Intersections of String Theory and QFT II

NEW DATE DUE TO RAIL STRIKE: Monday 19th December, 2022

Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge

This one day event intends to bring together experts working at the intersection of String Theory and Quantum Field Theory. Four speakers will give 90 minute blackboard talks. This is the second installment in a series of meetings, the first of which was at KCL.

Please register below. Note, this event will be held in-person only.

The day will end with a dinner in the centre of Cambridge; indicate on the registration form if you'd like to join. If you would like to come to the dinner, it would be appreciated if you could register sooner rather than later.

We may be able to provide some financial support towards travel and accomodation costs, with priority given to junior researchers. Please indicate on the form if your attendence depends on receiving such support.

Speakers

Ted Jacobson

University of Maryland

Alejandra Castro

University of Cambridge

Seyed Morteza Hosseini

Imperial College London

Cyril Closset

University of Birmingham

Schedule

9:30 – 10:00

Registration and Breakfast

10:00 – 11:30

Ted Jacobson - Partition function of a volume of space

11:30 – 12:00

Morning Coffee

12:00 – 13:30

Alejandra Castro - The delicate art of designing a holographic CFT

13:30 – 14:30

Lunch

14:30 – 16:00

Seyed Morteza Hosseini - Aspects of Black Holes at the Intersection with QFT

16:00 – 16:30

Afternoon Tea

16:30 – 18:00

Cyril Closset - On the U-plane of 5d SCFTs: BPS states, partition functions and fibering operators

19:00 onwards

Dinner in town

Venue

Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge

Wilberforce Road, CB3 0WA

Lectures in MR2, Breaks and lunch in CMS Core

Organisers

Pietro Benetti Genolini (KCL)

Julius Grimminger (Imperial)

Sean Hartnoll (Cambridge)

Mario Martone (KCL)

Rishi Mouland (Cambridge)

Michelangelo Preti (KCL)

Jake Stedman (KCL)

This meeting is funded in part by the Fundamental Physics UK Virtual Centre (FPUK)