First Zagreb School on Theoretical Physics

Scientific Programme

The school covers four areas and is organized in two weeks as follows:

Week 1 - Particle Phenomenology

PP

Topics in Particle Phenomenology include lectures that range from the physics of the Standard Model, to Beyond the Standard Model, to Neutrino and Flavour physics.

Confirmed speakers:

• Sébastien Descotes-Genon (LPT Orsay)
• Francesco Sannino (CERN,CP3-Origins, University of Southern Denmark)
• Goran Senjanović (GSSI, L’Aquila & ICTP, Trieste)
• Samuel Wallon (LPT Orsay)

Week 1 - Cosmology

CO

Topics including physics of the early universe, structure formation, cosmic rays and phenomenology of Dark Matter.

Confirmed speakers:

• Paolo Gondolo (University of Utah)
• Piero Ullio (SISSA, Trieste)
• Matteo Viel (SISSA, Trieste)

Week 2 - Mathematical Physics

MP

Topics include Entanglement entropy, Black hole physics and Higher spin theories.

Confirmed speakers:

• Michael Haack (Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics, LMU, Munich)
• Roberto Percacci (SISSA, Trieste)
• Max Riegler (Universite libre de Bruxelles)
• Ivo Sachs (Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics, LMU, Munich)
• Sergey Solodukhin (LMPT, University of Tours)
• Erik Tonni (SISSA, Trieste)

Week 2 - Solid State Physics

SS

Lectures on First principles calculations for crystal structure prediction, Reproducibility in density functional theory calculations, NMR characterization, Advanced exchange-correlation functionals and Microscopic theory of friction

Confirmed speakers:

• Stefano de Gironcoli (SISSA, Trieste)
• Emine Kucukbenli (SISSA, Trieste)
• Franco Pellegrini (SISSA, Trieste)