New Ideas in String Phenomenology (14-17 February 2017) · DESY-Konferenzverwaltung (Indico)

New Ideas in String Phenomenology

from Tuesday, 14 February 2017 (13:00) to Friday, 17 February 2017 (13:00)

Monday, 13 February 2017
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
14:30 What is the Magnetic Weak Gravity Conjecture for Axions? - Lukas Witkowski (APC Paris)
What is the Magnetic Weak Gravity Conjecture for Axions?
- Lukas Witkowski (APC Paris)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: SR 2, building 2A
15:00 Generalized Global Symmetries and Quantum Gravity - Miguel Montero (Instituto de Física Teórica UAM-CSIC)
Generalized Global Symmetries and Quantum Gravity
- Miguel Montero (Instituto de Física Teórica UAM-CSIC)
15:00 - 15:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A
15:30 The Weak Gravity Conjecture and the Axionic Black Hole Paradox - Arthur Hebecker (Heidelberg University)
The Weak Gravity Conjecture and the Axionic Black Hole Paradox
- Arthur Hebecker (Heidelberg University)
15:30 - 16:00
Room: SR 2, building 2A
16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A
16:30 Multifield inflation with ultra-light fields - Ana Achucarro
Multifield inflation with ultra-light fields
- Ana Achucarro
16:30 - 17:00
Room: SR 2, building 2A
17:00 Some Lessons from Many-Field Inflation - David Marsh (Cambridge)
Some Lessons from Many-Field Inflation
- David Marsh (Cambridge)
17:00 - 17:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A
18:00 Reception
Reception
18:00 - 20:00
Room: Bistro
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
10:00 Searching for Axion-Like Particles and Dark Matter with Active Galactic Nuclei - Conlon Joseph (Oxford Univeristy)
Searching for Axion-Like Particles and Dark Matter with Active Galactic Nuclei
- Conlon Joseph (Oxford Univeristy)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A
10:30 Constrained Superfields from Anti-D3-Branes - Timm Wrase (TU Vienna)
Constrained Superfields from Anti-D3-Branes
- Timm Wrase (TU Vienna)
10:30 - 11:00
Room: SR 2, building 2A
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A
11:30 Effective Field Theory for Magnetic Compactifications - Emilian Dudas (Ecole Polytechnique)
Effective Field Theory for Magnetic Compactifications
- Emilian Dudas (Ecole Polytechnique)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: SR 2, building 2A
12:00 Matter Field Kahler Potentials from Localization - Andre Lukas (University of Oxford)
Matter Field Kahler Potentials from Localization
- Andre Lukas (University of Oxford)
12:00 - 12:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:30
Room: Canteen
14:30 Stringy Origin of Discrete R-Symmetries - Hans Peter Nilles (Univ. Bonn)
Stringy Origin of Discrete R-Symmetries
- Hans Peter Nilles (Univ. Bonn)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: SR 2, building 2A
15:00 Where in F-theory is the Supersymmetric Standard Model? - Washington Taylor (MIT)
Where in F-theory is the Supersymmetric Standard Model?
- Washington Taylor (MIT)
15:00 - 15:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A
15:30 On the power of F-theory - Thomas Grimm (Utrecht University & Max Planck Institute for Physics)
On the power of F-theory
- Thomas Grimm (Utrecht University & Max Planck Institute for Physics)
15:30 - 16:00
Room: SR 2, building 2A
16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A
16:30 Revisiting Kronecker's Jugendtraum - Taizan Watari (Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo)
Revisiting Kronecker's Jugendtraum
- Taizan Watari (Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo)
16:30 - 17:00
Room: SR 2, building 2A
17:00 Who’s afraid of terminal singularities? - Timo Weigand (Universität Heidelberg)
Who’s afraid of terminal singularities?
- Timo Weigand (Universität Heidelberg)
17:00 - 17:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A
19:30 Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
19:30 - 21:30
Room: Fischerhaus
Thursday, 16 February 2017
10:00 Flux flattening and axion monodromy - Fernando Marchesano (IFT-UAM/CSIC)
Flux flattening and axion monodromy
- Fernando Marchesano (IFT-UAM/CSIC)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A
10:30 One-Loop Pfaffians and Large-Field Inflation - Fabian Ruehle (University of Oxford)
One-Loop Pfaffians and Large-Field Inflation
- Fabian Ruehle (University of Oxford)
10:30 - 11:00
Room: SR 2, building 2A
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A
11:30 String Moduli Stabilization and Large Field Inflation II - Ralph Blumenhagen (Max-Planck-Insititut fuer Physik)
String Moduli Stabilization and Large Field Inflation II
- Ralph Blumenhagen (Max-Planck-Insititut fuer Physik)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: SR 2, building 2A
12:00 Cosmological singularities in holography - Marjorie Schillo (KU Leuven)
Cosmological singularities in holography
- Marjorie Schillo (KU Leuven)
12:00 - 12:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:30
Room: Canteen
14:30 Asymptotic Symmetries in de Sitter and Inflationary Spacetimes - Martin S. Sloth (CP3-Origins, SDU)
Asymptotic Symmetries in de Sitter and Inflationary Spacetimes
- Martin S. Sloth (CP3-Origins, SDU)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: SR 2, building 2A
15:00 Fibre Inflation: Global embedding and reheating - Michele Cicoli (Bologna University)
Fibre Inflation: Global embedding and reheating
- Michele Cicoli (Bologna University)
15:00 - 15:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A
15:30 The Conformal Limit of Inflation - Enrico Pajer (Utrecht University)
The Conformal Limit of Inflation
- Enrico Pajer (Utrecht University)
15:30 - 16:00
Room: SR 2, building 2A
16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A
16:30 On the nonlinear supergravity from anti-D3 branes - Susha Parameswaran (Leibniz Universität Hannover)
On the nonlinear supergravity from anti-D3 branes
- Susha Parameswaran (Leibniz Universität Hannover)
16:30 - 17:00
Room: SR 2, building 2A
17:00 Can Unstable Anti-Branes Serve as a Mechanism for Unwinding Inflation? - Thomas Van Riet (KULeuven)
Can Unstable Anti-Branes Serve as a Mechanism for Unwinding Inflation?
- Thomas Van Riet (KULeuven)
17:00 - 17:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A
Friday, 17 February 2017
10:00 Galileon Symmetries - Diederik Roest (University of Groningen)
Galileon Symmetries
- Diederik Roest (University of Groningen)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A
10:30 Backreaction Issues in Axion Monodromy and Minkowski 4-forms - Irene Valenzuela (IFT UAM/CSIC)
Backreaction Issues in Axion Monodromy and Minkowski 4-forms
- Irene Valenzuela (IFT UAM/CSIC)
10:30 - 11:00
Room: SR 2, building 2A
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A
11:30 Monodromy Dark Matter - Viraf Mehta (University of Heidelberg)
Monodromy Dark Matter
- Viraf Mehta (University of Heidelberg)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: SR 2, building 2A
12:00 On Realistic Global Orientifolded Quivers - Fernando Quevedo (ICTP)
On Realistic Global Orientifolded Quivers
- Fernando Quevedo (ICTP)
12:00 - 12:30
Room: SR 2, building 2A