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TOPICS:

•	Physics of Black Holes
•	Gauge / Gravity Correspondence
•	Scattering Amplitudes in SYM and Supergravity
•	Physics Beyond the Standard Model
•	Holographic QCD
•	Holographic Condensed Matter

The Aim of the activity is to provide pedagogical treatment of these subjects in the form of a series of lectures by individual speakers.  The activity is intended for theoretical physicists or mathematicians with knowledge of quantum field theory, general relativity and string theory.


LECTURERS INCLUDE: 

J. de BOER (University of Amsterdam)
C.P. HERZOG (Princeton University)
S. KACHRU (Stanford University & SLAC)
J.M. MALDACENA (IAS Princeton)
J. POLCHINSKI (Santa Barbara KITP)
R. ROIBAN (Pennsylvania State University)
S. SUGIMOTO (Tokyo University, IPMU)
N. WEINER (New York University)

Material

Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics | (smr 2024)
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  • Monday, 23 March 2009
    • 08:30 - 10:00 REGISTRATION & ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 08:30 REGISTRATION & ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES 1h30'
    • 10:00 - 10:15 Opening Remarks by K.R. Sreenivasan (ICTP Director) & S. Randjbar-Daemi (ICTP Assistant Director)
      • 10:00 Opening Remarks by K.R. Sreenivasan (ICTP Director) & S. Randjbar-Daemi (ICTP Assistant Director) 15'
    • 10:15 - 11:15 Holography and strongly coupled model building - Lecture I
      • 10:15 Holography and strongly coupled model building - Lecture I 1h0'
        Speaker: S. Kachru (Stanford University, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Holographic Superconductors and Superfluids - Lecture I
      • 11:30 Holographic Superconductors and Superfluids - Lecture I 1h0'
        Speaker: C.P. Herzog (Princeton University, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Efficient calculation of scattering amplitudes in supersymmetric gauge and gravity theories - Lecture I
      • 14:30 Efficient calculation of scattering amplitudes in supersymmetric gauge and gravity theories - Lecture I 1h0'
        Speaker: R.S. Roiban (Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:45 - 16:45 Discussion Session
      • 15:45 Discussion Session 1h0'
  • Tuesday, 24 March 2009
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Holography and strongly coupled model building - Lecture II
      • 09:00 Holography and strongly coupled model building - Lecture II 1h0'
        Speaker: S. Kachru (Stanford University, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 11:15 Holographic Superconductors and Superfluids - Lecture II
      • 10:15 Holographic Superconductors and Superfluids - Lecture II 1h0'
        Speaker: C.P. Herzog (Princeton University, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Efficient calculation of scattering amplitudes in supersymmetric gauge and gravity theories - Lecture II
      • 11:30 Efficient calculation of scattering amplitudes in supersymmetric gauge and gravity theories - Lecture II 1h0'
        Speaker: R.S. Roiban (Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Holography and strongly coupled model building - Lecture III
      • 14:30 Holography and strongly coupled model building - Lecture III 1h0'
        Speaker: S. Kachru (Stanford University, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:45 - 16:45 Discussion Session
      • 15:45 Discussion Session 1h0'
    • 17:30 - 19:30 RECEPTION
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
      • 17:30 RECEPTION 2h0'
  • Wednesday, 25 March 2009
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Holography and strongly coupled model building - Lecture IV
      • 09:00 Holography and strongly coupled model building - Lecture IV 1h0'
        Speaker: S. Kachru (Stanford University, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 11:15 Efficient calculation of scattering amplitudes in supersymmetric gauge and gravity theories - Lecture III
      • 10:15 Efficient calculation of scattering amplitudes in supersymmetric gauge and gravity theories - Lecture III 1h0'
        Speaker: R.S. Roiban (Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Holographic Superconductors and Superfluids - Lecture III
      • 11:30 Holographic Superconductors and Superfluids - Lecture III 1h0'
        Speaker: C.P. Herzog (Princeton University, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Efficient calculation of scattering amplitudes in supersymmetric gauge and gravity theories - Lecture IV
      • 14:30 Efficient calculation of scattering amplitudes in supersymmetric gauge and gravity theories - Lecture IV 1h0'
        Speaker: R.S. Roiban (Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:45 - 16:45 Discussion Session
      • 15:45 Discussion Session 1h0'
  • Thursday, 26 March 2009
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Black Holes as Effective Geometries - Lecture I
      • 09:00 Black Holes as Effective Geometries - Lecture I 1h0'
        Speaker: J. de Boer (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 11:15 Holographic Superconductors and Superfluids - Lecture IV
      • 10:15 Holographic Superconductors and Superfluids - Lecture IV 1h0'
        Speaker: C.P. Herzog (Princeton University, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:30 - 12:30 AdS/CFT, Locality, and the Landscape - Lecture I
      • 11:30 AdS/CFT, Locality, and the Landscape - Lecture I 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Polchinski (University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 16:00 Dirac Medal Ceremony
    • 16:15 - 16:45 Discussion Session
      • 16:15 Discussion Session 30'
  • Friday, 27 March 2009
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Aspects of scattering amplitudes and colider physics in conformal field theories - Lecture I
      • 09:00 Aspects of scattering amplitudes and colider physics in conformal field theories - Lecture I 1h0'
        Speaker: J.M. Maldacena (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 11:15 AdS/CFT, Locality, and the Landscape - Lecture II
      • 10:15 AdS/CFT, Locality, and the Landscape - Lecture II 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Polchinski (University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.)
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Aspects of scattering amplitudes and colider physics in conformal field theories - Lecture II
      • 11:30 Aspects of scattering amplitudes and colider physics in conformal field theories - Lecture II 1h0'
        Speaker: J.M. Maldacena (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Theories and Signals of Dark Matter - Lecture I
      • 14:30 Theories and Signals of Dark Matter - Lecture I 1h0'
        Speaker: N. Weiner (New York University, U.S.A.)
    • 15:45 - 16:45 Theories and Signals of Dark Matter - Lecture II
      • 15:45 Theories and Signals of Dark Matter - Lecture II 1h0'
        Speaker: N. Weiner (New York University, U.S.A.)
  • Saturday, 28 March 2009
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Aspects of scattering amplitudes and colider physics in conformal field theories - Lecture III
      • 09:00 Aspects of scattering amplitudes and colider physics in conformal field theories - Lecture III 1h0'
        Speaker: J.M. Maldacena (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 11:15 AdS/CFT, Locality, and the Landscape - Lecture III
      • 10:15 AdS/CFT, Locality, and the Landscape - Lecture III 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Polchinski (University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Theories and Signals of Dark Matter - Lecture III
      • 11:30 Theories and Signals of Dark Matter - Lecture III 1h0'
        Speaker: N. Weiner (New York University, U.S.A.)
  • Monday, 30 March 2009
    • 09:00 - 10:00 String theory and QCD - Lecture I
      • 09:00 String theory and QCD - Lecture I 1h0'
        Speaker: S. Sugimoto (IPMU, Chiba, Japan)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 11:15 Black Holes as Effective Geometries - Lecture II
      • 10:15 Black Holes as Effective Geometries - Lecture II 1h0'
        Speaker: J. de Boer (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
    • 11:30 - 12:30 String theory and QCD - Lecture II
      • 11:30 String theory and QCD - Lecture II 1h0'
        Speaker: S. Sugimoto (IPMU, Chiba, Japan)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Black Holes as Effective Geometries - Lecture III
      • 14:30 Black Holes as Effective Geometries - Lecture III 1h0'
        Speaker: J. de Boer (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
    • 15:45 - 18:45 Discussion Session
      • 15:45 Discussion Session 3h0'
  • Tuesday, 31 March 2009
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Black Holes as Effective Geometries - Lecture IV
      • 09:00 Black Holes as Effective Geometries - Lecture IV 1h0'
        Speaker: J. de Boer (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
    • 10:15 - 11:15 String theory and QCD - Lecture III
      • 10:15 String theory and QCD - Lecture III 1h0'
        Speaker: S. Sugimoto (IPMU, Chiba, Japan)
    • 11:30 - 12:30 String theory and QCD - Lecture IV
      • 11:30 String theory and QCD - Lecture IV 1h0'
        Speaker: S. Sugimoto (IPMU, Chiba, Japan)
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