Simplicity II Workshop
from
Tuesday, 6 September 2016 (12:50)
to
Friday, 9 September 2016 (17:05)
Monday, 5 September 2016
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
12:55
Welcome
Welcome
12:55 - 13:00
Room: One West
13:00
Cosmology overview
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Douglas Scott
(University of British Columbia)
Cosmology overview
Douglas Scott
(University of British Columbia)
13:00 - 14:00
Room: One West
14:00
Classically stable non-singular cosmological bounces
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Anna Ijjas
(Princeton)
Classically stable non-singular cosmological bounces
Anna Ijjas
(Princeton)
14:00 - 15:00
Room: One West
15:00
Break
Break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: One West
15:30
Reviving SO(10) for cosmology
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Keith Olive
(University of Minnesota)
Reviving SO(10) for cosmology
Keith Olive
(University of Minnesota)
15:30 - 16:30
Room: One West
16:30
Composite dark matter
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Yue Zhang
(Northwestern University)
Composite dark matter
Yue Zhang
(Northwestern University)
16:30 - 17:00
Room: One West
17:00
Searches for dark particles at LBNF
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Pilar Coloma
(Fermilab)
Searches for dark particles at LBNF
Pilar Coloma
(Fermilab)
17:00 - 17:30
Room: One West
17:30
Reception
Reception
17:30 - 19:30
Room: 15th Floor Crossover
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
09:00
Game changers at the LHC
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Steve Martin
(Northern Illinois University)
Game changers at the LHC
Steve Martin
(Northern Illinois University)
09:00 - 10:00
Room: One West
10:00
Digging out unfamiliar heavy scalars from the ttbar channel at the LHC
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Zhen Liu
(Fermilab)
Digging out unfamiliar heavy scalars from the ttbar channel at the LHC
Zhen Liu
(Fermilab)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: One West
10:30
A (The?) higgs vacuum instability during inflation
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Jack Kearney
(Fermilab)
A (The?) higgs vacuum instability during inflation
Jack Kearney
(Fermilab)
10:30 - 11:00
Room: One West
11:00
Break
Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: One West
11:30
Neutral naturalness V2.2
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Roni Harnik
(FNAL)
Neutral naturalness V2.2
Roni Harnik
(FNAL)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: One West
12:00
The holometer
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Ohkyung Kwon
(Fermilab)
The holometer
Ohkyung Kwon
(Fermilab)
12:00 - 12:30
Room: One West
12:30
TBA
TBA
12:30 - 13:00
Room: One West
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Room: One West
14:00
Cosmological seed magnetic field from inflation
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Bharat Ratra
(Kansas State University)
Cosmological seed magnetic field from inflation
Bharat Ratra
(Kansas State University)
14:00 - 15:00
Room: One West
15:00
Collapsing shells and black holes
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Anna Carla Serio
(Universite de Lausanne)
Collapsing shells and black holes
Anna Carla Serio
(Universite de Lausanne)
15:00 - 15:30
Room: One West
15:30
Break
Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: One West
16:00
Special Colloquium - Simply Wrong vs. Simple
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Paul Steinhardt
(Princeton University)
Special Colloquium - Simply Wrong vs. Simple
Paul Steinhardt
(Princeton University)
16:00 - 17:00
Room: One West
Thursday, 8 September 2016
09:00
Octant degeneracy, Quadrant of leptoic CPV phase at Long Baseline Neutrino Experiments and baryogenesis
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Kalpana Bora
(Gauhati University, India)
Octant degeneracy, Quadrant of leptoic CPV phase at Long Baseline Neutrino Experiments and baryogenesis
Kalpana Bora
(Gauhati University, India)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: One West
09:30
Hilbert series for effective field theory
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Adam Martin
(University of Notre Dame)
Hilbert series for effective field theory
Adam Martin
(University of Notre Dame)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: One West
10:00
Flavorful UV instantons and the strong CP problem
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Kiel Howe
(Fermilab)
Flavorful UV instantons and the strong CP problem
Kiel Howe
(Fermilab)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: One West
10:30
Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: One West
11:00
Neutrino masses: First signal from SUSY!
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Seyda Ipek
(Fermilab)
Neutrino masses: First signal from SUSY!
Seyda Ipek
(Fermilab)
11:00 - 11:30
Room: One West
11:30
Revisiting the question of the theta-dependence at large N
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Michael Dine
(UCSC)
Revisiting the question of the theta-dependence at large N
Michael Dine
(UCSC)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: One West
12:00
Axion dark matter -- From Fermi to Rabi
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Aaron Chou
(Fermilab)
Axion dark matter -- From Fermi to Rabi
Aaron Chou
(Fermilab)
12:00 - 12:30
Room: One West
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: One West
13:30
Moonshine, supersymmetry and gravity
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Jeff Harvey
(University of Chicago)
Moonshine, supersymmetry and gravity
Jeff Harvey
(University of Chicago)
13:30 - 14:30
Room: One West
14:30
The minimal SUSY B-L model: Simultaneous Wilson lines and string thresholds
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Burt Ovrut
(University of Pennsylvania)
The minimal SUSY B-L model: Simultaneous Wilson lines and string thresholds
Burt Ovrut
(University of Pennsylvania)
14:30 - 15:30
Room: One West
15:30
Break
Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: One West
16:00
Inflation in the B-L MSSM
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Rehan Deen
(University of Pennsylvania)
Inflation in the B-L MSSM
Rehan Deen
(University of Pennsylvania)
16:00 - 16:30
Room: One West
16:30
A new algebraic structure
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Latham Boyle
(Perimeter Institute)
A new algebraic structure
Latham Boyle
(Perimeter Institute)
16:30 - 17:00
Room: One West
17:30
Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
17:30 - 19:30
Room: 2nd Floor Crossover
Friday, 9 September 2016
09:00
QFT vs. Gravity: Why do we need string theory?
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Herman Verlinde
(Princeton University)
QFT vs. Gravity: Why do we need string theory?
Herman Verlinde
(Princeton University)
09:00 - 10:00
Room: One West
10:00
Massive compact dark matter
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Ely Kovetz
(Jones Hopkins University)
Massive compact dark matter
Ely Kovetz
(Jones Hopkins University)
10:00 - 11:00
Room: One West
11:00
Break
Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: One West
11:30
LIGO's black holes
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Daniel Holz
(University of Chicago)
LIGO's black holes
Daniel Holz
(University of Chicago)
11:30 - 12:30
Room: One West
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: One West
13:30
Interpertation of the semi-classical stress-energy tensor for a Schwarzschild black hole
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Jim Bardeen
(University of Washington)
Interpertation of the semi-classical stress-energy tensor for a Schwarzschild black hole
Jim Bardeen
(University of Washington)
13:30 - 14:30
Room: One West
14:30
Axion stars in planets
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Yang Bai
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Axion stars in planets
Yang Bai
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: One West
15:00
A case for primordial supermassive black holes
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Albert Stebbins
(Fermilab)
A case for primordial supermassive black holes
Albert Stebbins
(Fermilab)
15:00 - 15:30
Room: One West
15:30
Break
Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: One West
16:00
Special Wine and Cheese - Shocks in the early universe and gravitational waves
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Neil Turok
(Perimeter Institute)
Special Wine and Cheese - Shocks in the early universe and gravitational waves
Neil Turok
(Perimeter Institute)
16:00 - 17:00
Room: One West
17:00
End of Meeting
End of Meeting
17:00 - 17:05
Room: One West