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

1 Arrival: Van Mildert College, Durham University, Mill Hill Lane, Durham DH1 3LH

Monday, 13 July

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

Arrival at Van-Mildert College

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

::: Astrid Eichhorn

Arrival at Van-Mildert College

3 Astrid Eichhorn

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

Arrival at Van-Mildert College

4 Michael Spannowsky: Higgs phenomenology and implications on UV physics

::: Daniel Litim

Arrival at Van-Mildert College

5 Daniel Litim: UV fixed points from BSM to gravity

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

Arrival at Van-Mildert College

6 Witold Skiba: Scale Invariance and the Hierarchy Problem

Tuesday, 14 July

::: Steve Abel: on mediation of scale breaking

7 Steve Abel: on mediation of scale breaking

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

8 Stephan Huber: UV scale invariance: challenges in cosmology

::: Alberto Mariotti: UV symmetries for neutral naturalness

9 Alberto Mariotti: UV symmetries for neutral naturalness

::: Roberto Percacci: Towards asymptotic safety of gravity

10 Roberto Percacci: Towards asymptotic safety of gravity

::: Francesco Sannino

11 Francesco Sannino: UV conformality and pheno implications

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

12 Carlos Nunez: Aspects of Gauge-Strings Duality

Wednesday, 15 July

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

13 Ian Jack: The a theorem in various dimensions

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

14 Ivo Sachs: On scale- versus Weyl- versus conformal invariance

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

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

Slides Khoze-Durham-large-n.pdf