Archive of IAS Monday High Energy Theory Seminars

Oct
31
2011

High Energy Theory Seminar

The Harmony of Superstring Disk Amplitudes
Oliver Schlotterer
2:30pm|Bloomberg Lecture Hall
I will present the open string tree level amplitude of massless states to any number of external legs. It turns out that the kinematic factor of disk amplitudes is entirely captured by the underlying SYM field theory, i.e. that all the dependence on...
Oct
17
2011

High Energy Theory Seminar

Superconformal Technicolor and Partial Higgs Compositeness
Markus Luty
2:30pm|Bloomberg Lecture Hall
Oct
03
2011

High Energy Theory Seminar

Carving Out the Space of 4D CFTs
2:30pm|Bloomberg Lecture Hall
We introduce a new numerical algorithm based on semidefinite programming to efficiently compute bounds on operator dimensions, central charges, and OPE coefficients in 4D conformal and N=1 superconformal field theories. Using our algorithm, we...
Mar
28
2011

High Energy Theory Seminar

SO(3) Conformal Symmetry in Hadronic Collisions
Steve Gubser
2:30pm|Bloomberg Lecture Hall
An SO(3) subgroup of the conformal group in four dimensions can be used to study aspects of hadronic collisions. Two examples are the hydrodynamic flow at times well before freeze-out and the characterization of initial state in terms of a...
Mar
14
2011

High Energy Theory Seminar

Holomorphic Linking, Loop Equations and Scattering Amplitudes in Twistor Space
2:45pm|Bloomberg Lecture Hall
Abstract: I'll explain how to tie your shoelaces in three complex dimensions, and what that's got to do with BCFW recursion.