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Sep
24
2026

IAS Quantum Aspects of Black Holes Group Meeting

New Results on Wormholes and Averaging over N
Jonah Kudler-Flam
11:00am|Bloomberg Hall Physics Library (IAS)

Abstract: I will briefly review "Mellin averaging," a proposal (w/ E. Witten) for how the puzzling behavior of wormholes in AdS/CFT may be accounted for from the CFT. I will then describe work in progress (w/ X. Dong) on how Mellin averaging is...

Sep
24
2026

Institute for Advanced Study Astrophysics Seminar

Dark Matter (and more) Through Gravity Alone
Andrea Caputo
11:00am|Bloomberg Lecture Hall

Dark matter is one of the central open problems in fundamental physics. Many well-motivated candidates interact with the Standard Model through portals beyond gravity, yet to date the most robust evidence for dark matter remains purely gravitational...

Sep
24
2026

Princeton University Thunch Talk

How does a Black Hole Launch a Jet? Watching the Disk–Corona–Jet System Evolve in real Time in the AGN 1ES~1927+654
Sibasish Laha (Goddard)
12:00pm|Princeton University, Peyton Hall, Grand Central
Sep
24
2026

Princeton University Galread [Galactic/Extragalactic Reading Group]

Growing Massive Black Holes in Dense Star Clusters
Elena Gonzalez Prieto
2:00pm|Peyton Hall, Dome Room or Zoom

Each week, we hold a relatively informal seminar/discussion series with an emphasis on extra-galactic and large-scale structure astrophysics.

During Galread a leader/visitor presents a recent paper to the discussion group. The PDF of the paper is...