Summer School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics | (smr 3551) (24 August 2020

Administration

Description

*** VIRTUAL on ZOOM ***

The 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.

LECTURERS include:

Ahmed Almheiri (IAS, Princeton)
Horacio Casini (Centro Atomico Bariloche)
Clay Córdova (University of Chicago)
Atish Dabholkar (ICTP)
Zohar Komargodski (Stony Brook & Weizman Institute)
Pavel Putrov (ICTP)
Douglas Stanford (Stanford)
Mithat Ünsal (North Carolina State University)

TOPICS include:

Quantum information and black holes
Entanglement and quantum field theory
Anomalies in quantum field theory
Semiclassical dynamics and resurgence
Mock modularity in physics
Fun in Two Space-Time Dimensions

Material

List of Participants Poster

Summer School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics | (smr 3551)

Go to day

Monday, 24 August 2020
- 12:50 - 19:00 Monday, 24 August 2020
  
  Location: ZOOM
  - 12:50 Welcome & Instructions by the Organizers 10'
  - 13:00 Three avatars of Mock Modularity (Part I) - Lecture 1 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Atish Dabholkar (ICTP)
  - 14:15 Quantum Black Holes - Lecture 1 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Ahmed Almheiri (IAS, Princeton)
  - 15:15 Break 1h45'
  - 17:00 More on quantum black holes - Lecture 1 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Douglas Stanford (Stanford)
  - 18:15 TUTORIAL on Mock Modularity (Part I) 45'
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    Speaker: Atish Dabholkar (ICTP)
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
- 13:00 - 20:00 Tuesday, 25 August 2020
  
  Location: ZOOM
  - 13:00 Three avatars of Mock Modularity (Part I) - Lecture 2 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Atish Dabholkar (ICTP)
  - 14:15 Quantum Black Holes - Lecture 2 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Ahmed Almheiri (IAS, Princeton)
  - 15:15 Break 1h45'
  - 17:00 More on quantum black holes - Lecture 2 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Douglas Stanford (Stanford)
  - 18:15 TUTORIAL on Quantum Black Holes 45'
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Two Separete Rooms: Group A & Group B
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    Speaker: Edgar Shaghoulian - GROUP A / Raghu Mahajan - GROUP B (Cornell / Stanford)
  - 19:15 TUTORIAL on More on quantum black holes 45'
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    Speaker: Douglas Stanford (Stanford)
Wednesday, 26 August 2020
- 13:00 - 19:00 Wednesday, 26 August 2020
  
  Location: ZOOM
  - 13:00 Three avatars of Mock Modularity (Part II) - Lecture 3 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Pavel Putrov (ICTP)
  - 14:15 Quantum Black Holes - Lecture 3 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Ahmed Almheiri (IAS, Princeton)
  - 15:15 Break 1h45'
  - 17:00 More on quantum black holes - Lecture 3 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Douglas Stanford (Stanford)
  - 18:15 TUTORIAL on Mock Modularity (Part II) 45'
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    Speaker: Du Pei (Harvard)

Thursday, 27 August 2020

14:30 - 17:30 Thursday, 27 August 2020

Location:

ZOOM

14:30 FREE DAY 3h0'

2020 Postgraduate Diploma Programme Graduation Ceremony and 2020 Spirit of Salam Award Ceremony

Friday, 28 August 2020
- 13:00 - 20:00 Friday, 28 August 2020
  
  Location: ZOOM
  - 13:00 Three avatars of Mock Modularity (Part II) - Lecture 4 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Pavel Putrov (ICTP)
  - 14:15 Quantum Black Holes - Lecture 4 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Ahmed Almheiri (IAS, Princeton)
  - 15:15 Break 1h45'
  - 17:00 More on quantum black holes - Lecture 4 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Douglas Stanford (Stanford)
  - 18:15 TUTORIAL on Quantum Black Holes 45'
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Two Separete Rooms: Group A & Group B
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    Speaker: Edgar Shaghoulian - GROUP A / Raghu Mahajan - GROUP B (Cornell / Stanford)
  - 19:15 TUTORIAL on More on quantum black holes 45'
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    Speaker: Douglas Stanford (Stanford)
Monday, 31 August 2020
- 13:00 - 19:00 Monday, 31 August 2020
  
  Location: ZOOM
  - 13:00 Entanglement in quantum field theory - Lecture 1 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Horacio Casini (Centro Atomico Bariloche)
  - 14:15 Semi-classics, adiabatic continuity and resurgence in quantum theories - Lecture 1 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Mithat Ünsal (North Carolina State University)
  - 15:15 Break 1h45'
  - 17:00 Introduction to Generalized Global Symmetry and Anomalies - Lecture 1 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Clay Córdova (University of Chicago)
  - 18:15 TUTORIAL on Semi-classics, adiabatic continuity and resurgence in quantum theories 45'
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    Speaker: Aleksey Cherman (University of Minnesota)
Tuesday, 1 September 2020
- 13:00 - 20:00 Tuesday, 1 September 2020
  
  Location: ZOOM
  - 13:00 Entanglement in quantum field theory - Lecture 2 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Horacio Casini (Centro Atomico Bariloche)
  - 14:15 Semi-classics, adiabatic continuity and resurgence in quantum theories - Lecture 2 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Mithat Ünsal (North Carolina State University)
  - 15:15 Break 1h45'
  - 17:00 Introduction to Generalized Global Symmetry and Anomalies - Lecture 2 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Clay Córdova (University of Chicago)
  - 18:15 TUTORIAL on Entanglement in quantum field theory 45'
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    Speaker: Pablo Bueno (Centro Atomico Bariloche)
  - 19:15 TUTORIAL on Generalized Global Symmetry and Anomalies 45'
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Two Separete Rooms: Group A & Group B
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    Speaker: Clay Córdova - GROUP A / Kantaro Ohmori - GROUP B (University of Chicago / Simons Center for Geometry and Physics)
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
- 13:00 - 19:00 Wednesday, 2 September 2020
  
  Location: ZOOM
  - 13:00 Entanglement in quantum field theory - Lecture 3 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Horacio Casini (Centro Atomico Bariloche)
  - 14:15 Semi-classics, adiabatic continuity and resurgence in quantum theories - Lecture 3 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Mithat Ünsal (North Carolina State University)
  - 15:15 Break 1h45'
  - 17:00 Introduction to Generalized Global Symmetry and Anomalies - Lecture 3 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Clay Córdova (University of Chicago)
  - 18:15 TUTORIAL on Semi-classics, adiabatic continuity and resurgence in quantum theories 45'
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    Speaker: Aleksey Cherman (University of Minnesota)
Thursday, 3 September 2020
- 15:30 - 17:45 Thursday, 3 September 2020
  
  Location: ZOOM
  - 15:30 Fun in Two Space-Time Dimensions - Lecture 1 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Zohar Komargodski (Stony Brook & Weizman Institute)
  - 16:45 Fun in Two Space-Time Dimensions - Lecture 2 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Zohar Komargodski (Stony Brook & Weizman Institute)
Friday, 4 September 2020
- 13:00 - 20:00 Friday, 4 September 2020
  
  Location: ZOOM
  - 13:00 Entanglement in quantum field theory - Lecture 4 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Horacio Casini (Centro Atomico Bariloche)
  - 14:15 Semi-classics, adiabatic continuity and resurgence in quantum theories - Lecture 4 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Mithat Ünsal (North Carolina State University)
  - 15:15 Break 1h45'
  - 17:00 Introduction to Generalized Global Symmetry and Anomalies - Lecture 4 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Clay Córdova (University of Chicago)
  - 18:15 TUTORIAL on Entanglement in quantum field theory 45'
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    Speaker: Javier Magan (Centro Atomico Bariloche)
  - 19:15 TUTORIAL on Generalized Global Symmetry and Anomalies 45'
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Two Separete Rooms: Group A & Group B
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    Speaker: Clay Córdova - GROUP A / Kantaro Ohmori - GROUP B (University of Chicago / Simons Center for Geometry and Physics)