8th April 2022, King's College London

This one day event intends to bring together experts working at the intersection of String Theory and Quantum Field Theory in the vicinity of London. Four speakers will give 1.5 hour long blackboard talks. We hope to make it a recurrent event.

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

Speakers

Philip Argyres

University of Cincinnati

Matthew Buican

Queen Mary University of London

Sakura Schäfer-Nameki

University of Oxford

Pietro Benetti Genolini

King's College London

Schedule

9:00 – 9:30

Registration and Breakfast

9:30 – 11:00

Philip Argyres - Title: Extension of 4d N=2 VOAs by extended operators

11:00 – 11:30

Morning Coffee

11:30 – 13:00

Matt Buican - Title: How Simple is the Simplest Interacting 4D N=2 SCFT?

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

14:30 – 16:00

Sakura Schäfer-Nameki - Title: Generalized Symmetries in QFT and String theory

16:00 – 16:30

Afternoon Tea

16:30 – 18:00

Pietro Benetti Genolini - Title: Symmetries in five dimensions

18:00 onwards

Fish and Chips and Ales

Venue

King's College London

K6.29 Old Anatomy Theatre

Enter the Strand Campus where you will be greeted by one of us. From here you can get to the Old Anatomy Theatre by taking the lift to the 6th floor and following the video below.

Organisers

Mario Martone (KCL)

Julius Grimminger (Imperial)

Rishi Mouland (Cambridge)

Pietro Benetti Genolini (KCL)

Michelangelo Preti (KCL)

Jake Stedman (KCL)

Covid

King's asks that you wear a mask while on campus, unless exempt, and that you take a lateral flow test beforehand. For more information click here.

This meeting is also co-sponsored by the Fundamental Physics UK Virtual Centre. If needed you can apply for funding from FPUK (http://nms.kcl.ac.uk/neil.lambert/fpuk/) to cover transportation and accommodation costs from your UK institution, more details can be found in the registration form below.

Intersections of String Theory and QFT

Speakers

Philip Argyres

Matthew Buican

Sakura Schäfer-Nameki

Venue

King's College London

K6.29 Old Anatomy Theatre

Enter the Strand Campus where you will be greeted by one of us. From here you can get to the Old Anatomy Theatre by taking the lift to the 6th floor and following the video below.

Covid

Please register before April 1, 2022