The High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (HECAP) section at ICTP is studying some of the most exciting areas in physics today, from string theory to physics at large energy colliders, from neutrino phenomenology to alternative cosmologies.
HECAP collaborates closely with the staff of the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), the Department of Theoretical Physics of Trieste University, and with the physicists of the Trieste section of the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN).
8 Aug 2019
Three share prize for important contributions to modern cosmology
9 May 2019
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Europe/Rome
2019-09-24 10:00:00
2019-09-24 11:00:00
IFPU Colloquia: Title to be announced
Former SISSA Bldg.
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
24 Sep 2019
» IFPU Colloquia: Title to be announced
Europe/Rome
2019-09-24 11:30:00
2019-09-24 12:30:00
IFPU Colloquia: Title to be announced
Former SISSA Bldg.
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
24 Sep 2019
» IFPU Colloquia: Title to be announced
Europe/Rome
2019-09-03 08:00:00
2019-09-06 22:00:00
Non-Perturbative Methods in Quantum Field Theory | (smr 3320)
New deadline for applications not needing financial support and/or visa: 11 August
The workshop consists of a series of talks covering different complementary approaches to non-perturbative quantum field theories and includes plenty of discussion time. The goal is to bring together different communities working in closely related fields to stimulate exchange of ideas.
Topics:
3d Dualities
S-Matrix Bootstrap
Resurgence
T-Tbar Deformations
Hamiltonian Truncation
Lattice QFT
Speakers:
I. ANICETO, University of Southampton
P. BEDAQUE, UMD, College Park
F. BENINI, SISSA
L. CÓRDOVA, PI, Guelph U.and IPhT Saclay
M. D’ELIA, Pisa U.
T. DUMITRESCU, UCLA
G. DUNNE, Connecticut U.
J. ELIAS MIRÓ, CERN
V. GORBENKO, IAS, Princeton
M. GUICA, IPT CEA Saclay and Stockholm U.
S. GUKOV, Caltech
K. JENSEN, SFSU
S. KACHRU, Stanford U.
E. KATZ, Boston U.
J. PENEDONES, EPFL
E. POPPITZ, Toronto U.
Y. TANIZAKI, RIKEN BNL
B. VAN REES, Durham U.
P. VIEIRA, ICTP-SAIFR São Paulo and PI, Waterloo
A. ZAMOLODCHIKOV, SUNY Stony Brook
Grants:
A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
3 Sep 2019
- 6 Sep 2019
» Non-Perturbative Methods in Quantum Field Theory | (smr 3320)
Europe/Rome
2019-09-15 08:00:00
2019-09-22 22:00:00
Tenth Crete Regional Meeting in String Theory | (smr 3494)
Kolymbari - Greece
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
15 Sep 2019
- 22 Sep 2019
» Tenth Crete Regional Meeting in String Theory | (smr 3494)
Europe/Rome
2019-10-14 08:00:00
2019-10-16 22:00:00
Challenges and Opportunities of High Frequency Gravitational Wave Detection | (smr 3493)
Most of what we know so far about the origin and evolution of the Universe is based on the information carried by electromagnetic radiation received from distant objects or composing the CMB. The recent direct detections of Gravitational Waves (GWs) have opened a new window of observation for phenomena in which gravity, instead of light, is the messenger. A few black hole and neutron star mergers have been reported and a plethora of new events are expected to be detected in the near-to-mid future. Many possible sources, especially related to the physics of the early Universe, produce (stochastic backgrounds of) GWs with a characteristic frequency much larger than the LIGO frequency range. The detection of high frequency GWs (HFGWs) is however very challenging, and only a few proposals have been made so far.
The goal of this workshop is an open-minded discussion on the experimental and theoretical prospects of HFGWs. What are the possible sources and how well are they theoretically understood? What are the challenges faced in experimental setups and what are possible ideas to go beyond current technology? What can we learn about our Universe within the expected sensitivity of these proposals in the next decade? Our goal is to tackle these open questions by gathering a selected sample of people who are interested in these questions both from the theoretical and the experimental points of view. A few dedicated talks aim at introducing the key aspects and questions and bridging the gap between the different communities, while leaving ample time for discussions.
Topics:
High Frequency Gravitational Waves
Early Universe Cosmology
High energy phase transitions
Non-perturbative phenomena
Interferometers
Acoustic Cavities
Optically levitated Sensors
Speakers include:
Odylio D. Aguiar (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE)
Andreas Bauswein (GSI Darmstadt)
Mike Cruise (University of Birmingham)
Daniel Figueroa (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
Andrew Geraci (Northwestern University)
Maxim Goryachev (University of Western Australia)
Mark Hindmarsh (University of Sussex)
David Ottaway (University of Adelaide)
Marco Peloso (University of Padova)
There is no registration fee for this activity.
ICTP
ICTP
pio@ictp.it
14 Oct 2019
- 16 Oct 2019
» Challenges and Opportunities of High Frequency Gravitational Wave Detection | (smr 3493)
The HECAP section has research and visitors' programmes mostly aimed at scientists from developing countries.
The main motivation to study string theory is because it promises to provide a framework to unify all matter and interactions, including gravity, in a consistent theory. Despite the intrinsic difficulty of dealing with a theory that manifests itself at scales as high as the Planck mass, for more than 25 years there has been continuous progress in order to connect string theory and low-energy physics. This refers to extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics and cosmology that could lead to some observable implications.
