Abstract: This talk will discuss what's new
with some of the most interesting looking cosmological tensions:
the Hubble tension, the growth of structure tension (S8, growth
rate, Lyman Alpha) and Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (Lithium and
Deuterium)...
Abstract: We will start with a review of
previous results concerning instabilities of rotating Kerr
black holes to massive scalar field perturbations. These
instabilities are connected to superradiance and hence do not occur
on the Schwarzschild...
Abstract: Quantizing classical systems we
consider Hilbert spaces equipped with representations of
canonical commutation relations (CCR). In the case of an
infinite number of degrees of freedom it is necessary to consider
representations of CCR...
Abstract: Conformal field theories that exhibit
spontaneous breaking of conformal symmetry (a moduli space of
vacua) are expectedly rare in the landscape of CFTs. Intuitively,
this is because a delicate conspiracy is needed to fine-tune to
zero the...
Abstract: The Council of CERN is responsible
for formulating the scientific and financial policy of CERN. It
does this with strong coordination with the CERN Director General
and Management. I will describe how the CERN Council reaches its
decisions...
Abstract: In this talk I review the
identification between quantum states in 3D AdS gravity and
Virasoro blocks in 2D CFT and describe the inner product on the
space of conformal blocks. I comment on the possible application of
these results to de...
Abstract: I will present some questions
and answers regarding the duality between 1+1-dimensional
superconformal field theory and type II string theory on $AdS_3
\times S^3 x T^4$.
For one unit of NS-NS 5-brane flux ($Q_5$=1), this string theory
has...
Abstract: In the pursuit of Beyond the Standard
Model (BSM) physics, the CMS experiment has employed unconventional
techniques to uncover elusive phenomena. This presentation delves
into three pivotal aspects of this effort during LHC Run-2 and
the...
Abstract: With the commencement of the
LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration’s fourth observing run, the field of
gravitational wave (GW) physics is uniquely poised to collect even
more precise data from compact binary mergers. Consequently, we
will soon...
