Events and Activities

Explore current and upcoming events and activities happening at the Institute for Advanced Study.

Apr
23
2024

Institute for Advanced Study / Princeton University Joint Astrophysics Colloquium

A Golden Age of Asteroseismology with Kepler and TESS
Tim Bedding
11:00am|Peyton Hall Auditorium

Asteroseismology uses the natural oscillation modes of stars to study their interiors. The wonderfully precise measurements by NASA's Kepler and TESS missions are ideal data sources for the technique. These space telescopes have been monitoring the...

Apr
24
2024

IAS Physics Group Meeting

On a $Z_3$ Topological Term in 10d Heterotic String Theories
Yuji Tachikawa
11:00am|Bloomberg Lecture Hall (IAS)

Abstract: I will compare the gravitational sectors of two 10d heterotic string theories, with E8 x E8 and Spin(32)/$Z_2$ gauge groups, and show that they differ by a subtle $Z_3$-valued topological term. I also discuss its relation to the...

Apr
25
2024

Institute for Advanced Study Astrophysics Seminar

Micromirror confinement of sub-TeV cosmic rays in galaxy clusters
Patrick Reichherzer
11:00am|Bloomberg Lecture Hall

Recent observations reveal that cosmic rays (CRs) are more tightly confined in various astrophysical systems (e.g. radio bubbles) than current theories predict. I show that microscale magnetic fluctuations, particularly from the mirror instability...