Shaping UV Physics Beyond the Standard Model

12 Jul 2015, 17:00 → 15 Jul 2015, 18:00 Europe/London

OC 218 (IPPP, Durham University)

With the discovery of a SM-like scalar boson at the LHC and no further clear-cut observation of new phenomena at the electroweak scale the quest for a natural description of the microcosm becomes even more pressing. Shaping new theoretical frameworks which UV-complete the SM or benchmark BSM models fascinates physicists across the various communities including those of model building, particle phenomenology, quantum gravity, cosmology and formal theory. Recent advances have taken place in several directions, for example in the area of scale invariance including models of interacting UV fixed points with or without quantized gravity, models with other modifications of the short-distance behaviour, portals and simplified models providing frameworks for phenomenological tests connecting field-theoretical ideas with particle physics experiment, and so forth. This informal 3-day workshop aims to bring together practitioners/thinkers actively working in these areas to pool and exchange ideas concerning UV physics, and to explore future avenues and experimental opportunities.

Sunday, 12 July

17:00 → 23:59 Arrival: Van Mildert College, Durham University, Mill Hill Lane, Durham DH1 3LH

Monday, 13 July

09:30 → 11:00 ::: Fred Jegerlehner: The SM as a low-energy effective theory: what is triggering the Higgs mechanism and inflation?

Arrival at Van-Mildert College

09:30 Fred Jegerlehner: The SM as a low-energy effective theory: what is triggering the Higgs mechanism and inflation?

11:30 → 12:15 ::: Astrid Eichhorn

Arrival at Van-Mildert College

11:30 Astrid Eichhorn

12:15 → 13:00 ::: Michael Spannowsky: Higgs phenomenology and implications on UV physics

Arrival at Van-Mildert College

12:15 Michael Spannowsky: Higgs phenomenology and implications on UV physics

14:00 → 15:30 ::: Daniel Litim

Arrival at Van-Mildert College

14:00 Daniel Litim: UV fixed points from BSM to gravity

16:00 → 17:30 ::: Witold Skiba: Scale Invariance and the Hierarchy Problem

Arrival at Van-Mildert College

16:00 Witold Skiba: Scale Invariance and the Hierarchy Problem

Tuesday, 14 July

09:30 → 10:15 ::: Steve Abel: on mediation of scale breaking

09:30 Steve Abel: on mediation of scale breaking

10:15 → 11:00 ::: Stephan Huber: UV scale invariance: challenges in cosmology

10:15 Stephan Huber: UV scale invariance: challenges in cosmology

11:30 → 12:15 ::: Alberto Mariotti: UV symmetries for neutral naturalness

11:30 Alberto Mariotti: UV symmetries for neutral naturalness

12:15 → 13:00 ::: Roberto Percacci: Towards asymptotic safety of gravity

12:15 Roberto Percacci: Towards asymptotic safety of gravity

14:00 → 15:30 ::: Francesco Sannino

14:00 Francesco Sannino: UV conformality and pheno implications

16:00 → 17:30 ::: Carlos Nunez: Aspects of Gauge-Strings Duality

16:00 Carlos Nunez: Aspects of Gauge-Strings Duality

Wednesday, 15 July

09:30 → 10:15 ::: Ian Jack: The a theorem in various dimensions

09:30 Ian Jack: The a theorem in various dimensions

10:15 → 11:00 ::: Ivo Sachs: On scale- versus Weyl- versus conformal invariance

10:15 Ivo Sachs: On scale- versus Weyl- versus conformal invariance

11:30 → 13:00 ::: Valentin Khoze: Novel unitarity problems in the UV? Scattering processes at 100 TeV

11:30 Valentin Khoze: Novel unitarity problems in the UV? Scattering processes at 100 TeV

Slides Khoze-Durham-large-n.pdf