Annual Theory Meeting

Europe/London
TLC042 (Teaching and Learning Centre)

TLC042

Teaching and Learning Centre

Durham University Lower Mount Joy (Science Site)
Michael Spannowsky (IPPP, Durham University)
Description

PosterThe Annual Theory Christmas Meeting will again be held in Durham, 13-15th December, hosted and organised by the Centre for Particle Theory, UKLFT, FPUK and the IPPP. Following tradition, we use the format of three days of talks from world-class speakers reviewing the latest developments in the key areas of our subject. 

Organisation Committee:
Francesca Chadha-Day (IPPP)
Inaki Garcia Etxebarria (Durham)
Simon Hands (Liverpool)
Neil Lambert (KCL)
Arthur Lipstein (Durham)
Simon Ross (Durham)
Michael Spannowsky (IPPP)
Jessica Turner (IPPP)

 

All sessions of the 55th edition of the Annual Theory Meeting can be attended remotely via zoom using this link:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/94553758513?pwd=NElZaFAvM0paNGs4elMvQjFJN1o4UT09

Meeting ID: 945 5375 8513
Passcode: 149528

Confirmed speakers are:

Richard Ball (Edinburgh)
Zohreh Davoudi (Maryland)
Herbert Dreiner (Bonn)
Claude Duhr (Bonn)
Netta Engelhardt (MIT)
Monica Guica (Saclay)
Subir Sarkar (Oxford)
Davide Vadacchino (Plymouth)
Danny van Dyk (Durham)
Andreas Weiler (TUM)
Alexander Zhiboedov (CERN)

    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m Collingwood College

      Collingwood College

    • 14:00 16:00
      Session 1 2h TLC042

      TLC042

      Teaching and Learning Centre

      Durham University Lower Mount Joy (Science Site)
      Speaker: Simon Ross (Durham University)
      • Novel methods for scattering amplitudes 1h
        Speaker: Alexander Zhiboedov (CERN)
      • T Tbar deformations 1h
        Speaker: Monica Guica (Saclay)
    • 16:00 16:30
      Break 30m TLC042

      TLC042

      Teaching and Learning Centre

      Durham University Lower Mount Joy (Science Site)
    • 16:30 18:30
      Session 2 2h TLC042

      TLC042

      Teaching and Learning Centre

      Durham University Lower Mount Joy (Science Site)
      Speaker: Simon Ross (Durham University)
      • Topics in Quantum Information and Holography 1h
        Speaker: Netta Engelhardt (MIT)
      • Outreach & the Physics Show 1h
        Speaker: Herbert Dreiner (Bonn)
    • 18:30 20:00
      Dinner 1h 30m Collingwood College

      Collingwood College

    • 08:00 08:45
      Breakfast 45m Collingwood College

      Collingwood College

    • 09:00 11:00
      Session 3 2h TLC042

      TLC042

      Teaching and Learning Centre

      Durham University Lower Mount Joy (Science Site)
      Speaker: Jeppe Andersen (IPPP)
      • Partons at the LHC 1h

        The analysis of inclusive processes at the LHC, both in the Standard Model and beyond, relies on precise and accurate information on the distribution of the partons in the proton. In turn, LHC data are increasingly being used as input to the determination of the parton distributions themselves. We will describe how machine learning may be used to eliminate model dependence in these determinations, making them more accurate and precise, and thus enhancing the discovery potential of the LHC.

        Speaker: Richard Ball (Edinburgh)
      • Precision calculations for the LHC 1h
        Speaker: Claude Duhr (Bonn)
    • 11:00 11:30
      Break 30m TLC042

      TLC042

      Teaching and Learning Centre

      Durham University Lower Mount Joy (Science Site)
    • 11:30 12:30
      Session 4 1h TLC042

      TLC042

      Teaching and Learning Centre

      Durham University Lower Mount Joy (Science Site)
      Speaker: Christoph Englert (University of Glasgow)
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m Collingwood College

      Collingwood College

    • 14:00 16:00
      Session 5 2h TLC042

      TLC042

      Teaching and Learning Centre

      Durham University Lower Mount Joy (Science Site)
      Speaker: Steven Abel (IPPP)
      • $\mathrm{Sp}(N_c)$ gauge theories for Beyond the Standard Model physics 1h

        Gauge theories based on $\mathrm{Sp}(N_c)$ groups are interesting for their role in potentially
        UV complete composite Higgs models in which it is possible to implement fermion
        partial compositeness. Moreover, this family of groups provides an alternative
        to $\mathrm{SU}(N_c)$ to explore the large-$N_c$ regime of gauge theories. In this talk,
        we will review the results obtained on the lattice for these gauge theories,
        with a special focus on the models relevant for BSM studies.

        Speaker: Davide Vadacchino (Plymouth)
      • Quantum Simulations for Field Theories 1h
        Speaker: Zohreh Davoudi (Maryland)
    • 16:00 16:30
      Break 30m TLC042

      TLC042

      Teaching and Learning Centre

      Durham University Lower Mount Joy (Science Site)
    • 16:30 17:30
      Session 6 1h TLC042

      TLC042

      Teaching and Learning Centre

      Durham University Lower Mount Joy (Science Site)
      Speaker: Jessica Turner (IPPP, Durham University)
      • A challenge to the standard cosmological model 1h

        In the ΛCDM cosmological model the Universe is assumed to be isotropic & homogeneous when averaged on large scales. That the CMB has a dipole anisotropy is interpreted as due to our peculiar motion because of local inhomogeneity. There should then be a similar dipole in the sky distribution of high redshift sources. Using catalogues of radio sources and quasars we find that this expectation is rejected at >5σ, i.e. the distribution of distant matter is not isotropic in the 'CMB frame’. This calls into question the standard practice of boosting to this frame to analyse cosmological data, in particular to infer an isotropic acceleration of the Hubble expansion rate from supernovae, which is then interpreted as due to Λ.

        Speaker: Subir Sarkar (Oxford)
    • 18:00 19:30
      Dinner 1h 30m Collingwood College

      Collingwood College

    • 08:00 08:45
      Breakfast 45m TLC042

      TLC042

      Teaching and Learning Centre

      Durham University Lower Mount Joy (Science Site)
    • 09:00 10:00
      Session 7 1h TLC042

      TLC042

      Teaching and Learning Centre

      Durham University Lower Mount Joy (Science Site)
      Speaker: Inaki Garcia-Etxebarria (Durham University)
    • 10:00 10:30
      Break 30m TLC042

      TLC042

      Teaching and Learning Centre

      Durham University Lower Mount Joy (Science Site)
    • 10:30 12:30
      STFC Townhall Meeting 2h TLC042

      TLC042

      Teaching and Learning Centre

      Durham University Lower Mount Joy (Science Site)
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m Collingwood College

      Collingwood College