CERN Winter School on Supergravity, Strings and Gauge Theory 2019
from
Monday 4 February 2019 (09:00)
to
Friday 8 February 2019 (17:00)
Monday 4 February 2019
09:30
CFT in Lorentzian Signature 1
-
David Simmons-Duffin
(
IAS
)
CFT in Lorentzian Signature 1
David Simmons-Duffin
(
IAS
)
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
10:30
Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
11:00
Constraints on Quantum Gravity 1
-
Hirosi Ooguri
Constraints on Quantum Gravity 1
Hirosi Ooguri
11:00 - 12:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
12:00
Constraints on Quantum Gravity 2
-
Hirosi Ooguri
Constraints on Quantum Gravity 2
Hirosi Ooguri
12:00 - 13:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
14:30
Geometric Engineering - Four Ways 1
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Sakura Schafer-Nameki
(
Caltech
)
Geometric Engineering - Four Ways 1
Sakura Schafer-Nameki
(
Caltech
)
14:30 - 15:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
15:30
Geometric Engineering - Four Ways 2
-
Sakura Schafer-Nameki
(
Caltech
)
Geometric Engineering - Four Ways 2
Sakura Schafer-Nameki
(
Caltech
)
15:30 - 16:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
16:30
Coffee
Coffee
16:30 - 17:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
17:00
Discussion
Discussion
17:00 - 18:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Tuesday 5 February 2019
09:30
Geometric Engineering - Four ways 3
-
Sakura Schafer-Nameki
(
Caltech
)
Geometric Engineering - Four ways 3
Sakura Schafer-Nameki
(
Caltech
)
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:30
Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
11:00
CFT in Lorentzian Signature 2
-
David Simmons-Duffin
(
IAS
)
CFT in Lorentzian Signature 2
David Simmons-Duffin
(
IAS
)
11:00 - 12:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:00
CFT in Lorentzian Signature 3
-
David Simmons-Duffin
(
IAS
)
CFT in Lorentzian Signature 3
David Simmons-Duffin
(
IAS
)
12:00 - 13:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
14:30
Geometric Engineering - Four ways 4
-
Sakura Schafer-Nameki
(
Caltech
)
Geometric Engineering - Four ways 4
Sakura Schafer-Nameki
(
Caltech
)
14:30 - 15:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
15:30
Constraints on Quantum Gravity 3
-
Hirosi Ooguri
Constraints on Quantum Gravity 3
Hirosi Ooguri
15:30 - 16:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
16:30
Coffee
Coffee
16:30 - 17:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
17:00
Discussion
Discussion
17:00 - 18:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
18:30
School dinner
School dinner
18:30 - 19:30
Room: 501
Wednesday 6 February 2019
09:30
Positive Geometry of Effective Field Theory 1
-
Nima Arkani-Hamed
(
IAS
)
Positive Geometry of Effective Field Theory 1
Nima Arkani-Hamed
(
IAS
)
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:30
Positive Geometry of Effective Field Theory 2
-
Nima Arkani-Hamed
(
IAS
)
Positive Geometry of Effective Field Theory 2
Nima Arkani-Hamed
(
IAS
)
10:30 - 11:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
11:30
Coffee
Coffee
11:30 - 12:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:00
Colloquium - "Black Holes, Quantum Information, and Unification"
-
Raphael Bousso
(
UC Berkeley
)
Colloquium - "Black Holes, Quantum Information, and Unification"
Raphael Bousso
(
UC Berkeley
)
12:00 - 13:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
The study of black holes has revealed a deep connection between quantum information and spacetime geometry. Precise formulations of this conjectural relation have recently led to new insights in Quantum Field Theory. An important example is the QNEC, a lower bound on the local energy density in terms of the flow of nonlocal information. These results pertain to an unexplored, but accessible regime of the Standard Model: quantum coherent, relativistic, and low energy. They are most easily understood as implications of specific conjectures about quantum gravity, so their experimental tests at low energies would probe our hypotheses about unification at the highest energy scales.
13:00
Free afternoon (Ski Trip)
Free afternoon (Ski Trip)
13:00 - 18:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Thursday 7 February 2019
09:30
Constraints on Quantum Gravity 4
-
Hirosi Ooguri
Constraints on Quantum Gravity 4
Hirosi Ooguri
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:30
Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
11:00
Positive Geometry of Effective Field Theory 3
-
Nima Arkani-Hamed
(
IAS
)
Positive Geometry of Effective Field Theory 3
Nima Arkani-Hamed
(
IAS
)
11:00 - 12:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:00
Positive Geometry of Effective Field Theory 4
-
Nima Arkani-Hamed
(
IAS
)
Positive Geometry of Effective Field Theory 4
Nima Arkani-Hamed
(
IAS
)
12:00 - 13:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
14:30
Quantum information aspects of Quantum Fields and Gravity 1
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Thomas Faulkner
Quantum information aspects of Quantum Fields and Gravity 1
Thomas Faulkner
14:30 - 15:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
15:30
Quantum information aspects of Quantum Fields and Gravity 2
-
Thomas Faulkner
Quantum information aspects of Quantum Fields and Gravity 2
Thomas Faulkner
15:30 - 16:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
16:30
Coffee
Coffee
16:30 - 17:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
17:00
Discussion
Discussion
17:00 - 18:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Friday 8 February 2019
09:30
CFT in Lorentzian Signature 4
-
David Simmons-Duffin
(
IAS
)
CFT in Lorentzian Signature 4
David Simmons-Duffin
(
IAS
)
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:30
Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
11:00
Quantum information aspects of Quantum Fields and Gravity 3
-
Thomas Faulkner
Quantum information aspects of Quantum Fields and Gravity 3
Thomas Faulkner
11:00 - 12:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:00
Quantum information aspects of Quantum Fields and Gravity 4
-
Thomas Faulkner
Quantum information aspects of Quantum Fields and Gravity 4
Thomas Faulkner
12:00 - 13:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
14:30
Before, Behind, and Beyond the Standard Model
-
Andrea Wulzer
(
CERN
)
Before, Behind, and Beyond the Standard Model
Andrea Wulzer
(
CERN
)
14:30 - 15:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
15:30
CFT in Lorentzian Signature 5
-
David Simmons-Duffin
(
IAS
)
CFT in Lorentzian Signature 5
David Simmons-Duffin
(
IAS
)
15:30 - 16:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium