Theoretical Physics Seminars - SPRING 2008

Some titles have been linked to a paper by the speaker which may be at best loosely related to the actual talk Also:

TODAY -- Boston Area Physics Calendar -- Astrophysical Journal Club -- Math Department Seminars Fall 2007
 

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FEBRUARY 2008

6 February --- Theoretical Seminar: B&H 555 2:30PM
                   
  "From Quadratic Exchange to Dynamical Reflection"
                Dr. Jean Avan (U Cergy - Pontoise/CNRS)


13 February --- Theoretical Seminar: B&H 555 2:30PM
                   
  Gauged Linear Sigma Model for the AdS(5) x S(5)
                Dr. Nathan Berkovits  (U Estadual Paulista)

20 February --- Theoretical Seminar: B&H 555 2:30PM
                   
  Interacting Quantum Fields in de Sitter Space
                Prof. Richard Woodard  (U Florida)


21 February --- Theoretical Seminar: B&H 555 12:00 NOON (Thursday - Note Day and time) - Pizza will be served
                   
  Causal Hydrodynamics of Gauge Theory Plasmas from AdS/CFT
                Dr. Makoto Natsuume  (KEK - Japan)

27 February --- Theoretical Seminar: B&H 555 2:30PM
                   
  Guts and Exceptional Branes in F-Theory
                Dr. Jonathan Heckman  (Harvard U)

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MARCH 2008

5 March --- Theoretical Seminar: B&H 555 2:30PM
                   
  New String Vacua with Simple Topologies
                Dr. Alessandro Tomasiello (Harvard U)

10 March-- Theoretical Seminar: B&H 555 2:30PM (Monday)
                   
  Solitons in AdS String Solutions
                Kewang Jin (Brown U)                
   

19 March --- Theoretical Seminar: B&H 555 2:30PM
                   
  A See-Saw for Lambda
                Prof. Daniel Kabat (Columbia U)

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APRIL 2008

2 April --- Theoretical Seminar: B&H 555 2:30PM 
                   
  Chiral Gravity in Three Dimensions
                Dr. Wei Li (Harvard U)

7 April --- Theoretical Seminar: B&H 555 2:30PM  (Monday)
                   
  Sharpening the Leading Singulatity
                Prof. Freddy Cachazo (Perimeter Institute)

9 April --- Theoretical Seminar: B&H 555 2:30PM 
                   
  Conformal Collider Physics
                Dr. Diego Hofman (Princeton U)

16 April--- Theoretical Seminar: B&H 555 2:30PM
                   
  Partons Scattering Amplitudes at Strong Coupling
                Dr. Amit Sever (Brandeis U)
 

23 April--- No Theoretical Seminar to be Scheduled
                   
 

24 April--- Special Kyungsik Kang Lecture: B&H 190 4:00PM (Refreshments will be served at 3:30)
                   
  Strong Interactions, Known and Unknown, at the Large Hadron Collider
                Prof. Matt Strassler  (Rutgers U)

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MAY 2008

14 May --- Theoretical Seminar: B&H 555 2:30PM
                   
  To be Announced
                Prof. Sumit Das (U Kentuckey)


15 May --- Theoretical Seminar: B&H 555 2:30PM  (Thursday)
                   
  Gauge Theory Amplitudes from Weak to Strong Coupling
                Prof. David Kosower (CEA-France)

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