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ICTP's annual Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics provides pedagogical treatment of these subjects through lectures by some of the world's top string theorists.  The activity is intended for theoretical physicists or mathematicians with knowledge of quantum field theory, general relativity and string theory.  It is organized in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP) and the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN).


Topics:
 
  • The Field Theory of Hydrodynamics
  • Stringy Aspects of Gravitational Scattering
  • Dualities in Condensed Matter Physics
  • Quantum Field Theory in 2+1 Dimensions
  • Physics and Mathematics of Scattering Amplitudes
  • Fundamentals of Quantum Entanglement
  • High Energy Physics and the Precision Frontier
  • Mellin Space Approach to Conformal Bootstrap


Lecturers:

N. ARKANI-HAMED, IAS Princeton
R. D'AGNOLO, EPFL Lausanne
H. OOGURI, Caltech & Tokyo U. IPMU
M. RANGAMANI, UC Davis
N. SEIBERG, IAS Princeton
A. SINHA, IISc Bangalore
M. SPRADLIN, Brown University
A. VISHWANATH, Harvard University
A. ZHIBOEDOV, Harvard University

Material

Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics | (smr 3108)
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  • Thursday, 16 March 2017
    • 08:30 - 17:00 Thursday, 16 March 2017
      Location: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall
      • 08:30 Registration & Administrative Formalities 30' ( Leonardo Building - Lobby ) 
        Slot reserved for Participants not staying in ICTP Guesthouses & Lecturers.
(Participants staying in ICTP Guesthouses may register upon check-in at the Guesthouse Reception desks.)
AFTER having registered, Visitors funded by the ICTP must collect their dues at the Operations Office c/o E. Fermi building, ground floor (Mon, Tue & Fri, 8:30-12:00/13:30-14:30).
      • 09:00 Conformal bootstrap in Mellin space - Lecture 1 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Sinha (IISc Bangalore)
        Material: Video
      • 10:15 Stringy Aspects of Gravitational Scattering - Lecture 1 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Zhiboedov (Harvard University)
        Material: Video
      • 11:30 Dualities and Topological Phases of Matter - Lecture 1 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Vishwanath (Harvard University)
        Material: Lecture notes Video
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0' ( Leonardo Building - Cafeteria )
      • 14:30 Stringy Aspects of Gravitational Scattering - Lecture 2 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Zhiboedov (Harvard University)
        Material: Video
      • 15:45 2016 ICTP Prize Ceremony 1h15'
  • Friday, 17 March 2017
    • 09:00 - 19:30 Friday, 17 March 2017
      Location: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Conformal bootstrap in Mellin space - Lecture 2 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Sinha (IISc Bangalore)
        Material: Video
      • 10:15 Some Fundamentals of Quantum Entanglement 1h0'
        Speaker: N. Arkani-Hamed (IAS Princeton)
        Material: Video
      • 11:30 Dualities and Topological Phases of Matter - Lecture 2 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Vishwanath (Harvard University)
        Material: Lecture notes Video
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0' ( Leonardo Building - Cafeteria )
      • 14:30 Stringy Aspects of Gravitational Scattering - Lecture 3 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Zhiboedov (Harvard University)
        Material: Video
      • 15:45 Discussion Session 1h0'
      • 17:30 Dinner Reception 2h0' ( Leonardo Building - Cafeteria )
  • Saturday, 18 March 2017
    • 09:00 - 12:30 Saturday, 18 March 2017
      Location: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Dualities and Topological Phases of Matter - Lecture 3 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Vishwanath (Harvard University)
        Material: Lecture notes Video
      • 10:15 Stringy Aspects of Gravitational Scattering - Lecture 4 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Zhiboedov (Harvard University)
        Material: Video
      • 11:30 Dualities and Topological Phases of Matter - Lecture 4 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Vishwanath (Harvard University)
        Material: Lecture notes Video
  • Monday, 20 March 2017
    • 09:00 - 16:45 Monday, 20 March 2017
      Location: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Out-of-equilibrium QFTs and dissipative hydrodynamics - Lecture 1 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Rangamani (UC Davis)
        Material: Lecture notes Video
      • 10:15 The hierarchy problem, lessons from the LHC and novel approaches 1h0'
        Speaker: R. D'Agnolo (EPFL Lausanne)
        Material: Video
      • 11:30 Out-of-equilibrium QFTs and dissipative hydrodynamics - Lecture 2 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Rangamani (UC Davis)
        Material: Video
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0' ( Leonardo Building - Cafeteria )
      • 14:30 Continuum 2+1d QFT - Lecture 1 1h0'
        Speaker: N. Seiberg (IAS Princeton)
        Material: Video
      • 15:45 Discussion Session 1h0'
  • Tuesday, 21 March 2017
    • 09:00 - 16:45 Tuesday, 21 March 2017
      Location: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Out-of-equilibrium QFTs and dissipative hydrodynamics - Lecture 3 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Rangamani (UC Davis)
        Material: Video
      • 10:15 Continuum 2+1d QFT - Lecture 2 1h0'
        Speaker: N. Seiberg (IAS Princeton)
        Material: Video
      • 11:30 Entanglement and Geometry - Lecture 1 1h0'
        Speaker: H. Ooguri (Caltech & Tokyo U. IPMU)
        Material: Video
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0' ( Leonardo Building - Cafeteria )
      • 14:30 Physics and Mathematics of Scattering Amplitudes - Lecture 1 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Spradlin (Brown University)
        Material: Video
      • 15:45 Discussion Session 1h0'
  • Wednesday, 22 March 2017
    • 09:00 - 17:30 Wednesday, 22 March 2017
      Location: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Entanglement and Geometry - Lecture 2 1h0'
        Speaker: H. Ooguri (Caltech & Tokyo U. IPMU)
        Material: Video
      • 10:15 Continuum 2+1d QFT - Lecture 3 1h0'
        Speaker: N. Seiberg (IAS Princeton)
        Material: Video
      • 11:30 Physics and Mathematics of Scattering Amplitudes - Lecture 2 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Spradlin (Brown University)
        Material: Video
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0' ( Leonardo Building - Cafeteria )
      • 14:30 2016 Dirac Medal Award Ceremony 3h0'
  • Thursday, 23 March 2017
    • 09:00 - 14:30 Thursday, 23 March 2017
      • 09:00 Entanglement and Geometry - Lecture 3 1h0' ( Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall )
        Speaker: H. Ooguri (Caltech & Tokyo U. IPMU)
        Material: Video
      • 10:15 Out-of-equilibrium QFTs and dissipative hydrodynamics - Lecture 4 1h0' ( Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall )
        Speaker: M. Rangamani (UC Davis)
        Material: Video
      • 11:30 Continuum 2+1d QFT - Lecture 4 1h0' ( Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall )
        Speaker: N. Seiberg (IAS Princeton)
        Material: Video
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0' ( Leonardo Building - Cafeteria )
    • 14:30 - 16:30 Special Session: honouring Professor K.S. Narain's contribution to Physics and the ICTP
      Convener: Atish Dabholkar (ICTP & Sorbonne Universites)
      • 14:30 Speakers: 2h0'
        • Seif Randjbar-Daemi (ICTP)
          Ignatios Antoniadis (LPTHE)
          Edi Gava (INFN)
          Luis Fernando Alday (U. Oxford)
          Spenta R. Wadia (ICTS-TIFR)
          Jose Francisco Morales Morera (U. Roma 'Tor Vergata')
          Nathan Seiberg (IAS Princeton)
          Victor Ivan Giraldo Rivera (ICTS-TIFR)
          Muhammad Nouman Muteeb (ICTP)
          Marco Serone (SISSA)
          Hirosi Ooguri (Caltech & Tokyo U. IPMU)
          message from Cumrun Vafa (Harvard)
          Fernando Quevedo (ICTP Director)           2h0'
  • Friday, 24 March 2017
    • 09:00 - 12:30 Friday, 24 March 2017
      Location: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Physics and Mathematics of Scattering Amplitudes - Lecture 3 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Spradlin (Brown University)
        Material: Video
      • 10:15 Entanglement and Geometry - Lecture 4 1h0'
        Speaker: H. Ooguri (Caltech & Tokyo U. IPMU)
        Material: Video
      • 11:30 Physics and Mathematics of Scattering Amplitudes - Lecture 4 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Spradlin (Brown University)
        Material: Video
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