Scientific Calendar Event



Description
The purpose of this School is to introduce the listed topics in a pedagogical manner.  The lectures are aimed at graduate students and young researchers who wish to work on the field.  It is expected that the participants have a basic knowledge of quantum field theory, Yang-Mills theory, general relativity and some supersymmetry.


TOPICS:

•  Introduction to Super Yang-Mills theory and Super Conformal algebras
•  Supergravity theories and their D-brane solutions
•  AdS/CFT duality
•  non-AdS/non-CFT dualities
•  Applications to quark-gluon plasma
•  Holographic QCD


LECTURERS INCLUDE: 

M. Bertolini (SISSA)
G. Ferretti (Chalmers Univ. of Tech., Göteborg)
E. Gava (INFN)
H. Liu (MIT, Massachusetts Inst. of Tech.)
K.S. Narain (ICTP)
S. Randjbar-Daemi (ICTP)
J. Sonnenschein (Tel Aviv University)
Go to day
  • Monday, 19 May 2008
    • 08:30 - 09:30 REGISTRATION & ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 08:30 REGISTRATION & ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES 1h0'
    • 09:30 - 09:35 Opening remarks by Prof. S. Randjbar-Daemi, Assistant Director
      • 09:30 Opening remarks by Prof. S. Randjbar-Daemi, Assistant Director 5'
    • 09:35 - 10:45 Supersymmetry and Supergravity - Lecture 1
      • 09:35 Supersymmetry and Supergravity - Lecture 1 1h10'
        Speaker: S. Randjbar-Daemi (ICTP)
    • 11:00 - 12:15 Supersymmetry and Supergravity - Lecture 2
      • 11:00 Supersymmetry and Supergravity - Lecture 2 1h15'
        Speaker: S. Randjbar-Daemi (ICTP)
    • 12:15 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:15 Lunch break 2h15'
    • 14:30 - 15:45 Brane Solutions in Supergravity - Lecture 1
      • 14:30 Brane Solutions in Supergravity - Lecture 1 1h15'
        Speaker: E. Gava (INFN)
        Material: lecture notes
  • Tuesday, 20 May 2008
    • 09:30 - 10:45 Supersymmetry and Supergravity - Lecture 3
      • 09:30 Supersymmetry and Supergravity - Lecture 3 1h15'
        Speaker: S. Randjbar-Daemi (ICTP)
    • 11:00 - 12:15 Brane Solutions in Supergravity - Lecture 2
      • 11:00 Brane Solutions in Supergravity - Lecture 2 1h15'
        Speaker: E. Gava (INFN)
    • 12:15 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:15 Lunch break 2h15'
    • 14:30 - 15:45 Supersymmetry and Supergravity - Lecture 4
      • 14:30 Supersymmetry and Supergravity - Lecture 4 1h15'
        Speaker: S. Randjbar-Daemi (ICTP)
    • 16:00 - 17:00 DISCUSSION SESSION
      • 16:00 DISCUSSION SESSION 1h0'
    • 17:30 - 19:30 RECEPTION
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
      • 17:30 RECEPTION 2h0'
  • Wednesday, 21 May 2008
    • 09:30 - 10:45 Brane Solutions in Supergravity - Lecture 3
      • 09:30 Brane Solutions in Supergravity - Lecture 3 1h15'
        Speaker: E. Gava (INFN)
    • 11:00 - 12:15 D-Branes - Lecture 1
      • 11:00 D-Branes - Lecture 1 1h15'
        Speaker: K.S. Narain (ICTP)
    • 12:15 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:15 Lunch break 2h15'
    • 14:30 - 15:45 Introduction to AdS/CFT - Lecture 1
      • 14:30 Introduction to AdS/CFT - Lecture 1 1h15'
        Speaker: G. Ferretti (Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg)
        Material: lecture notes
  • Thursday, 22 May 2008
    • 09:30 - 10:45 D-Branes - Lecture 2
      • 09:30 D-Branes - Lecture 2 1h15'
        Speaker: K.S. Narain (ICTP)
    • 11:00 - 12:15 Introduction to AdS/CFT - Lecture 2
      • 11:00 Introduction to AdS/CFT - Lecture 2 1h15'
        Speaker: G. Ferretti (Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg)
    • 12:15 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:15 Lunch break 2h15'
    • 14:30 - 15:45 Introduction to AdS/CFT - Lecture 3
      • 14:30 Introduction to AdS/CFT - Lecture 3 1h15'
        Speaker: G. Ferretti (Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg)
    • 16:00 - 17:00 DISCUSSION SESSION
      • 16:00 DISCUSSION SESSION 1h0'
  • Friday, 23 May 2008
    • 09:30 - 10:45 Introduction to AdS/CFT - Lecture 4
      • 09:30 Introduction to AdS/CFT - Lecture 4 1h15'
        Speaker: G. Ferretti (Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg)
    • 11:00 - 12:15 Introduction to AdS/CFT - Lecture 5
      • 11:00 Introduction to AdS/CFT - Lecture 5 1h15'
        Speaker: G. Ferretti (Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg)
    • 12:15 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:15 Lunch break 2h15'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 DISCUSSION SESSION
      • 14:30 DISCUSSION SESSION 1h0'
  • Monday, 26 May 2008
    • 09:30 - 10:45 Holographic QCD - Lecture 1
      • 09:30 Holographic QCD - Lecture 1 1h15'
        Speaker: J. Sonnenschein (Tel Aviv University)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:00 - 12:15 Non-AdS/non-CFT correspondence - Lecture 1
      • 11:00 Non-AdS/non-CFT correspondence - Lecture 1 1h15'
        Speaker: M. Bertolini (SISSA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:15 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:15 Lunch break 2h15'
    • 14:30 - 15:45 Holographic QCD - Lecture 2
      • 14:30 Holographic QCD - Lecture 2 1h15'
        Speaker: J. Sonnenschein (Tel Aviv University)
    • 16:00 - 17:15 Holographic QCD - Lecture 3
      • 16:00 Holographic QCD - Lecture 3 1h15'
        Speaker: J. Sonnenschein (Tel Aviv University)
  • Tuesday, 27 May 2008
    • 09:30 - 10:45 Holographic QCD - Lecture 4
      • 09:30 Holographic QCD - Lecture 4 1h15'
        Speaker: J. Sonnenschein (Tel Aviv University)
    • 11:00 - 12:15 Non-AdS/non-CFT correspondence - Lecture 2
      • 11:00 Non-AdS/non-CFT correspondence - Lecture 2 1h15'
        Speaker: M. Bertolini (SISSA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:15 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:15 Lunch break 2h15'
    • 14:30 - 15:45 Holographic QCD - Lecture 5
      • 14:30 Holographic QCD - Lecture 5 1h15'
        Speaker: J. Sonnenschein (Tel Aviv University)
    • 16:00 - 17:00 DISCUSSION SESSION
      • 16:00 DISCUSSION SESSION 1h0'
  • Wednesday, 28 May 2008
    • 09:30 - 10:45 Non-AdS/non-CFT correspondence - Lecture 3
      • 09:30 Non-AdS/non-CFT correspondence - Lecture 3 1h15'
        Speaker: M. Bertolini (SISSA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:00 - 12:15 Introduction to N=1 SUSY
      • 11:00 Introduction to N=1 SUSY 1h15'
        Speaker: E. Gava (INFN)
    • 12:15 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:15 Lunch break 2h15'
    • 14:30 - 15:45 Non-AdS/non-CFT correspondence - Lecture 4
      • 14:30 Non-AdS/non-CFT correspondence - Lecture 4 1h15'
        Speaker: M. Bertolini (SISSA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 16:00 - 17:00 DISCUSSION SESSION
      • 16:00 DISCUSSION SESSION 1h0'
  • Thursday, 29 May 2008
    • 09:30 - 10:45 AdS/CFT and Quark-Gluon Plasmas - Lecture 1
      • 09:30 AdS/CFT and Quark-Gluon Plasmas - Lecture 1 1h15'
        Speaker: G. Policastro (Laboratoire de Physique theorique de l'ENS)
    • 11:00 - 12:15 Non-AdS/non-CFT correspondence - Lecture 5
      • 11:00 Non-AdS/non-CFT correspondence - Lecture 5 1h15'
        Speaker: M. Bertolini (SISSA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:15 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:15 Lunch break 2h15'
    • 14:30 - 15:45 AdS/CFT and Quark-Gluon Plasmas - Lecture 2
      • 14:30 AdS/CFT and Quark-Gluon Plasmas - Lecture 2 1h15'
        Speaker: G. Policastro (Laboratoire de Physique theorique de l'ENS)
    • 16:00 - 17:00 DISCUSSION SESSION
      • 16:00 DISCUSSION SESSION 1h0'
  • Friday, 30 May 2008
    • 09:30 - 10:45 AdS/CFT and Quark-Gluon Plasmas - Lecture 3
      • 09:30 AdS/CFT and Quark-Gluon Plasmas - Lecture 3 1h15'
        Speaker: G. Policastro (Laboratoire de Physique theorique de l'ENS)
    • 11:00 - 12:15 Non-AdS/non-CFT correspondence - Lecture 6
      • 11:00 Non-AdS/non-CFT correspondence - Lecture 6 1h15'
        Speaker: M. Bertolini (SISSA)