Conferences and Meetings on High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields

The Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics

The origin of dark matter (DM) is among the most urgent questions in fundamental physics, as astronomical observations do not inform us directly about its particle nature. The proposed workshop will bring together theorists and experimentalists to explore new theoretical avenues and detection strategies. During the workshop we will focus on well-motivated and long-standing theories of DM, such as WIMPs and axions, and we will assess the status of fast-moving current searches. We will identify new DM theories, with particular emphasis on those giving distinct predictions from WIMPs. There will also be extensive discussions about new ideas for discovering DM through direct detection, indirect detection, collider production, and cosmological observations. Finally, we will explore dark-sector extensions of the standard model, which can yield distinctive cosmological and astrophysical signals, as well as exotic events at colliders.

Week 1: New theories and the dark matter mass landscape, Week 2: Direct searches, Week 3: Indirect and astrophysical probes, Week 4: Searches at accelerators, Week 5: One week conference covering the themes of the workshop, Week 6: Axions and ALPs, Week 7: Primordial black holes dark matter and gravitational waves

Phone: [+302107723034];     Email: CorfuSI@gmail.com

Standard Model precision tests and tools, QCD and Electroweak physics, Higgs physics, Flavour Physics, Neutrino Physics, Beyond the Standard Model, SUSY, Supersymmetry, Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology, Dark matter, Dark energy, Gravitational Waves, Heavy Ions, Quark Gluon Plasma, ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, LHCb, CLIC, ILC, FCC, LHC upgrade, Extended field theory, non-geometric string backgrounds, exotic branes, Non-commutative and non-associative structures, string theory, M theory, T-duality, U-duality, Integrability, Deconfinement, chiral symmetry restoration, Critical point of strongly interacting matter, Strongly interacting matter in the crossover regime, Hadronization, Lattice QCD, SIS, SPS, RHIC, LHC, QCD matter, Finite Temperature QCD, Finite Density QCD

Mathematical Physics,    Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Light Cone 2019 is the latest in the series of conferences that, beginning in 1991, have played an important role in promoting research towards a rigorous description of hadrons and nuclei based on quantisation methods in the front form.

Hadronic structure, Small-x physics and heav ions, QCD at finite temperature, Few- and many-body physics, Chiral symmetry, Quarkonia

The purpose of the meeting is to bring together experts and young researchers in the areas of nuclear, particle and astro-physics as well as cosmology and the pertinent interrelations among these fields. The aim is to discuss the current status of the field and to explore future directions, both in experiment and theory. With the recent observation of gravitational-wave signals of black-hole and neutron-star mergers - for the latter in coincidence with electromagnetic signals -, the meeting is particularly timely. The aim is to cover a broad range of topics to elucidate synergies and identify areas of future progress. This should be especially beneficial to the younger participants of the meeting.

Binary Star Mergers - the observations of gravitational waves, Binary Star Mergers – simulations, Binary Star Mergers – nucleosynthesis, Direct and indirect Dark Matter Searches, Axions - Dark Matter?, Dark Matter Searches at the LHC, Neutrino Mass from Tritium Decay, Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (Majorana versus Dirac Neutrino), Neutrino Mass from electron Capture, Elastic Neutrino scattering – COHERENT, The Reactor Neutrino Spectrum Anomaly, Search for the Cosmic Neutrino Background, Neutrinos and Cosmology

Courses and Events for Physics Students,    Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

The Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics

The origin of dark matter (DM) is among the most urgent questions in fundamental physics, as astronomical observations do not inform us directly about its particle nature. This conference will bring together theorists and experimentalists to explore new theoretical avenues and detection strategies. We will focus on well-motivated and long-standing theories of DM, such as WIMPs and axions, and we will assess the status of fast-moving current searches. We will identify new DM theories, with particular emphasis on those giving distinct predictions from WIMPs. There will also be extensive discussions about new ideas for discovering DM through direct detection, indirect detection, collider production, and cosmological observations. Finally, we will explore dark-sector extensions of the standard model, which can yield distinctive cosmological and astrophysical signals, as well as exotic events at colliders.

The bi-annual 12th International Workshop COOL'19 will be held on September 23 - 27, 2019, and co-hosted by the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS and Novosibirsk State University. The workshop will be focused on the various aspects of the cooling methods and technics of charged particles.

Along with the direct searches of new particles at the LHC, low-energy phenomenology offers many complementary ways to search for physics beyond the Standard Model. The low-energy searches, however, are often hindered by the insufficiently precise knowledge of hadronic contributions. The last decade has witnessed tremendous progress towards ab-initio and model-independent determinations of these contributions. The purpose of this meeting is to cross-examine the empirical and theoretical progress in this field and the implications in beyond-the-SM physics.

Email: hc2np2019@iac.es

Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics

The Conference is dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the outstanding theoretician in the physical sciences and mathematician M.M. Bogolyubov (1909-1992)

Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw

This conference is devoted to relations between quantum field theory and string theory one hand, and mathematical knot theory and random matrix models on the other hand. Surprising connections between these areas of research have been found in last years. In the conference we will summarize important recent developments in this context and try to set the goals for the future research. Topics considered in the conference include: supersymmetric gauge theories, BPS states, topological string theory, integrability, homological knot invariants, matrix models, topological recursion.

Institute for Theoretical Physics UAM – CSIC

The Swampland program gives general constraints on effective theories to be compatible with quantum gravity, which defines the Landscape of consistent theories, and is quickly gaining command of the fundamental understanding of open questions in particle physics and cosmology, ranging from the hierarchy of fundamental scales in nature, to the origin and final fate of the universe. Current research surfs over several powerful conjectures, whose riptide deposits valuable implications on the structure of effective theories, their spectrum of particles, their moduli spaces and potentials. Time is ripe to navigate the swampland, collecting these results and conjectures, and weaving them up to unveil fundamental structures in quantum gravitational theories. This workshop plans to gather the leading experts in the field to review our knowledge on the Swampland extension, the underlying related fundamental questions within quantum gravity and string theory as well as possible constraints for particle physics and cosmology.

Conference in memory of Thomas Friedrich (1949-2018). Invited speakers include Ulrich Bunke (Regensburg), Marisa Fernandez (Bilbao), Anna Fino (Torino), Joachim Hilgert (Paderborn), Stefan Ivanov (Sofia), Andrei Moroianu (Paris), Werner Mueller (Bonn), Paul-Emile Paradan (Montpellier), Simon Salamon (London), and Jan Slovak (Brno).

Email: simongc@id.uff.br

Geometry and Topology,    Analysis

Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques (CIRM)

The mathematical problem we plan to tackle takes its source in questions concerning graphene and the estimate of energy gaps. The model we study is a two dimensional massless Dirac operator on a regular bounded domain. We are interested in estimating the asymptotic of the gap at zero. More precisely, we want to derive the asymptotics for large magnetic field of the first negative eigenvalue and the first positive eigenvalue.

RESEARCH IN PAIRS

The Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics

Ever since the Standard Model was established, there have been speculations about physics “beyond the Standard Model” (BSM), giving rise to a steady flow of models of “new physics” and letting the borders between high energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology become increasingly permeable. So far, though, experiments failed to provide evidence for new physics, generating increasing talk of a “crisis” of these research programs, calling into question their premises, such as the principle of naturalness, or even questioning their scientific methodology. The workshop aims at approaching the present situation from a historical-critical perspective, contextualizing and questioning the developments of earlier decades, both to understand better their past and present scope, and to provide new material for reflections on contemporary physical research.

1. Supersymmetry and supergravity: motivations and developments, 2. Formal analogies in/between particle physics, condensed matter physics, and cosmology, 3. Computer simulation in theoretical high energy physics and in cosmology, 4. The interplay of experimental results and BSM model-building

FHEP 2019 aims to review and discuss recent progress in particle physics and cosmology bringing together researcher to report and discuss the latest scenario in the field and what might show up in the next few years. Topics include new physics from colliders, gravitational waves, dark matter, non-accelerator probes of new physics, neutrinos, flavor physics and new results in cosmology.

FHEP 2019-Chair;     Email: fhep2019@gmail.com

BSM Physics, Dark matter, Neutrinos, Flavor Physics, Cosmology

The symposium aims at bringing together experts on the topics of variational and nonperturbative methods in quantum field theory, topological and conformal field theory, and quantum entanglement in QFT. Those topics have recently experienced a revival of interest due to advances made in the field of quantum computing and quantum entanglement theory. Area laws and entanglement Hamiltonians have opened up a new window into the structure of quantum correlations in strongly correlated systems, and led to a revisit of the variational principle for quantum field theories in the form of quantum tensor networks. Dualities, as symbolized in the picture of Magritte above, and nonlocal symmetries are proving to be manifestations of emerging order in the entanglement structure, and tensor networks provide representations for the underlying tensor fusion categories. The main purpose of this conference is to bring together the different communities that have been working on the many theoretical aspects of this program.

This meeting is the 7th thematic workshop on Baryon and Lepton Number Violation that takes place every two years. This edition will take place at the Institute of Theoretical Physics IFT in Madrid, on 27-30 May 2019.

Email: PXF112@CASE.EDU

The Conference on Quantum gases, fundamental interactions and cosmology- Second Edition (QFC 2019) will be held in Pisa from 23 to 26 October 2019. Aim of the conference is to bring together scientists in both experimental and theoretical physics from the fields of ultracold quantum gases, fundamental interactions, and cosmology, with the aim of sharing and brainstorming on challenging open common problems, which can be zoomed in and out via a cross-disciplinary approach.

After QFC 2017, the Conference will be in its each second edition of a series of appointments to be held each second year.

The mutual frontiers among these three apparently separated disciplines have been recently blossoming with new innovative, cutting edge research. To the well-established connections between cosmology and high-energy physics, current bright examples are the research activities in analogue gravity and superfluid analogies of cosmological phenomena, and of quantum simulations of lattice gauge theories using ultracold atoms in optical lattices. We intend to use this momentum and opportunities to establish strong collaborations among participants and leading groups to open new pathways leading to breakthrough results, in this spirit, the keynote speakers of the first edition, QFC2017, have been invited and have joined the Scientific Advisory Board.

Email: maria.luisa.chiofalo@unipi.it

Quantum fluids, fundamental physics, analogue gravity, cosmology

Multidisciplinary Events in Physics,    Quantum materials, Low Temperature Physics

Mathematical Physics,    Courses and Events for Math Students and Early Career Researchers

Following the last eleven successful workshops/conferences in Malaysia (2008), Singapore (2009), China (2010), Iran (2011), Thailand (2012), Singapore (2013), Nepal (2014), Iran (2015), Malaysia (2016), Thailand (2017), China (2018), University of Lucknow, India is proud to host, in collaboration with AAAPT, the 12th International Conference on Plasma Science and Applications (ICPSA 2019) from 11th to 14th November, 2019.

The conference will be held at Lucknow which is about 500 km from the national capital, New Delhi. Lucknow has always been known as a multicultural city that flourished as a North Indian cultural and artistic hub, and the seat of power of Nawabs in the 18th and 19thcenturies. It continues to be an important centre of governance, administration, education, commerce, aerospace, finance, pharmaceuticals, technology, design, culture, tourism, music and poetry.

ICPSA 2019 is a continuation of the annual meetings organized by AAAPT (Asian African Association for Plasma Training) and hosted by one of its member institutes and welcomes plasma scientists from around the globe. It is an excellent platform for early career researchers to present their work and share their ideas with world’s renowned plasma scientists.

ICPSA is broad in scope and includes topics such as: fundamentals and basic plasma physics, laser plasma, exotic plasma (including dusty plasma), quantum plasma, computer modelling of plasma, applied plasma, nuclear fusion and technology, space and astrophysical plasma, bio-plasma and cross-disciplinary studies.

Numerous Plenary and invited talks by more globally renowned Plasma scientists will be featured during the conference followed by interactive sessions to bolster the confidence of young scientists and researchers through scientific discussions and expert opinion on their research.

The scientific program includes invited papers (plenary and review) as well as oral and poster presentations of contributed papers.

Phone: [+918081356129];     Email: icpsa2019@gmail.com

Fundamental and basic plasma physics, Laser plasma, Exotic plasma (including dusty plasma), Quantum plasma, Computer modelling of plasma, Plasma Applications, Nuclear fusion and technology, Plasma Focusing, Space & Astrophysical Plasma, Bio-Plasma, Cross Disciplinary

Plasma and Gas-discharge Physics, Nuclear Fusion,    Particle Accelerators

REF 2019 is the 6th workshop in the series of workshops on Resummation, Evolution, Factorization. It aims to bring together experts who deal with high-energy hadronic processes where the transverse momentum of the involved partons plays a relevant role. This includes researchers of different communities specialized in, e.g., nucleon structure, transverse-momentum-dependent functions, small-x physics, jet physics, heavy-quark production, multi-parton interactions, etc. Factorization theorems and resummation of large logarithms through evolution equations are key concepts for all these communities, which address overlapping physical phenomena with however different languages, calling for mutual understanding. Indeed, the REF series of workshops aims at bridging the gap among them, to promote development and potential synergies, in view of the wealth of data taken at facilities like the LHC, RHIC or JLab, and future planned ones like the EIC.

Email: mgechevarria@pv.infn.it

The school offers a broad training program including: - the theoretical aspects of the acceleration and propagation of non-thermal particles, - direct and indirect measurements of cosmic rays, - the role of cosmic rays in astrophysics and its place in multi-messenger astronomy and the understanding of dark matter, - two practical sessions on propagation models and their comparison to direct measurements, and data analysis with the future Cherenkov Telescope Array.

The school is aimed primarily at students and young researchers wishing to build or perfect their knowledge of cosmic rays. Financial support is available for PhD students and CNRS staff can benefit from a support for the stay.

Phone: [+33 4 91269519];     Email: triay@cpt.univ-mrs.fr

Physics of acceleration and transport — Direct measures — Indirect measures — Cosmic rays and interstellar medium — Cosmic rays and dark matter

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology,    Courses and Events for Physics Students

The Workshop in High Energy Physics Phenomenology (WHEPP) is a series of international workshops on Particle Physics, with the main focus being on particle physics phenomenology and its relation to both formal theory and experiment. They are held in every alternate years and constitute the most important international event in particle physics phenomenology which is held regularly in India. The activities of this workshop cover almost entire area of particle physics dividing into various working groups according to topics. The upcoming edition will be held in IIT Guwahati.

Email: whepp16@gmail.com

The 2019 TeV Particle Astrophysics conference (TeVPA 2019) will be hosted by the University of Sydney from December 2 to December 6, 2019, at the Sydney Nanoscience Hub, located on the University's Camperdown Campus. TeVPA 2019 aims to bring together leading scientists in the field to discuss the latest results and ideas, and prospects for progress in Astroparticle Physics. The conference will feature invited plenary talks covering the topics of recent interest. A number of parallel and poster sessions will provide an opportunity for junior scientists to present their work.

Email: tevpa.conference@sydney.edu.au

cosmic rays, cosmology, dark matter, extragalactic sources, galactic sources, gravitational waves and followup, neutrinos, particle physics.

Institute of Physics – IOP

The workshop brings together the nuclear and particle physics communities to discuss the latest developments (experimental and theoretical) in exotic and conventional hadron spectroscopy. It is the third in a series of workshops on this topic, following previous events at the University of Edinburgh.

The Annual Theory Christmas Meeting will again be held in Durham, 16-18th December, hosted by the Centre for Particle Theory and organized by the IPPP. Following tradition, we use the format of three days of talks from world-class speakers reviewing the latest developments in the key areas of our subject. The Annual Theory Meeting is followed by the STFC Particle Theory Town Meeting on 18th December, 2019.

The Mathematics Research Unit, The University of Luxembourg

The conference will bring researchers across both the fields of mathematics and physics together in order to discuss recently developed topics, on-going work and speculative new ideas within supergeometry and its applications in physics. This event offers a unique opportunity to unite physicists and mathematicians who share a common interest in supermathematics. There will be enough time available for discussions between the participants and there will be a poster session.

Email: andrew.bruce@uni.lu

Supermanifolds and their generalizations (e.g., superschemes, color supermanifolds, noncommutative supergeometry...), Super Lie groups and Lie superalgebras, Supergeometric methods in physics, Geometric aspects of supersymmetric field theories, superstrings, and supergravity, Mathematical aspects of the BV-BRST formalism.

Geometry and Topology,    Mathematical Physics

Institute of Physics – IOP

Prof Martin Hendry Professor of Gravitational Astrophysics and Cosmology will be speaking about detecting Gravitational Waves.

18 Dec 2019 17:00 to 20:00

Non-vanishing neutrino masses and the existence of non-baryonic Dark Matter (DM) represent the only two firm observational evidences of new physics beyond the Standard Model (SM). Proposed neutrino species can also in principle constitute the bulk of the dark matter. They may moreover leave different signatures on astrophysical scales than the hitherto standard WIMP-based cold dark matter. As the parameter space for the latter is increasingly constrained experimentally, such alternates become more relevant, along with others such as the lately topical ultra-light axions.

The NDM-2020 aims to be a forum for the discussion and exchange of ideas regarding the particle phenomenology, astrophysical signatures and experimental constraints related to those two fundamental and actively studied issues in particle and astroparticle physics, namely neutrinos and dark matter, and their possible connections.

The Center for Fundamental Physics (CFP), Zewail City of Science and Technology. cfp@zewailcity.edu.eg

Neutrinos masses and mixing, Neutrinos and cosmology, Heavy neutrinos, Sterile neutrinos, Neutrino oscillation experiments, Neutrinoless double beta decay experiments, New ideas on lepton number conservation, WIMP phenomenology, Light DM, Direct detection of DM, Indirect detection of DM and DM searches at the LHC.

Long-standing conference bringing together researchers and students from various fields of subatomic physics. The conference location is Bormio, a beautiful mountain resort in the Italian Alps.

This conference will bring together experts in cosmology, particle physics, and fundamental theory to address how and when the universe thermalizes following inflation, and the associated particle physics and dark matter phenomenology. Important topics that will be covered include hidden sector model building in the LHC era, thermalization of the universe following inflation, possibilities of post-inflation cosmic history prior to nucleosynthesis, and associated experimental signatures. The conference aims to attract researchers in different areas to develop new directions in model building and establish new experimental paths for probing early universe cosmology and dark matter phenomenology.

Mathematical Physics,    Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

The workshop will concern the latest developments in the mathematical study of quantum field theories. The focus will be on the interplay among topics such as higher category theory, as illustrated by the cobordism hypothesis, conformal field theory, tensor categories describing the quantum symmetries, and the relation to topological phases of matter.

This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, brings together expert mathematicians and physicists to define and collaborate on the forefront problems in string theory and quantum field theory for which resurgence holds promise for significant breakthroughs.

Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory,    Nuclear Physics

International Conference on Precision Physics of Simple Atomic Systems

Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory,    Nuclear Physics

Institute of Physics of Jagiellonian University, Forschungszentrum Jülich, INFN-LNF Frascati and Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS Cracow

MESON is a conference series with over 25 years of history. The Institute of Physics of Jagiellonian University, Forschungszentrum Jülich, INFN-LNF Frascati and Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS Cracow are organizing a biennial workshop to establish closer contacts between experimentalists and theorists involved in the studies of meson production, properties and interaction. The workshop will cover lectures on both experimental and theoretical aspects, in particular the presentation of new results.

Phone: [+48 12 664 4538];     Email: meson@if.uj.edu.pl

hadronic and electromagnetic meson production, meson interaction with mesons, baryons, ground state nuclei as well as hot and dense nuclear matter, structure of hadrons, precision measurements as tests of fundamental symmetries, exotic systems in QCD, novel approaches in theory and experiment

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

The scientific program will be devoted to the latest experimental and theoretical research and developments in nuclear reactions with exotic nuclei.

Spectroscopy of exotic nuclei, such as drip-line and unbound nuclei- Shell structure and its evolution- Bulk properties and collective excitations - Nuclear astrophysics- Nuclear force- Advances in direct reaction theory- New instrumentation for direct reaction studies

The Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics

Many remarkable properties of gauge theories rely on the topology of field configurations and/or ambient spacetime and are connected with quantum anomalies and nonperturbative excitations. These properties, often exact, have many implications in the physics of fundamental interactions, condensed matter systems and statistical mechanics models. They also account for a large part of the investigations in string theory, and combined with supersymmetry have led to exact solutions of low-energy theories and the discovery of duality relations between supersymmetric gauge theories. Meanwhile, a renewed interest in topological aspects has emerged from condensed matter physics, through the study of topological phases of quantum matter. The effective field theories for these systems are not of the usual Landau-Ginzburg-Higgs type, rather, they are described by topological gauge theories. The goal of this GGI activity is to bring together theoreticians of different backgrounds, in condensed matter, high energy and mathematical physics, with the belief that interdisciplinary approaches can lead to substantial progress in many directions.

Anomalies of quantum field theories * Generalized symmetries * Topological aspects of quantum states in condensed matter * (Supersymmetric) dualities in (2+1)-dimensions * Time-reversal symmetry and 4d theta-terms

Geometry and Topology,    Condensed Matter Physics and Materials

The Particle and Nuclei International Conference is a series of triennial conferences which bring together the Particle and Nuclear Physics communities. PANIC consists of plenary talks and a number of parallel sessions. The scientific program addresses a broad range of topics at the interface between particle, nuclear and astrophysics.

Helena Santos;     Phone: [+351-210493628];     Email: helena@lip.pt

Hot and dense matter physics (QGP and heavy ion collisions), Hadron spectroscopy and exotics, Neutrino physics, Dark matter and cosmology, Nuclear and particle astrophysics, Standard model physics at the TeV scale, Energy frontier physics beyond the standard model, Flavor physics - CKM and beyond, Tests of symmetries and conservation laws, Hadrons in medium - hyperons and mesons in nuclear matter, Development of accelerators and detectors, Applications of nuclear particle physics technology.

The event is the ninth in a series of meetings gathering scientists working on astroparticle physics, cosmology, gravitation, nuclear physics, and related fields. As in previous years, the IWARA2020 meeting sessions will consist of invited and contributed talks, poster sessions.

Phone: [+52 1 55 2736 3988];     Email: hess@nucleares.unam.mx

IWARA2020 will cover recent developments in the following topics: New phenomena and new states of matter in the Universe, General relativity, gravitation, cosmology, New directions for general relativity: past, present and future of general relativity, FRW cosmologies, Cosmic microwave background radiation, First stars, hypernovae, and faint supernovae in the early Universe, Quantum gravity and quantum cosmology, Gravity and the unification of fundamental interactions, Supersymmetry and Inflation, String theory, White dwarfs, neutron stars and pulsars, Black hole physics and astrophysics, Gamma-ray emission in the Universe, High energy cosmic rays, Gravitational waves, Dark energy and dark matter, Strange matter and strange stars, Antimatter in the Universe, High-energy cosmic neutrinos, Blazars, Quantum chromodynamics, nuclear and particle physics and new states of matter in the Universe, Heavy ion collisions and the formation of the quark-gluon plasma in heavy ion collisions and in the first instants of the Universe, Strong magnetic fields in the Universe, strong magnetic fields in compact stars and in galaxies, ultra-strong magnetic fields in neutron star mergers, quark stars and magnetars, strong magnetic fields and the cosmic microwave background, Laboratories, observatories, telescopes and other experimental and observational facilities that will define the future directions of astrophysics, astronomy, cosmology, nuclear and astroparticle physics as well as the future of physics at the energy frontiers, and topics related to these.

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology,    Nuclear Physics

The Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics

Topological properties of gauge theories find application in the characterization of novel phases of matter and in establishing nonperturbative phenomena such as the duality relations between quantum field theories in three and four spacetime dimensions. This conference is meant to expose the current status of research in several domains dealing with topology and duality

Anomalies of quantum field theories * Generalized symmetries * Topological aspects of quantum states in condensed matter * (Supersymmetric) dualities in (2+1)-dimensions * Time-reversal symmetry and 4d theta-terms

Geometry and Topology,    Mathematical Physics

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

The Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics

Anomalies of quantum field theories * Generalized symmetries * Topological aspects of quantum states in condensed matter * (Supersymmetric) dualities in (2+1)-dimensions * Time-reversal symmetry and 4d theta-terms

Geometry and Topology,    Mathematical Physics

The Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics

Anomalies of quantum field theories * Generalized symmetries * (Supersymmetric) dualities in (2+1)-dimensions * Time-reversal symmetry and 4d theta-terms

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

In the last decade a number of experimental and theoretical discoveries have caused a notable revival of interest in systems with large local Hilbert spaces which realize a variety of intriguing and largely unexplored phenomena such as non-Fermi-liquid behavior, exotic quantum criticality, orbitally selective Mott physics, multipolar/hidden orders and more. While many models have been proposed for each of these phenomena, a single framework to understand the systems with multiple degrees of freedom and, consequently, richer order parameters and richer quasiparticles, is missing.

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

Modularity is at the heart of many deep results in mathematics--from the proof of Fermat’s last theorem to moonshine to the Langlands correspondence. At the same time, modular group representations and automorphic forms underlie many interesting physical phenomena in quantum field theory and string theory, including understanding of dualities, boundary conditions, and supersymmetric black holes, among other things. This conference will bring together physicists and mathematicians to discuss emerging connections between a web of fundamental objects in physics and mathematics, united in the crucial role played by modularity.

new moonshines and mock modular forms; vertex operator algebras arising in supersymmetric gauge theories; topological invariants of 3- and 4-manifolds; topological QFTs and topological phases in condensed matter physics; topological string theory, Donaldson-Thomas theory, and enumerative geometry; scattering amplitudes in string theory; 2d conformal field theories, the modular bootstrap, and connections to 3d quantum gravity

Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory,    Mathematical Physics

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s facility for probing fundamental physics at the electroweak scale and well beyond. As it enters a new phase of extended data accumulation, two broad challenges emerge: how to fulfill the potential for percent-level precision with the large dataset, and how to maximise the information that can be extracted from each event about the underlying scattering process, in particular with machine learning. Solving these problems will have an impact across a wide range of physics topics: establishing the properties of the newly discovered interactions of the Higgs sector and understanding electroweak symmetry breaking, enhancing the sensitivity of searches for physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM), and precision measurements of a range of fundamental parameters in the Standard Model.