TEP Seminars      

particles

The goal of Theoretical Elementary Particle (TEP) physics seminars  is to attain a fundamental description of the laws of physics, the constituents of matter and their interactions.

SCSS

stringsThe Southern California Strings Seminar (SCSS) is where we gather and discuss new ideas and developments, both general and specialized, in the field. 

Bhaumik Luncheon

brainstormThe goal of this Seminar series is to learn about exciting new ideas from scientists in the department through short talks and discussions. 

BLYSS

bulbThe goal of this seminar is to learn about exciting new ideas from up-and-coming scientists in the department and from around the world.

TEP Seminars

Seminars are held in the UCLA Physics & Astronomy Building (PAB) 4-740 Schwinger Lounge, Tuesdays 2-3pm unless otherwise noted.

 

Fall Quarter 2023

Tuesday, October 3rd: Theo Jacobson (UCLA)
"Applications of the modified Villain formulation of lattice field theories"

Tuesday, October 10th: Alfredo Guevara (Harvard)
"Integrable Kerr Black Hole Spectrum from Twistor Symmetries"

Tuesday, October 17th: Zhengdi Sun (UCLA)
"Self-duality under gauging non-invertible symmetries in 2d CFT"

Tuesday, October 24th: Jordan Wilson-Gerow (Caltech)
"Effective Field Theory for Extreme Mass Ratios"

Tuesday, October 31st: Giulia Isabella (UCLA)
"Aspects of eikonal scattering"

Tuesday, November 7th: Dam Thanh Son (Chicago)
Bhaumik Lecture: "Quantum Fields in Condensed Matter"

Tuesday, November 14th: Sridip Pal (Caltech)
"Near extremal black holes through the lens of Lightcone modular bootstrap"

Tuesday, November 28th: Diego Delmastro (Stony Brook)
"Monopoles, scattering, generalized symmetries"

Tuesday, December 5th: Yifan Wang (NYU)
"Topological Interfaces and Gauging Generalized Symmetries"

 

Winter Quarter 2024

Tuesday, January 16th: Thomas Hartman (Cornell)
"Averaged null energy and the renormalization group"

Friday, January 26th: Ken Intriligator (UCSD)
"Anomalies of 4d Sping Theories"

Tuesday, January 30th: Alessandro Podo (Columbia U.)
"S-matrix positivity without Lorentz invariance"

Tuesday, February 6th: Chris Hull (Imperial)
"The action of self-dual p-form gauge fields and the geometry of gravitons"

Friday, February 9th: Sandip Trivedi (Caltech)
"Jackiw-Teitkeboim Gravity in deSitter Space"

Tuesday, February 20th: Shota Komatsu (CERN)
"Noninvertible Symmetries, Anomalies and Scattering Amplitudes"

Friday, February 23rd: Yuval Grossman (Cornell)
"The Neutrino Force"

Tuesday, February 27th: Finn Larsen (University of Michigan)
"Thermodynamics of Near Extremal Black Holes in AdS(5)."

Tuesday, March 12th: Oliver Schlotterer (Uppsala)
"Constructing polylogarithms on higher-genus Riemann surfaces"

Tuesday, March 19th: Joaquin Turiaci (Washington)
"Gravitational index of the heterotic string"

 

Spring Quarter 2024

Tuesday, April 2nd: Diptarka Das (IIT Kanpur)
"Chaotic and Thermal Aspects in the String S-Matrix"

Tuesday, April 9th: Ashoke Sen (ICTS)
Bhaumik Lecture

Tuesday, April 16th: Alejandra Castro (Cambridge)
TBA

Tuesday, April 23rd: Samuel Leuthesusser (Princeton)
TBA

Tuesday, April 30th: Jackson Fliss (Cambridge)
TBA

Tuesday, May 7th: TBD
TBA

Tuesday, May 14th: TBD
TBA

Tuesday, May 21st: TBD
TBA

Tuesday, May 28th: Tin Sulejmanpasic (Durham)
TBA

Tuesday, June 28th: TBD
TBA


 

TEP Lunch Seminars 

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Bhaumik Luncheon Seminars

The Mani L. Bhaumik Institute of Theoretical Physics is pleased to present the Bhaumik Luncheon Seminar series. The goal of this Seminar series is to learn about exciting new ideas from scientists in the department through short talks and discussions. The Seminar is usually held once per academic quarter. Come, participate, and enjoy a light lunch.

Upcoming Bhaumik Luncheon Seminars:

 


Bhaumik Luncheon Young Scientists Seminar (BLYSS)

Our new seminar series, the Bhaumik Luncheon Young Scientists Seminar (BLYSS) launched in Fall of 2017. The goal of this seminar is to learn about exciting new ideas from up-and-coming scientists in the department and from around the world.

Upcoming BLYSS:

 


Southern California Strings Seminar 

The Southern California Strings Seminar returns to UCLA. We gather and discuss new ideas and developments, both general and specialized, in the field. 

 

Juan Maldecena