HET and HEE Seminars

Upcoming HET and HEE Seminars



High Energy Theory Seminar: MIT and Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University

Thomas Steingasser (MIT)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2

The SM Higgs sector is subject to two fine-tunings, manifesting in the hierarchy problem and the metastability of the electroweak vacuum. I will explain why these tunings, which were long believed to be independent,…



High Energy Theory Seminar: "TBA"

Bruno Bucciotti (Scuola Normale Superiore)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2



High Energy Theory Seminar: "TBA"

Ariane Dekker (University of Chicago)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2



High Energy Theory Seminar: "TBA"

Thom Hartman (Cornell University)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2



High Energy Theory Seminar: "TBA"

David Nichols (University of Virginia)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2

Past HET and HEE Seminars



High Energy Theory Seminar: The dynamics of dRGT massive gravity 

Jan Kożuszek (Imperial College London)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2

After reviewing the motivation and challenges connected with the dRGT theory of ghost-free massive gravity, we discuss our recent progress in understanding non-linear dynamics of this model. In spherical symmetry,…



Experimental Particle Physics: Expanding Horizons: Novel Strategies in low mass BSM Physics Exploration with CMS

Abhijith Gandrakota (Fermilab)
- David Rittenhouse Labs, 2C6

In the pursuit of Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) physics, the CMS experiment has employed unconventional techniques to uncover elusive phenomena. This presentation delves into three pivotal aspects of this effort…



High Energy Theory Seminar: Staggered bosons, staggered  clock models and supersymmetry on the lattice

David Berenstein (UCSB)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2

I will describe constructions of lattice field theories that assign a single bosonic variable to each site, rather a conjugate pair x,p. The information to realize a non-trivial dynamics is realized by non-trivial…



High Energy Theory Seminar: The complex Liouville string

Victor Rodriguez (UCSB)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2

I will introduce the complex Liouville string, a solvable critical worldsheet string theory defined by coupling two Liouville theories with complex conjugate central charges c = 13 ± is. By harnessing the non-…



High Energy Theory Seminar: Gravitational atoms and black hole binaries

G.M. Tomaselli (IAS at Princeton University)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2

Superradiant instabilities may create clouds of ultralight bosons around rotating black holes, forming so-called "gravitational atoms". In this talk, I will review a series of papers that study the effects of a…