CERN Winter School on Supergravity, Strings and Gauge Theory 2026

Europe/Zurich
500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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Alba Grassi (CERN and Universitรฉ de Genรจve), Alexander Zhiboedov (CERN), Irene Valenzuela Agui (CERN), Kyriakos Papadodimas (CERN), Monica Maria Guica (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH)), Shota Komatsu (CERN)
Description

The CERN Winter School on Supergravity, Strings and Gauge Theory isย the continuation of the yearly training school of the former EC-RTN string network "Constituents, Fundamental Forces and Symmetries of the Universe".

The school is supported and organized by the CERN Theory Department.

Previous schools in this series can be found at the link to the previous editions in the left menu.ย 

Like its predecessors, this school is meant primarily for the training of doctoral students and young postdoctoral researchers in recent developments in theoretical high-energy physics and string theory.

The school will cover topics in the following areas: black holes, quantum field theory, string field theory.

The programย of the school will consist of five series of pedagogical lectures, complemented by discussion sessions.

Invited speakers:

  • Chris Akers - Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes
  • Alejandra Castro - Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes
  • Yiming Chen - Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates
  • Thomas Dumitrescu - Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics
  • Ashoke Sen - Applications of String Field Theory

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Local organizers: Alba Grassi, Monica Guica, Kyriakos Papadodimas, Shota Komatsu, Irene Valenzuela, Sasha Zhiboedov

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Participants
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      Welcome 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Speaker: Monica Maria Guica (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))
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      Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Speaker: Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
    • 10:30
      Coffee break
    • 3
      Applications of String Field Theory 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Speaker: Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
    • 13:00
      Lunch
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      Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Speaker: Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder - US)
    • 16:30
      Coffee break
    • 5
      Discussion (Mon 2nd Feb, h17:00) 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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    • 18:00
      Reception and Poster session 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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    • 6
      Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Speaker: Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
    • 10:30
      Coffee break
    • 7
      Applications of String Field Theory 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Speaker: Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
    • 8
      Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Speaker: Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder)
    • 13:00
      Lunch
    • 9
      Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Speaker: Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
    • 16:30
      Coffee break
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      Discussion (Tue 3rd Feb, h17:00) 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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    • 19:00
      School Dinner
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      Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Speaker: Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
    • 10:30
      Coffee break
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      Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Speaker: Thomas Dumitrescu (UCLA)
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      CERN Colloquium - Centaur Science: Adventures in AI+Physics 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Please find more details and the connecting link on https://indico.cern.ch/event/1642790/

      Speaker: Jesse Thaler (MIT)
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      Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Speaker: Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
    • 10:30
      Coffee break
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      Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Speaker: Thomas Dumitrescu (UCLA)
    • 13:00
      Lunch
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      Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Speaker: Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
    • 16:30
      Coffee break
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      Discussion (Thu 5th Feb, h17:00) 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Speaker: Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder)
    • 10:30
      Coffee break
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      Applications of String Field Theory 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Speaker: Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
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      Discussion (Fri 6th Feb, h12:00) 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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