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Mathematica - Lecture 4

Pedro Vieira
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

December 14, 2012

PIRSA:12120022

Mathematical physics
Black holes: To be or not be, that is the question

Luis Garay
Complutense University of Madrid

December 13, 2012

PIRSA:12120032

Quantum Gravity
Application of conditional independence to gapped quantum many-body systems

Isaac Kim
University of California, Davis

December 12, 2012

PIRSA:12120035

Quantum Information
Adventures with Monte Carlo Simulations of the Self-Avoiding Walk

Esaias Janse van Rensburg
York University

December 12, 2012

PIRSA:12120025
Quantum Chaos, Information Gain and Quantum Tomography.

Vaibhav Madhok
Wilfrid Laurier University

December 11, 2012

PIRSA:12120036

Quantum Foundations
(0,2) Gauge Dynamics and Flux Compactifications

Callum Quigley
Kirkland & Ellis

December 11, 2012

PIRSA:12120006

Quantum Fields and Strings
A robust constraint on cosmic textures from the cosmic microwave background

Stephen Feeney

December 11, 2012

PIRSA:12120034

Cosmology
Nonlinear Extensions for the Inflationary Power Spectra

Shun-Pei Miao
Utrecht University

December 11, 2012

PIRSA:12120014

Cosmology
Mathematica - Lecture 3b

Pedro Vieira
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

December 10, 2012

PIRSA:12120021

Mathematical physics
Mathematica - Lecture 3a

Pedro Vieira
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

December 10, 2012

PIRSA:12120020

Mathematical physics
Light sleptons, Higgs phenomenology and the vacuum

Stefania Gori
University of California, Santa Cruz

December 07, 2012

PIRSA:12120018

Particle Physics
CMB as a Probe of New Physics: The Story of Cosmic Birefringence

December 06, 2012

PIRSA:12120019

Cosmology

Mathematica - Lecture 4

Pedro Vieira
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

December 14, 2012

PIRSA:12120022

Mathematical physics
Black holes: To be or not be, that is the question

Luis Garay
Complutense University of Madrid

December 13, 2012

PIRSA:12120032

Quantum Gravity

I will review some problems of the black hole paradigm and explore other
possibilities for the final state of stellar collapse other than an evaporating
black hole. In particular I will use the so-called transplanckian problem as a
guide in this search for a compelling scenario for the evaporation of
ultracompact objects.
Application of conditional independence to gapped quantum many-body systems

Isaac Kim
University of California, Davis

December 12, 2012

PIRSA:12120035

Quantum Information

It is widely known in the quantum information community that the states that satisfy strong subadditivity of entropy with equality have the form of quantum Markov chain. Based on a recent strengthening of strong subadditivity of entropy, I will describe how such structure can be exploited in the studies of gapped quantum many-body system. In particular, I will describe a diagrammatic trick to i) give a quantitative statement about the locality of entanglement spectrum ii) perturbatively bound changes of topological entanglement entropy under generic perturbation.
Adventures with Monte Carlo Simulations of the Self-Avoiding Walk

Esaias Janse van Rensburg
York University

December 12, 2012

PIRSA:12120025

The Rosenbluth Method is a classical kinetic growth Monte Carlo algorithm for growing a self-avoiding walk by appending steps to its endpoint. This algorithm can be generalised by the implementation of more general elementary moves (for example, BFACF elementary moves) to realise kinetic growth algorithms for lattice polygons. This generalises the counting principle that underlies the Rosenbluth method and the result is a widely applicable class of algorithms which may be used for microcanonical sampling in discrete models. In addition to self-avoiding walks, several applications of kinetic growth and canonical Monte Carlo algorithms will be presented, including the sampling of trivial words in abstract groups, as well as knotted lattice polygons and discrete lattice spin systems such as the Potts model. This is work was done in collaboration with Andrew Rechnitzer of the Mathematics Department at the University of British Columbia.
Quantum Chaos, Information Gain and Quantum Tomography.

Vaibhav Madhok
Wilfrid Laurier University

December 11, 2012

PIRSA:12120036

Quantum Foundations

Quantum chaos is the study of quantum systems whose classical description is chaotic. How does chaos manifest itself in the quantum world? In recent years, attempts have been made to address this question from the perspective of quantum information theory. It is in this spirit that we study the connection between quantum chaos and information gain in the time series of a measurement record used for quantum tomography. The record is obtained as a sequence of expectation values of a Hermitian operator evolving under repeated application of the Floquet operator of the quantum kicked top on a large ensemble of identical systems. We find an increase in information gain and hence higher fidelities in the process when the Floquet maps employed increase in chaoticity. We make predictions for the information gain using random matrix theory in the fully chaotic regime and show a remarkable agreement between the two.
(0,2) Gauge Dynamics and Flux Compactifications

Callum Quigley
Kirkland & Ellis

December 11, 2012

PIRSA:12120006

Quantum Fields and Strings

Two-dimensional gauge theories with (0,2) supersymmetry admit a much broader, and more interesting, class of solutions than their better studied (2,2) counterparts. In this talk, we will explore some of the possibilities that are offered by this additional freedom. The moduli spaces we find can be interpreted as the target spaces for heterotic strings moving in backgrounds with non-trivial H-flux. A remarkable relationship between (0,2) gauge anomalies and H-flux will emerge.
A robust constraint on cosmic textures from the cosmic microwave background

Stephen Feeney

December 11, 2012

PIRSA:12120034

Cosmology

Fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) contain information which has been pivotal in establishing the current cosmological model. These data can also be used to test well-motivated additions to this model, such as cosmic textures. Textures are a type of topological defect that can be produced during a cosmological phase transition in the early universe, and which leave characteristic hot and cold spots in the CMB. We apply Bayesian methods to carry out an optimal test of the texture hypothesis, using full-sky data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe. We conclude that current data do not warrant augmenting the standard cosmological model with textures. We rule out at 95% confidence models that predict more than 6 detectable cosmic textures on the full sky.
Nonlinear Extensions for the Inflationary Power Spectra

Shun-Pei Miao
Utrecht University

December 11, 2012

PIRSA:12120014

Cosmology

We expound several principles in an attempt to clarify the debate over infrared loop corrections to the primordial scalar and tensor power spectra from inflation. Among other things we note that existing proposals for nonlinear extensions of the scalar fluctuation field $\zeta$ introduce new ultraviolet divergences which no one understands how to renormalize. Loop corrections and higher correlators of these putative observables would also be enhanced by inverse powers of the slow roll parameter $\epsilon$. We propose an extension which might be better behaved.
Mathematica - Lecture 3b

Pedro Vieira
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

December 10, 2012

PIRSA:12120021

Mathematical physics
Mathematica - Lecture 3a

Pedro Vieira
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

December 10, 2012

PIRSA:12120020

Mathematical physics
Light sleptons, Higgs phenomenology and the vacuum

Stefania Gori
University of California, Santa Cruz

December 07, 2012

PIRSA:12120018

Particle Physics

We analyze the implications for Susy theories of a Higgs to di-photon rate enhanced, if compared to the Standard Model prediction. We show how models predicting a sizable enhancement have generically an electroweak vacuum that is not absolutely stable. In particular we discuss the only viable scenario that can predict sizable new physics effects in the di-photon rate in the framework of the MSSM: a scenario with light and heavily mixed staus. We conclude with the phenomenology of this model and with the prospects of probing it at the LHC, through the direct production of light staus.
CMB as a Probe of New Physics: The Story of Cosmic Birefringence

December 06, 2012

PIRSA:12120019

Cosmology

Cosmological birefringence is a postulated rotation of the linear polarization of photons that arises due to a Chern-Simons coupling of a new scalar field to electromagnetism. In particular, it appears as a generic feature of simple quintessence models for Dark Energy, and therefore, should it be detected, could provide insight into the microphysics of cosmic acceleration. Prior work has sought this rotation, assuming the rotation angle to be uniform across the sky, by looking for the parity-violating TB and EB correlations in the CMB temperature/polarization. However, if the scalar field that gives rise to cosmological birefringence has spatial fluctuations, then the rotation angle may vary across the sky. In this talk, I will present the results of the first CMB-based search for direction-dependent cosmological birefringence, using WMAP-7 data, and report the constraint on the rotation-angle power spectrum for all multipoles up to the resolution of the instrument. I will discuss the implications for a specific models for rotation, and show forecasts for Planck and future experiments. I will then conclude with a brief discussion of other exotic physical models, such as chiral gravity, and astrophysical scenarios, such as inhomogeneous reionization, that can be probed using the same analysis.

Title	Date	Collection	Type	Info
Mathematica - Lecture 4	2012‑12‑14	12/13 PSI - Front End	Course	View details
Black holes: To be or not be, that is the question	2012‑12‑13	Quantum Gravity	Scientific Series	View details
Application of conditional independence to gapped quantum many-body systems	2012‑12‑12	Quantum Information	Scientific Series	View details
Adventures with Monte Carlo Simulations of the Self-Avoiding Walk	2012‑12‑12	Colloquium	Scientific Series	View details
Quantum Chaos, Information Gain and Quantum Tomography.	2012‑12‑11	Quantum Foundations	Scientific Series	View details
(0,2) Gauge Dynamics and Flux Compactifications	2012‑12‑11	Quantum Fields and Strings	Scientific Series	View details
A robust constraint on cosmic textures from the cosmic microwave background	2012‑12‑11	Cosmology and Gravitation	Scientific Series	View details
Nonlinear Extensions for the Inflationary Power Spectra	2012‑12‑11	Cosmology and Gravitation	Scientific Series	View details
Mathematica - Lecture 3b	2012‑12‑10	12/13 PSI - Front End	Course	View details
Mathematica - Lecture 3a	2012‑12‑10	12/13 PSI - Front End	Course	View details
Light sleptons, Higgs phenomenology and the vacuum	2012‑12‑07	Particle Physics	Scientific Series	View details
CMB as a Probe of New Physics: The Story of Cosmic Birefringence	2012‑12‑06	Cosmology and Gravitation	Scientific Series	View details

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