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Theoretical High Energy Physics
THEP EVENTS
Complementarity of precision measurements and current and future colliders
From non-Abelian Strings to 2D Sigma Models: Explorations in uncharted waters
Confinement in 2d adjoint QCD
READING WEEK - NO SEMINAR
Domain walls and deconfinement: a semiclassical picture of discrete anomaly inflow
Comments on the Lattice-Continuum Correspondence
Nucleons, Electrons, and Pasta: Discovering Dark Matter by Reheating the Neutron Star Soup
Dark Matter and Dark Radiation from Primordial Black Hole Domination
Generalized 't Hooft anomalies
QFT from CFT
Dark Matter Strikes Back At The Galactic Center
Anomalous anomalies from virtual black holes
Higgs-confinement phase transition in 2+1 D superfluids
Inelastic dark matter revives the dark photon interpretation of the muon g-2 anomaly
Interacting Low Energy Scale Invariance in Thermal QCD and the Near-Perfect Fluid
Seeing the light of dark matter
Neutrino mass models: connections with other fundamental mysteries
Probing the Axiverse with Superconducting Radiofrequency Cavities
Entanglement Suppression and Emergent Symmetries of Strong Interactions
Holographic Second Laws of Black Hole Thermodynamics
READING WEEK
't Hooft anomalies, continuity, and anomaly inflow in gauge theories
Bit threads and holographic monogamy
Hunting for Heavy Winos
Gravitational dynamics of boundary kinematic space
AdS₃/CFT₂ and integrability
Baryons in one-flavor QCD
POSTPONED
READING WEEK
Numerical construction of Non-Abelian vortices in a holographic superconductor
21cm from Dark Radiation
Some unknown unknowns, and some known unknowns in the Standard Model EFT
Higgs Couplings at High Scales
Hyperbolic and spherical black holes with hyperscaling violation
Why do we have three families of quarks and leptons?
Neutrino Mass, Baryon Asymmetry and Inflation in Multiverse
AdS3/CFT2 holographic duality with N = (3,3) supersymmetry
Newton-Cartan Gravity in Action
Self-Destructing Dark Matter
Reading week: No Seminar
Cosmological Constraints on the Effective Theory of Dark Matter Interactions
Bound State Formation for Dark Hadrons
Pre-ADS superpotential from multi-monopoles
Learning from The Dark: Hidden Naturalness in Collider and Cosmology
Doubly heavy tetraquarks from lattice QCD
A view of the bulk from the worldline
Refining the holographic dictionary with kinematic space
New nonperturbative scales and glueballs in confining gauge theories
Theta angles and UV-IR matching of 't Hooft anomaly and global inconsistency
Information Loss and Bulk Reconstruction in AdS_3/CFT_2
Holography as a probe of quantum gravity
Tunneling in Quantum Field Theory and the Ultimate Fate of our Universe
New Positive Energy Theorems in Quantum Field Theory
Composite Monopoles
Physics in the complex domain
Going with the flow: complexified path integrals and the sign problem
Hidden Sectors and New Signatures
A possible pathway beyond the gravitational effective field theory
Holography in a de Sitter Universe
The proton radius puzzle
Yang-Mills Glueballs as Closed Bosonic Strings
Testing General Relativity with Gravitational Waves
Searching for New Physics with Higgs Decays
CANCELLED
A Stereoscopic CFT Lens for Holography
Defining Chiral Gauge Theories Beyond Perturbation Theory
Probing extended Higgs sector in the intensity and energy frontiers
The ergodicity landscape of quantum theories
Can Effective String Become Fundamental?
Deformations in the D1D5 CFT
Recent developments in the SMEFT
QCD Flux Tube Spectrum from Approximate Integrability
Black Holes, Holography and Quantum Gravity in Three Dimensions
The highs and lows of the QCD axion
Black Holes and the Bootstrap
A Light Composite Higgs and its Heavy Vector Partners
Duality, Dimensions, and Reduction on the Lattice
A QCD analogy for quantum gravity
An inextricable link: semi-classics and complex saddles
Effective field theory of dissipative fluids
Unsafe but Calculable
Long-Range Nonlocality in Six-Point String Scattering: simulation of black hole infallers
The Center Vortex Confinement Mechanism
The Quantum Critical Higgs
N=4 Yang-Mills on the lattice: an update
Higgsing the stringy higher spin symmetries
Large N emergent symmetries in confining gauge theories
The Unnatural Composite Higgs
The Future is Stochastic
Heterotic Flux Geometry from (0,2) Gauge Dynamics
Resurgence, exact quantization and complex instantons
Imprints of the vector portal at the LHC
Integrability in Gauge/String Dualities. Beyond the Spectrum
Chiral Perturbation Theory: QCD at Low Energies
De Sitter Space without Dynamical Quantum Fluctuations
Quantum Breaking of Scale Symmetry and the Higgs Boson
Decisively probing sub-GeV vector-portal dark matter with next generation electron-beam experiments
Prospects for Partially Massless Gravity
Detecting Boosted Dark Matter
Cosmological non-Constant Problem: The Case for TeV-scale Quantum Gravity
Stable Asymptotically Free Extensions of the Standard Model
Heavy Colour-Octet and -Triplet Particles at the LHC
Signs of Analyticity in Single Field Inflation
Deconfinement and continuity between super and thermal Yang-Mills theories for all gauge groups
Renormalization of subleading dijet operators in Soft-Collinear Effective Theory
TBA
How does dS/CFT encode observer physics?
Taming the LHC flat direction in Higgs coupling measurements
Defects and Quantum Seiberg-Witten Geometry
Quantum critical dynamics: CFT, Monte Carlo & holography
Dark matter halos as particle colliders
On Spacetime Entanglement
Thermalization, turbulence and tensions: musings from the gravity side
Elementary Goldstone Higgs and Dark Matter
Improving Searches for Jet Resonances at the LHC
Signal of a light dark force in the Galactic Center
Consistency of dark matter interpretations of the 3.5 keV X-ray line.
A radiative origin of the electro-weak and dark matter scale
Lattice studies of dark matter
Spin and Long-Range Forces: The Unfinished Tale of the Last Massless Particle
Discovering new physics with non-isolated leptons
Higgs Gravitational Interaction, Weak Boson Scattering, and Higgs Inflation
Electric hyperscaling violating solutions in Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton gravity with R2 corrections
Making event generators ever more precise
Exact Results in Supersymmetric Field Theories With Applications
Holographic Entropy Packing
WIMP nucleon scattering with heavy WIMP effective theory
Ruining a beautiful theory: (S)QCD with heavy fundamental multiplets
The effective field theory of general relativity, running couplings and asymptotic safety
Black holes and fuzzballs
An on-shell approach to factorization
Do entanglement entropies characterize quantum field theories?
Operator mixing in the D1-D5 CFT near the orbifold point
The Fuzzball Program and Black Hole Complementarity
The Higgs is here, and now what?
Charge catalysis by magnetic field
The SU(3)/Z_3 QCD(adj) deconfinement transition via the gauge theory/"affine" XY-model duality
Defining chiral gauge theories on a 2-d lattice
What is 'large-N' ? From the planar limit to M-theory
The Minimal Theory for R-parity Violation and the LHC
Quantum Mechanics, Gravity, and the Multiverse
Higgs Production with a Jet Veto
BPS states in Omega background and Integrability
Walking Technicolor from Gauge/Gravity Duality
The kT Dijet Rate in SCET with a Rapidity Regulator
Time Series Analysis of Dark Matter Direct Detection Experiments
Charm of CP-violation
Non-Abelian Strings and 4D-2D correspondence
Composite Higgs, Dark Matter and Inflaton
Strong signatures of first generation compositeness
How many supersymmetries? - observing Dirac gluinos at the LHC
Deconfinement in the backyard
Signatures of Supersymmetry from the Early Universe
Dark Monopoles and Strings as Decaying Dark Matter
Fluctuations and viscosity
A covariant vacuum state for free quantum field theory in curved spacetimes
Gauge-Fixing on the Lattice
Light quark physics from the lattice and the CKM matrix
Lattice study of a technicolor dark matter candidate
Lattice QCD with optimal domain-wall fermions
Mass gap, topological molecules and large-N volume independence
MFV and LHC
Shock waves in strongly coupled plasmas
Very special muons and hard core pions
Recent developments in Big Bang Nucleosynthesis scenarios
LHC Predictions from a Tevatron Anomaly in the Top Quark Forward-Backward Asymmetry
Holographic duals of Lifshitz field theories in various dimensions
Semper FI? Supercurrents, R-symmetries, and the Status of Fayet-Iliopoulos Terms in Supergravity
Minimal surfaces in AdS, integrability, and dimensional reduction
Conifunneling : An Extreme Path on the Landscape
Part I: Don't Shake That Solenoid Too Hard: Particle Production from Aharonov-Bohm and Part II: The N-Body Problem in General Relativity from Perturbative QFT
Searching for Dark Matter at Colliders
SCET, QCD, and Wilson Lines
Phenomenological aspects of emergent phenomena
Sterile neutrinos: the dark side of the light fermions
Direct and Indirect Detection of Metastable Dark Matter
Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking on the Lattice
Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking on the Lattice
Cosmological constant, q-theory, and new TeV-scale physics
Dynamics behind the quark mass hierarchy and electroweak symmetry breaking
Supersymmetric Configurations, Geometric Transitions and New Non-Kahler Manifolds
Electroweak symmetry breaking from monopole condensation
Some New Ways of Leptogenesis
Some New Ways of Leptogenesis
Monopoles, bions, and other oddballs in confinement or conformality
Monopoles, bions, and other oddballs in confinement or conformality
Reducing large Nc gauge theories
Reducing large Nc gauge theories
On the Confinement Index
On the Confinement Index
How to discover mass-matching at the LHC
How to discover mass-matching at the LHC
The Top Top Ten List
The Top Top Ten List
Form Factor Dark Matter
Form Factor Dark Matter
Transport coefficients and universality in high T holography
The Worldline Approach to Black Hole Dynamics
The Worldline Approach to Black Hole Dynamics
Transport coefficients and universality in high T holography
On comparing the phase diagram of SU(N) gauge theories at weak and strong coupling
On comparing the phase diagram of SU(N) gauge theories at weak and strong coupling
Hidden Sectors at the Luminosity Frontier
Light Octet Scalars, a Heavy Higgs and Minimal Flavour Violation
Light Octet Scalars, a Heavy Higgs and Minimal Flavour Violation
Phase Space and Jet Definitions in Soft Collinear Effective Theory
Phase Space and Jet Definitions in Soft Collinear Effective Theory
Hidden Sectors at the Luminosity Frontier
Longitudinal Rescaling, Integrability and Confinement
Longitudinal Rescaling, Integrability and Confinement
Gauge theory duals of cosmological backgrounds
Gauge theory duals of cosmological backgrounds
Power counting and higgs inflation
Power counting and higgs inflation
R-evolution of QCD matrix elements
R-evolution of QCD matrix elements
Models of dark matter with secluded U(1) below the weak scale
Models of dark matter with secluded U(1) below the weak scale
Quantum Criticality in ADS/CFT
The Constrained Electroweak Chiral Lagrangian
Integrability in Pure Gravity and Classical Strings: Some Speculations
Integrability in Pure Gravity and Classical Strings: Some Speculations
The Constrained Electroweak Chiral Lagrangian
Lepton and Quark masses from Top Loops
Dark matters
Dark matters
Lepton and Quark masses from Top Loops
The strong case for a fourth family
The strong case for a fourth family
Search for heavy quarks above the top at hadron colliders
Search for heavy quarks above the top at hadron colliders
R-symmetric Gauge Mediation
R-symmetric Gauge Mediation
When Worlds Collide
Phases of N=2 Theories In 1+1 Dimensions with Boundary
Phases of N=2 Theories In 1+1 Dimensions with Boundary
Implementing Generalized Gauge Mediation
Implementing Generalized Gauge Mediation
When Worlds Collide
String Junctions, Abelian Fibrations and Flux/Geometry Duality
String Junctions, Abelian Fibrations and Flux/Geometry Duality
From Large N Double Scaling Limits to Non-Critical Superstrings
From Large N Double Scaling Limits to Non-Critical Superstrings
The fast life of holographic mesons
The fast life of holographic mesons
Triadophilia: a special corner of the landscape
Triadophilia: a special corner of the landscape
Holographic Gauge Theories in Background Fields and Surface Operators
Holographic Gauge Theories in Background Fields and Surface Operators
Deformed Quantum Cohomology and (0,2) Mirror Symmetry
Deformed Quantum Cohomology and (0,2) Mirror Symmetry
Fragmenting 4-branes and q-deformed Yang-Mills
Fragmenting 4-branes and q-deformed Yang-Mills
Recent developments in lattice supersymmetry
Recent developments in lattice supersymmetry
Quantum attractor flows and black hole partition functions
Quantum attractor flows and black hole partition functions
Black Hole Microstates: From D-branes to Foam
Black Hole Microstates: From D-branes to Foam
Higgs Effective Field Theories for LHC
Higgs Effective Field Theories for LHC
Lattice chirality and the decoupling of mirror fermions
Lattice chirality and the decoupling of mirror fermions
Two-dimensional Electron Systems: Duality in the Laboratory?
Two-dimensional Electron Systems: Duality in the Laboratory?
Phases of QCD-like theories and nonperturbative large-N equivalences
Electro-magnetic duality in AdS4 and deformations of CFT3
Electro-magnetic duality in AdS4 and deformations of CFT3
Phases of QCD-like theories and nonperturbative large-N equivalences
Jets from massive unstable particles and the top mass
Topological interactions of little-Higgs bosons
Topological interactions of little-Higgs bosons
CANCELLED - TO BE RESCHEDULED
CANCELLED - TO BE RESCHEDULED
Jets from massive unstable particles and the top mass
A simple-minded guess for the LHC: a fourth family
Shear waves, sound waves on a shimmering horizon
Shear waves, sound waves on a shimmering horizon
A simple-minded guess for the LHC: a fourth family
Gauged supersymmetric sigma models with NS flux
Gauged supersymmetric sigma models with NS flux
't Hooft expansion of 1/2 BPS Wilson loop
Wilson loops, string/brane/geometry transitions and bubbling Calabi-Yau's
Wilson loops, string/brane/geometry transitions and bubbling Calabi-Yau's
Nonperturbative verification of supersymmetry on the lattice
Nonperturbative verification of supersymmetry on the lattice
't Hooft expansion of 1/2 BPS Wilson loop
Establishing a Jet Definition in SCET
Modular forms, Liouville field and Elliptic genera
Modular forms, Liouville field and Elliptic genera
Establishing a Jet Definition in SCET
Lattice QCD meets experiment
Ricci Flow and Membrane Theory
Ricci Flow and Membrane Theory
Improving event generators with effective field theory
Improving event generators with effective field theory
How can AdS/CFT be useful for heavy ion physics?
How can AdS/CFT be useful for heavy ion physics?
Lattice QCD meets experiment
Catalyzed Big-Bang nucleosynthesis
A modified gravity and its consequences for the solar system, astrophysics, and cosmology
Catalyzed Big-Bang nucleosynthesis
A modified gravity and its consequences for the solar system, astrophysics, and cosmology
R parity violation and light Higgs scenarios
Ensemble of Kaehler Moduli Inflation
R parity violation and light Higgs scenarios
Ensemble of Kaehler Moduli Inflation
Strebel Differentials And Argyres-Douglas Singularities
Strebel Differentials And Argyres-Douglas Singularities
Children's Drawings From Seiberg-Witten Curves
Children's Drawings From Seiberg-Witten Curves
Aspects of non-Abelian gauge dynamics in two-dimensional (2,2)-supersymmetric theories
Aspects of non-Abelian gauge dynamics in two-dimensional (2,2)-supersymmetric theories
Holography and renormalization in Lorentzian signature
Realistic higgsless models
Realistic higgsless models
Holography and renormalization in Lorentzian signature
Old and new in the lattice definition of chiral gauge theories
Old and new in the lattice definition of chiral gauge theories
Magnetic Black Holes with Electroweak-Symmetric Coronas
Holo-ween
Gravitational microlensing with extended dark matter structures
Accidental Dark Matter in Confining Gauge Theories
Confinement and double-string collapse
B decay anomalies: still HQETing
The Hydrogen Mixing Portal as a Novel Mechanism for Colder Baryons in 21 cm Cosmology
Chiral Lattice Theories from Staggered Fermions
Progress on Cosmological Magnetic Fields
Exploring New 't Hooft Anomalies Through a Toy Model
Lifetimes of Eternal False Vacua
The interplay between global and local anomalies
SU(2)_R and its Axion: A new paradigm for particle cosmology
TwInflation: natural low-scale inflation via discrete symmetry
Ripples in Spacetime from broken SUSY
Dark Matter Self-Interactions From a Continuum of Mediators
Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment and Physics Beyond the Standard Model
The Cosmic Axion Background
Non-perturbative methods for false vacuum decay
Mesogenesis
Detecting Dark Showers with Unsupervised Machine Learning at the LHC
Non-Abelian lattice gauge theory on quantum computers
New anomalies in the Hamiltonian picture
THEP Seminar on 29 November 2021
Scattering Amplitudes for Monopoles and the Pairwise Little Group
RG Improvement of the Coleman-Weinberg Potential
From Mini to Micro: zooming in on new physics interpretations of the MiniBooNE excess at the MicroBooNE experiment
Searching for Dark Particles with Light (and Quantum Technologies)
Gravitational Wave Probes of Axion Rotations Responsible for Dark Matter and Baryon Asymmetry
Freeze-in, glaciation, and UV sensitivity from light mediators
The Geometric SMEFT description of curved Higgs Field Space(s)
Anomalies of non-Abelian finite groups via cobordism
1-form symmetry versus large N QCD
The Higgs phase as a spin glass, and quantum excitations of isolated fermions in gauge Higgs theories
Cosmological Signatures of Interacting Dark Sectors
Generalized symmetries and gauge theory multiverses
On anomalies and gauging of U(1) non-invertible symmetries in 4d QED
A Goldstone theorem for continuous non-invertible symmetries
Talk 1: Precision Cosmological Constraints on Atomic Dark Matter and Talk 2: Future Directions for N-body simulations of Atomic Dark Matter
The Coleman-Weinberg Efffective Potential in Multiscale Problems
Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering in Neutrino Oscillation Experiments
Axion Production in High-Energy Astrophysical Plasmas
A spin on wave dark matter
Gravitational waves and tadpole resummation
Dynamics of Vacuum Decay
Primordial Black Holes and Gravitational Waves from Inflation
Monopoles, scattering, generalized symmetries
The muon anomalous magnetic moment
The Cosmology of Dark Energy Radiation
Probing Lepton Flavor Violation at Future Electron-Positron Colliders
Non-invertible symmetries, leptons, quarks, and why multiple generations
What if cLFV was only detectable in tau decays?
Probing exotic energy injection with the CMB and early star formation
Electron-Trap as a Dark Photon Detector
Supersymmetric Gauge Theories and Opers
The beautiful and strange physics of dark baryons
From Celestial CFTs to Conformal Colliders and Back
The Virasoro Minimal String
Averaged null energy and the renormalization group
3d quantum gravity and Virasoro TQFT
THEP Seminar on 6 May 2024
Dark Matter Searches on a Photonic Chip
Two-loop amplitude reduction in the HELAC framework
THEP Seminar on 1 May 2024
Leptogenesis from dark matter freeze-in
Molecular Cooling for Fun and Profit

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