DISCRETE 2014: Fourth Symposium on Prospects in the Physics of Discrete Symmetries

Session

PLENARY 2

3 Dec 2014, 09:00

Great Hall and several lecture theatres (King's College London, Strand Campus)

167. Half a Century with CP Violation

Prof. cecilia jarlskog (lund university)

03/12/2014, 09:00

T, C, P, CP symmetries

The speaker intends to present a "historical" talk on CP violation discussing what have been the most important lessons learned so far and what can be said about the future prospects in this field.

158. Some Open Questions on CP Violation and Flavour

Gustavo Branco (Instituto Superior Tecnico)

03/12/2014, 09:45

T, C, P, CP symmetries

We address some open questions on CP Violation and Flavour, including the nature and scale of New Physics and the origin of CP Violation. In the lepton sector, we conjecture that the observed pattern of leptonic mixing may just reflect a quasi-degeneracy of Majorana Neutrino Masses.

114. Tests of Discrete Symmetries in K systems

Prof. Antonio Di Domenico (Universita Sapienza e INFN, Roma I (IT))

03/12/2014, 11:00

T, C, P, CP symmetries

Plenary (40 + 5 min)

The status of present experiments and future projects with kaons is reviewed, focusing on prospects for discrete symmetries tests.

6. Discrete symmetries and models of flavour mixing

Prof. Stephen King (University of Southampton)

03/12/2014, 11:45

In this talk we shall give an overview of the role of discrete symmetries, including both CP and family symmetry, in constructing unified models of quark and lepton (including especially neutrino) masses and mixing. Various different approaches to model building will be described, denoted as direct, semi-direct and indirect, and the pros and cons of each approach discussed. Particular examples...

163. Unraveling the organization of the QCD tapestry

Joannis Papavassiliou (University of Valencia)

03/12/2014, 12:30

Strongly Coupled Gauge Theories

I will review recent progress in our understanding of the infrared dynamics of the QCD Green's functions, derived from the close synergy between lattice simulations and Schwinger-Dyson equations. Particular attention will be devoted to the elaborate nonperturbative mechanisms that endow the fundamental degrees of freedom (quarks and gluons) with dynamical masses.