday 5 January 2024
Saturday 6 January 2024
Sunday 7 January 2024
17:00
Conference registration
Conference registration
17:00 - 18:30
18:30
Welcome cocktail and dinner
Welcome cocktail and dinner
18:30 - 20:30
Monday 8 January 2024
08:30
Official opening and group photo
Official opening and group photo
08:30 - 09:30
09:30
Cool But Not (necessarily) Supercool: RS Phase Transition
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Lisa Randall
(
Harvard U.
)
Cool But Not (necessarily) Supercool: RS Phase Transition
Lisa Randall
(
Harvard U.
)
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 - 10:30
10:30
Flavor probes of axion-like particles
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Matthias Neubert
(
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
)
Flavor probes of axion-like particles
Matthias Neubert
(
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
)
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Bottom-up perspective on baryon number violation
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Michael Schmidt
(
UNSW Sydney
)
Bottom-up perspective on baryon number violation
Michael Schmidt
(
UNSW Sydney
)
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Neutrino Masses and Mixing driven by Randomness
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Sudhir Kumar Vempati
Neutrino Masses and Mixing driven by Randomness
Sudhir Kumar Vempati
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 13:30
13:30
A GUT Framework for Accidental Dark Matter
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Roberto Contino
(
Sapienza Universita' di Roma
)
A GUT Framework for Accidental Dark Matter
Roberto Contino
(
Sapienza Universita' di Roma
)
13:30 - 14:00
14:00
muTRISTAN
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Ryuichiro Kitano
muTRISTAN
Ryuichiro Kitano
14:00 - 14:30
14:30
Dark Matter from a Conformal Dark Sector
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Maxim Perelstein
(
Cornell University
)
Dark Matter from a Conformal Dark Sector
Maxim Perelstein
(
Cornell University
)
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
Photons Strike Back: Inelastic Dark Matter at Directional Detectors and Beyond
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Graham Kribs
Photons Strike Back: Inelastic Dark Matter at Directional Detectors and Beyond
Graham Kribs
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
On measuring the formation time of galaxies and primordial non-Gaussianities with the Effective Field Theory of Large-Scale Structure
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Leonardo Senatore
On measuring the formation time of galaxies and primordial non-Gaussianities with the Effective Field Theory of Large-Scale Structure
Leonardo Senatore
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
Discussion / free time
Discussion / free time
16:30 - 18:30
18:30
Dinner
Dinner
18:30 - 20:30
Tuesday 9 January 2024
08:30
An Out of Equilibrium Holographic Phase Transition
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Jay Hubisz
An Out of Equilibrium Holographic Phase Transition
Jay Hubisz
08:30 - 09:00
09:00
SMEFT at future lepton colliders with machine learning
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Jiayin Gu
(
Fudan University
)
SMEFT at future lepton colliders with machine learning
Jiayin Gu
(
Fudan University
)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30
A minimal cosmological selection model for the hierarchy problem
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Rick S Gupta
A minimal cosmological selection model for the hierarchy problem
Rick S Gupta
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 - 10:30
10:30
Multi-messenger Opportunities for Heavy Neutral Leptons
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Yingying Li
Multi-messenger Opportunities for Heavy Neutral Leptons
Yingying Li
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Possible realizations of light thermal self interacting dark matter and GRB221009A events
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Satyabrata Mahapatra
Possible realizations of light thermal self interacting dark matter and GRB221009A events
Satyabrata Mahapatra
11:00 - 11:20
11:20
Axion Mass in a Composite Accidental Axion Model
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Takafumi Aoki
Axion Mass in a Composite Accidental Axion Model
Takafumi Aoki
11:20 - 11:40
11:40
Weak Gravitational Positivity Bounds and Implications on Weak Gravity Conjecture
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Quang Loc TRAN
(
DAMTP, University of Cambridge
)
Weak Gravitational Positivity Bounds and Implications on Weak Gravity Conjecture
Quang Loc TRAN
(
DAMTP, University of Cambridge
)
11:40 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 13:30
13:30
TBA
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Satoshi Shirai
(
Kavli IPMU
)
TBA
Satoshi Shirai
(
Kavli IPMU
)
13:30 - 14:00
14:00
Chirality changing RG flows: dynamics and models
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Yuri Shirman
Chirality changing RG flows: dynamics and models
Yuri Shirman
14:00 - 14:30
14:30
The Magnetic Monopole Unitarity Puzzle
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John Terning
(
UC Davis
)
The Magnetic Monopole Unitarity Puzzle
John Terning
(
UC Davis
)
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
On the dynamical origin of the eta' potential and the axion mass
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Maximilian Ruhdorfer
(
Cornell
)
On the dynamical origin of the eta' potential and the axion mass
Maximilian Ruhdorfer
(
Cornell
)
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
The Quantum Spectral Method: From Atomic Orbitals to Classical Self-Force
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Ofri Telem
(
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
)
The Quantum Spectral Method: From Atomic Orbitals to Classical Self-Force
Ofri Telem
(
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
)
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
Discussion / free time
Discussion / free time
16:30 - 18:30
18:30
Dinner (Seafood)
Dinner (Seafood)
18:30 - 20:30
Wednesday 10 January 2024
08:30
Bootstrapping BSMs
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Alex Pomarol
(
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona & IFAE
)
Bootstrapping BSMs
Alex Pomarol
(
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona & IFAE
)
08:30 - 09:00
09:00
EFT matching from analyticity and unitarity
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Gauthier Durieux
(
CP3 - UCLouvain
)
EFT matching from analyticity and unitarity
Gauthier Durieux
(
CP3 - UCLouvain
)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30
Fermionic Geometry for BSM
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Chia-Hsien Shen
(
National Taiwan University
)
Fermionic Geometry for BSM
Chia-Hsien Shen
(
National Taiwan University
)
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 - 10:30
10:30
Covariant Perturbation Theory at any order
-
Gero Gersdorff
Covariant Perturbation Theory at any order
Gero Gersdorff
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Axion Domain Walls, Small Instantons, and Non-Invertible Symmetry Breaking
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Sungwoo Hong
Axion Domain Walls, Small Instantons, and Non-Invertible Symmetry Breaking
Sungwoo Hong
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Internal Supersymmetry and the Hierarchy Problem
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Nathaniel Craig
Internal Supersymmetry and the Hierarchy Problem
Nathaniel Craig
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 13:30
13:30
Excursion
Excursion
13:30 - 18:30
18:30
Dinner (Vietnamese cuisine)
Dinner (Vietnamese cuisine)
18:30 - 20:30
Thursday 11 January 2024
08:30
Gravitational waves from phase transitions during inflation
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Haipeng An
Gravitational waves from phase transitions during inflation
Haipeng An
08:30 - 09:00
09:00
Landscape of EW scale dark sector
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Pyungwon Ko
(
KIAS (Korea Institute for Advanced Study)
)
Landscape of EW scale dark sector
Pyungwon Ko
(
KIAS (Korea Institute for Advanced Study)
)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30
Forbidden Conformal Dark Matter
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Seung J. Lee
(
Korea University
)
Forbidden Conformal Dark Matter
Seung J. Lee
(
Korea University
)
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 - 10:30
10:30
BBN constraints on quadratically-coupled ultralight dark matter
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Tien-Tien Yu
(
University of Oregon (US)
)
BBN constraints on quadratically-coupled ultralight dark matter
Tien-Tien Yu
(
University of Oregon (US)
)
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Gauged Global Strings
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Wei Xue
(
University of Florida (US)
)
Gauged Global Strings
Wei Xue
(
University of Florida (US)
)
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Effect of ultralight dark matter on g-2 of the electron
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Jason Evans
(
Shanghai Jiaotong University/TDLI
)
Effect of ultralight dark matter on g-2 of the electron
Jason Evans
(
Shanghai Jiaotong University/TDLI
)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 13:30
13:30
Relic QCD Axions from the Early Universe
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Giovanni Villadoro
(
ICTP
)
Relic QCD Axions from the Early Universe
Giovanni Villadoro
(
ICTP
)
13:30 - 14:00
14:00
Primordial Black Holes from Axion Domain Walls
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David Dunsky
(
NYU
)
Primordial Black Holes from Axion Domain Walls
David Dunsky
(
NYU
)
14:00 - 14:30
14:30
Dark matter detection with superfluid optomechanics
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Peter Cox
(
The University of Melbourne
)
Dark matter detection with superfluid optomechanics
Peter Cox
(
The University of Melbourne
)
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
Dark forests from the dark matter
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Tuhin Roy
(
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
)
Dark forests from the dark matter
Tuhin Roy
(
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
)
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
Search for axion dark matter in the laboratory and in the cosmos
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Deog Ki Hong
(
Pusan National University (KR)
)
Search for axion dark matter in the laboratory and in the cosmos
Deog Ki Hong
(
Pusan National University (KR)
)
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
Discussion / free time
Discussion / free time
16:30 - 18:30
18:30
Conference banquet
Conference banquet
18:30 - 20:30
Friday 12 January 2024
08:30
Interactions in dark sector and tensions in the cosmological data
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Taewook Youn
(
Cornell U.
)
Interactions in dark sector and tensions in the cosmological data
Taewook Youn
(
Cornell U.
)
08:30 - 09:00
09:00
Photon portal to MeV dark states and beyond
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Josef Pradler
(
University of Vienna & Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT)
)
Photon portal to MeV dark states and beyond
Josef Pradler
(
University of Vienna & Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT)
)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30
Positivity bounds on Higgs-portal dark matter
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Hyun Min Lee
(
CAU - Chung-Ang University (KR)
)
Positivity bounds on Higgs-portal dark matter
Hyun Min Lee
(
CAU - Chung-Ang University (KR)
)
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 - 10:30
10:30
Topology, quantum gravity and particle physics
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Archil Kobakhidze
Topology, quantum gravity and particle physics
Archil Kobakhidze
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Axionic Wormholes and Quality Problem
-
Natsumi Nagata
Axionic Wormholes and Quality Problem
Natsumi Nagata
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Axion dark matter from inflation
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Bingrong Yu
(
Cornell U.
)
Axion dark matter from inflation
Bingrong Yu
(
Cornell U.
)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 13:30
13:30
Genesis of the inflationary universe with a transient bouncing/cyclic era
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Takahiro Terada
Genesis of the inflationary universe with a transient bouncing/cyclic era
Takahiro Terada
13:30 - 14:00
14:00
Gravitational wave signals of early universe dynamics
-
Liantao Wang
Gravitational wave signals of early universe dynamics
Liantao Wang
14:00 - 14:30
14:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
Axion dark matter from cosmic string network
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Minho Son
Axion dark matter from cosmic string network
Minho Son
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
The Classical Equations of Motion of Quantized Gauge Theories
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Surjeet Rajendran
The Classical Equations of Motion of Quantized Gauge Theories
Surjeet Rajendran
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
Summary & concluding discussion
Summary & concluding discussion
16:00 - 18:00
18:00
Farewell dinner
Farewell dinner
18:00 - 20:00
Saturday 13 January 2024