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Start Time:
23 March 2009 at 08:30
Ends On:
31 March 2009
Location:
Trieste - Italy
Venue:
LB (Main Lecture Hall)
Organizer(s):
J. de Boer (University of Amsterdam), E. Gava (INFN), S. Kachru (Stanford University & SLAC), K.S. Narain (ICTP), S. Randjbar-Daemi (ICTP)
Collaboration(s):
the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP), the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) & the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)
Description:
TOPICS:
• Physics of Black Holes
• Gauge / Gravity Correspondence
• Scattering Amplitudes in SYM and Supergravity
• Physics Beyond the Standard Model
• Holographic QCD
• Holographic Condensed Matter
The Aim of the activity is to provide pedagogical treatment of these subjects in the form of a series of lectures by individual speakers. The activity is intended for theoretical physicists or mathematicians with knowledge of quantum field theory, general relativity and string theory.
LECTURERS INCLUDE:
J. de BOER (University of Amsterdam)
C.P. HERZOG (Princeton University)
S. KACHRU (Stanford University & SLAC)
J.M. MALDACENA (IAS Princeton)
J. POLCHINSKI (Santa Barbara KITP)
R. ROIBAN (Pennsylvania State University)
S. SUGIMOTO (Tokyo University, IPMU)
N. WEINER (New York University)
Limited funds are available for participants from Korea and other APCTP member countries.
Material:
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The theory at the end of the universe
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J.M. Maldacena  (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, U.S.A.) |
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D-Branes and the Process of Theoretical Discovery
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J. Polchinski  (University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.) |
| Maintained by: The CDS Support Team (Bugs and reports) |