21–25 Jul 2025
Durham
Europe/London timezone

Session

Plenary session

21 Jul 2025, 09:30
CLC 013

CLC 013

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  1. Seshadri Nadathur
    21/07/2025, 09:30
  2. Surjeet Rajendran
    21/07/2025, 10:00
  3. Arsenii Titov
    21/07/2025, 11:00

    We propose a novel solution to the strong CP problem based on modular invariance. The latter is inherent to toroidal compactifications in string theory. We show that modular invariance allows for simple effective theories of flavour and CP where (i) the QCD angle vanishes, (ii) the CKM phase is large, (iii) quark and lepton masses and mixings can be reproduced up to order one coefficients....

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  4. Joachim Kopp
    21/07/2025, 11:30

    For decades, neutrinos have been used as astrophysical messengers, revealing new insights into some of the most interesting places in the Universe. In this talk, we discuss some recent developments in this field, concerning in particular neutrinos from neutron stars and from supernovae. In the latter context, we highlight in particular some recent results on quantum simulations of collective...

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  5. Lucien Heurtier
    21/07/2025, 12:00

    In this talk, I will present an overview of light primordial black hole (PBHs) phenomenology. I will first motivate why light PBHs are of particular interest to probe the evolution of the early universe. I will then review the many imprints that evaporating PBHs can leave in cosmological observatories and experimental particle physics experiments. I will finally end by elaborating on an...

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  6. Miguel Montero
    21/07/2025, 14:30
  7. Andrea Puhm
    21/07/2025, 15:00
  8. Prof. Fabio Iocco
    22/07/2025, 09:00

    I will review recent observations and analyses aimed at determining the mass of the Milky Way and the distribution of dark matter within it. I will also discuss how these determinations — and the uncertainties associated with them — impact the search for new physics in selected dark matter scenarios.

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  9. Belen Gavela
    22/07/2025, 09:30
  10. Kai Schmitz
    22/07/2025, 10:00

    The field of pulsar timing array (PTA) searches for gravitational waves (GWs) is currently in an exciting phase, with the 5σ detection of a nanohertz GW background (GWB) possibly just around the corner. In this talk, I will review the current status of these searches and discuss possible beyond-the-Standard Model (BSM) sources of a GWB signal in the PTA frequency band. Finally, I will...

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  11. Alex Pomarol
    22/07/2025, 11:00
  12. Matthew McCullough
    22/07/2025, 11:30
  13. Tilman Plehn
    22/07/2025, 12:00
  14. Jernej Kamenik
    22/07/2025, 14:00
  15. Clara Murgui
    22/07/2025, 14:30
  16. Simone Montangero
    22/07/2025, 15:00
  17. Mark Smith
    23/07/2025, 09:00
  18. Felicia Volle
    23/07/2025, 09:30
  19. Keith Dienes
    23/07/2025, 10:00
  20. Lisa Randall
    23/07/2025, 11:00
  21. Pran Nath
    23/07/2025, 11:30
  22. Tony Padilla
    23/07/2025, 12:00

    The cosmological constant problem remains one of the deepest puzzles in effective field theory and cosmology. In this talk, I will show how four-form field strengths offer model builders a valuable tool to tackle this challenge. I begin by reframing the problem using the infinite-wavelength (spacetime-averaged) trace of the gravitational equations. I then review and explore two main...

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  23. José Santiago
    24/07/2025, 09:00
  24. Eiasha Washeed
    24/07/2025, 09:30
  25. Koji Hara
    24/07/2025, 10:00
  26. Christian Copetti
    24/07/2025, 11:00

    Symmetry is a powerful organizing principle. In this talk we review how symmetry can act on extended dynamical defects and constrain their IR dynamics. As applications, we will show how certain realizations of symmetries forbid IR trivial (screened) defects and how bulk 't Hooft anomalies induce interesting non-perturbative observables for symmetry-breaking defects.

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  27. Magdalena Larfors
    24/07/2025, 11:30

    Particle physics phenomenology in string theory is determined by topological and geometrical features of string compactifications. In this talk, I will discuss recent work using machine learning methods to compute these features, with a focus on the computation of Ricci-flat metrics of Calabi-Yau manifolds.

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  28. Michele Del Zotto
    24/07/2025, 12:00

    In recent years we have learned that several four-dimensional field theories can manifest non-invertible zero-form symmetries generalizing the Kramers-Wannier duality defect of the 2d critical Ising model. Several recent works by various groups have observed a deep interplay among such non-invertible symmetries in 3+1 dimensions, their anomalies, and the properties of the ground state(s). In...

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  29. Dan Hooper
    24/07/2025, 14:00

    I'll summarize the status of high-energy neutrino physics, including the role that IceCube and other telescopes play in the domains of astrophysics (cosmic ray acceleration, sources) and fundamental physics (neutrino oscillation parameters, dark matter searches, and other probes of physics beyond the Standard Model).

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  30. Valentina De Romeri
    24/07/2025, 14:30

    In this talk, I will explore the physics potential of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS), a neutral-current process in which a neutrino coherently scatters off an entire nucleus. I will begin by reviewing the key features of CEvNS and summarizing the current experimental landscape, including results from spallation neutron sources, reactor neutrino experiments, and dark...

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  31. Glenn Starkman
    24/07/2025, 15:00

    We have long celebrated the great success of cosmology in predicting the observed properties of the cosmic microwave background. And yet, for well over two decades there has been consistent and slowly mounting evidence that on large scales the CMB is anomalous. The evidence is consistent from experiment to experiment and it implies the violation of statistical isotropy. I will discuss...

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  32. Bjorn Garbrecht
    25/07/2025, 09:00
  33. Michael Baker
    25/07/2025, 09:30
  34. Nissan Itzhaki
    25/07/2025, 10:00
  35. Jeremy Sakstein
    25/07/2025, 11:00

    In the era of precision cosmology, persistent discrepancies between independent measurements — most notably the Hubble tension — have intensified, signaling potential cracks in the ΛCDM paradigm. In this talk, I will review the current status of the Hubble tension, and present well-motivated extensions to ΛCDM that can naturally reconcile the data.

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  36. Ed Copeland
    25/07/2025, 11:30
  37. Francesco Sannino (SDU, Denmark)
    25/07/2025, 12:00
  38. Netta Englehardt
  39. Simon Williams
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