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What Can We Learn from Precision Higgs

Maxim Perelstein
Cornell University
June 13, 2014

PIRSA:14060003
Particle Physics
Inflation, Variable Speed of Light and BICEP2

John Moffat
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
June 12, 2014

PIRSA:14060044
Cosmology
Sequential growth dynamics and quantum random walks

David Meyer
University of California, San Diego
June 11, 2014

PIRSA:14060042
Mathematical physics
Wild and tame scalar-tensor black holes

Valerio Faraoni
Bishop's University
June 10, 2014

PIRSA:14060043
Cosmology
Neutrino Wakes

Ue-Li Pen
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA)
June 06, 2014

PIRSA:14060041
Cosmology
Quantum technologies as tools to deepen our understanding of quantum theory and relativity

Ivette Fuentes
University of Southampton
June 05, 2014

PIRSA:14060006
Quantum Information
How Much Information Can SUSY QM Conserve About SUSY QFT (Part-2)?

S. James Gates Jr.
University of Maryland, College Park

June 04, 2014

PIRSA:14060005
Gauge fields in de Sitter space: antipodal symmetry and holography

Yasha Neiman
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
June 03, 2014

PIRSA:14060039
Quantum Fields and Strings
Some Conceptual Problems in General Relativity and Cosmology

Jayant Narlikar
IUCAA - The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
June 03, 2014

PIRSA:14060004
Cosmology
Last gasp ‎of a black hole: why unitary evaporation must be non-monotonic

Matteo Smerlak
Capital Fund Management S.A.
May 29, 2014

PIRSA:14050027
Quantum Gravity
Phenomenology of charge order in underdoped cuprates

Andrea Allais
Harvard University

May 27, 2014

PIRSA:14050147
A mechanism for vortex annihilation in two dimensional superfluid turbulence

Andrew Lucas
University of Colorado Boulder
May 22, 2014

PIRSA:14050139
Strong Gravity

What Can We Learn from Precision Higgs

Maxim Perelstein
Cornell University
June 13, 2014

PIRSA:14060003
Particle Physics
In the coming years, LHC experiments will measure Higgs properties, such as its couplings, with increasing precision. Electron-positron Higgs factories, such as the ILC or TLEP, would be able to achieve even better precision. In this talk, I will discuss some of the physics questions that can be addressed by a precision Higgs coupling measurement program. First, the issue of naturalness of the electroweak scale can be addressed in a robust, model-independent manner. Second, the possibility of a first-order electroweak phase transition can be definitively probed, testing one of the necessary conditions of electroweak baryogenesis scenario.
Inflation, Variable Speed of Light and BICEP2

John Moffat
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
June 12, 2014

PIRSA:14060044
Cosmology
A variable speed of light (VSL) cosmology is developed with a spontaneous breaking of Lorentz invariance in the early universe. A non-minimal electromagnetic coupling to curvature and the resulting quantum electrodynamic vacuum polarization dispersive medium can produce c >> c0 in the early universe, where c0 is the measured speed of light today. Higher derivative curvature contributions to the effective gravitational action and quantum gravity vacuum polarization can produce a dispersive medium and a large increase in the speed of gravitational waves cg >> cg0 in the early universe, where cg0 is the speed of gravitational waves today. The initial value problems of cosmology are solved: the horizon and flatness problems. The model predicts primordial scalar and tensor fluctuation spectral indices ns=0.96 and nt=- 0.04, respectively. The BICEP2 observation of r=0.2 yields r/nt=-5 which is close to the single-field inflationary consistency condition r/nt=-8.
Sequential growth dynamics and quantum random walks

David Meyer
University of California, San Diego
June 11, 2014

PIRSA:14060042
Mathematical physics
Rideout and Sorkin proposed a classical dynamics for causal sets based upon a sequential growth model. Comparing it with models for sequential growth in other systems, and with the dual goals of generating manifold-like causal sets and finding a quantum dynamics for them, we propose some modifications to their model. The resulting, admittedly speculative, proposal is a type of quantum random walk. We explore its properties in some simple cases.
Wild and tame scalar-tensor black holes

Valerio Faraoni
Bishop's University
June 10, 2014

PIRSA:14060043
Cosmology
In scalar-tensor gravity, black holes do not obey the Jebsen-Birkhoff theorem. Non-isolated black holes can be highly dynamical and the teleological concept of event horizon is replaced by the apparent or trapping horizon. Dynamical solutions describing inhomogeneities embedded in cosmological "backgrounds" and the phenomenology of their apparent horizons, which often appear/vanish in pairs, will be described. Isolated black holes, in contrast, have no hair and are the same as in general relativity.
Neutrino Wakes

Ue-Li Pen
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA)
June 06, 2014

PIRSA:14060041
Cosmology
We identify a new non-linear neutrino wake effect, due to the streaming motions of neutrinos relative to dark matter, analogous to the Tseliakhovich-Hirata effect. We compute the effect in moving background perturbation theory, compare to direct n-body simulations, and forecast its observability in current and future surveys. Depending on neutrino mass, this effect could be observable in upcoming surveys through a cross correlation dipole in lensing and galaxies. Unlike previous cosmological neutrino effects, this depends primarily on neutrino mass, making it complementary to measurements that depend on neutrino density.
Quantum technologies as tools to deepen our understanding of quantum theory and relativity

Ivette Fuentes
University of Southampton
June 05, 2014

PIRSA:14060006
Quantum Information
Quantum information and quantum metrology can be used to study gravitational effects such as gravitational waves and the universality of the equivalence principle. On one hand, the possibility of carrying out experiments to probe gravity using quantum systems opens an avenue to deepen our understanding of the overlap of these theories. On the other hand, incorporating relativity in quantum technologies promises the development of a new generation of relativistic quantum applications of relevance in Earth-based and space-based setups. In this talk, I will introduce a framework for the application of quantum information and quantum metrology techniques to relativistic quantum fields. I will show how, using this framework, we have been able to develop an accelerometer and a gravitational wave detector which exploit both quantum and relativistic effects. Moreover, our framework can be used to estimate with high precision spacetime parameters such as the Earth's Schwarzchild radius and the gravitational constant.
How Much Information Can SUSY QM Conserve About SUSY QFT (Part-2)?

S. James Gates Jr.
University of Maryland, College Park

June 04, 2014

PIRSA:14060005

We provide additional evidence that supersymmetrical quantum mechanical systems can contain a remarkable amount of information about supersymmetrical field
theories in greater than one dimension.
Gauge fields in de Sitter space: antipodal symmetry and holography

Yasha Neiman
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
June 03, 2014

PIRSA:14060039
Quantum Fields and Strings
There is a proposed dS/CFT duality in 3+1 dimensions, with higher-spin gravity in the bulk subject to Bunch-Davies boundary conditions. I consider replacing these with antipodally symmetric conditions, which allow for real values of the bulk fields. I present spanning sets of solutions in global dS_4 for free gauge fields of all spins (including photons and gravitons), and use them to establish relations between antipodal symmetry and asymptotic behavior. Some of these relations can be extended to interacting theories, including ordinary and higher-spin gravity. I discuss the implications for antipodally symmetric dS/CFT.
Some Conceptual Problems in General Relativity and Cosmology

Jayant Narlikar
IUCAA - The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
June 03, 2014

PIRSA:14060004
Cosmology
This talk will try to highlight some basic problems connected with conclusions uncritically drawn from well known works. These include: 1. The Schwarzschild solution 2. The formation of black holes by gravitational collapse 3. The no hair theorem 4. The principle of equivalence in the very early universe.
Last gasp ‎of a black hole: why unitary evaporation must be non-monotonic

Matteo Smerlak
Capital Fund Management S.A.
May 29, 2014

PIRSA:14050027
Quantum Gravity
I will describe the relationship between radiated energy and entanglement entropy of massless fields at future null infinity (the "Page curve") in two-dimensional models of black hole evaporation. ‎I will use this connection to derive a general feature of any unitary-preserving evaporation scenario: the Bondi mass of the hole must be non-monotonic. Time permitting, I will comment on time scales in such scenarios.
Phenomenology of charge order in underdoped cuprates

Andrea Allais
Harvard University

May 27, 2014

PIRSA:14050147

In the past few years substantial evidence has been collected that points to coexistence of charge correlations with long range superconductivity in underdoped cuprate superconductors. In this talk I will review some of this evidence, then show that a charge density wave with precisely the same signatures is a natural instability of an antiferromagnetic metal, and finally derive some phenomenological consequences, with special focus on quantum oscillation experiments.
A mechanism for vortex annihilation in two dimensional superfluid turbulence

Andrew Lucas
University of Colorado Boulder
May 22, 2014

PIRSA:14050139
Strong Gravity
Recent numerical simulations [1] have suggested that two dimensional superfluid turbulence is characterized by a direct cascade of energy to small length scales, in contrast to the inverse cascade of normal fluids, where energy is transported to large length scales. This direct cascade is characterized by many vortex-antivortex annihilation events. Recent experimental work [2] on Bose-Einstein condensates appears to demonstrate qualitatively similar physics. I will discuss recent work in progress towards identifying the physical mechanism underlying this direct cascade, using techniques of effective field theory.

Title	Speaker(s)	Date	Talk Type	Info link
What Can We Learn from Precision Higgs	Maxim Perelstein	2014-06-13	Scientific Series	View details
Inflation, Variable Speed of Light and BICEP2	John Moffat	2014-06-12	Scientific Series	View details
Sequential growth dynamics and quantum random walks	David Meyer	2014-06-11	Scientific Series	View details
Wild and tame scalar-tensor black holes	Valerio Faraoni	2014-06-10	Scientific Series	View details
Neutrino Wakes	Ue-Li Pen	2014-06-06	Scientific Series	View details
Quantum technologies as tools to deepen our understanding of quantum theory and relativity	Ivette Fuentes	2014-06-05	Scientific Series	View details
How Much Information Can SUSY QM Conserve About SUSY QFT (Part-2)?	S. James Gates Jr.	2014-06-04	Scientific Series	View details
Gauge fields in de Sitter space: antipodal symmetry and holography	Yasha Neiman	2014-06-03	Scientific Series	View details
Some Conceptual Problems in General Relativity and Cosmology	Jayant Narlikar	2014-06-03	Scientific Series	View details
Last gasp ‎of a black hole: why unitary evaporation must be non-monotonic	Matteo Smerlak	2014-05-29	Scientific Series	View details
Phenomenology of charge order in underdoped cuprates	Andrea Allais	2014-05-27	Scientific Series	View details
A mechanism for vortex annihilation in two dimensional superfluid turbulence	Andrew Lucas	2014-05-22	Scientific Series	View details

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