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Physics Calendar

The Physics calendar contains High Energy Theory events hosted by the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University. A condensed version of the calendar is sent to the general Physics mailing list on Friday afternoons. Reminder emails are sent the morning of the event. If you are a local faculty member, postdoc or graduate student and would like to be added to the general Physics mailing list, please contact Lisa Fleischer, lisa@ias.edu

Mar
11
2026

IAS Physics Group Meeting

All About Quantum Self-Dual Gravity
Noah Miller
11:00am|Bloomberg Lecture Hall (IAS)

Abstract: Quantum self-dual gravity is a one-loop-exact, UV and IR finite, diffeomorphism invariant, non-unitary theory of quantum gravity in 4-dimensions. In lightcone gauge, the theory can be formulated in terms of a simple ghost-free cubic action...

Mar
12
2026

IAS Quantum Aspects of Black Holes Group Meeting

Holographic Algebras at Null Infinity
Gautam Satishchandran
11:00am|Bloomberg Hall Physics Library

Abstract: We consider the algebra associated to a (neighborhood of a) cross-section of null infinity in semiclassical quantum gravity in asymptotically flat spacetimes. I will show that this algebra is equivalent to the algebra of observables in a...

Mar
13
2026

IAS High Energy Theory Seminar

Tropical Geometry for Cosmological Correlators at One Loop
11:00am|Bloomberg Lecture Hall (IAS) & Zoom

Abstract: Inflation may have occurred at energies up to 10^16 GeV, far beyond any terrestrial collider. The "cosmological collider" program aims to extract the mass spectrum and spin content of particles present during inflation from non-Gaussian...

Mar
16
2026

IAS Max Planck-IAS-NTU Center Kick-off Conference

9:00am|Wolfensohn Hall

Organizers:
Nima Arkani-Hamed
Giovanni Maria Tomaselli
Francisco Vazão
Matias Zaldarriaga

This event is the kick-off conference for the Max Planck-IAS-NTU Center for Particle Physics, Cosmology, and Geometry. It is a collaboration between the Max Planck...

Mar
16
2026

Princeton University Gravity Initiative Seminar

Black Hole Non-linear Stability: A Mathematical Overview
Elena Giorgi
12:30pm|Jadwin Hall, Princeton Gravity Initiative, 4th Floor

Abstract: In this talk, I will survey key geometric and analytic aspects of black hole perturbations, focusing on recent advances in understanding their dynamical stability, with a particular emphasis on the recent proof of the full nonlinear...

Mar
17
2026

IAS Max Planck-IAS-NTU Center Kick-off Conference

9:00am|Wolfensohn Hall

Organizers:
Nima Arkani-Hamed
Giovanni Maria Tomaselli
Francisco Vazão
Matias Zaldarriaga

This event is the kick-off conference for the Max Planck-IAS-NTU Center for Particle Physics, Cosmology, and Geometry. It is a collaboration between the Max Planck...

Mar
18
2026

IAS Max Planck-IAS-NTU Center Kick-off Conference

9:00am|Wolfensohn Hall

Organizers:
Nima Arkani-Hamed
Giovanni Maria Tomaselli
Francisco Vazão
Matias Zaldarriaga

This event is the kick-off conference for the Max Planck-IAS-NTU Center for Particle Physics, Cosmology, and Geometry. It is a collaboration between the Max Planck...

Mar
19
2026

IAS Max Planck-IAS-NTU Center Kick-off Conference

9:00am|Wolfensohn Hall

Organizers:
Nima Arkani-Hamed
Giovanni Maria Tomaselli
Francisco Vazão
Matias Zaldarriaga

This event is the kick-off conference for the Max Planck-IAS-NTU Center for Particle Physics, Cosmology, and Geometry. It is a collaboration between the Max Planck...

Mar
23
2026

Princeton University Gravity Initiative Seminar

Goodness-of-Fit for Gravitational-Wave Population Inference
Tejaswi Venumadhav
12:30pm|Jadwin Hall, Princeton Gravity Initiative, 4th Floor

Abstract: Gravitational-wave astronomy is entering a regime in which detections are sufficiently numerous to support population-level statistical inference. The standard tool is hierarchical Bayesian inference, which is powerful but does not...