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Video of the Special Invisibles Event "Call for action on diversity and inclusion in academia"

Several members of the "Invisibles'' community have actively joined the worldwide actions followed by thousands of scientists to join the strike for  Blacklives (#Strike4BlackLives, #ShutDownSTEM and  #ShutDownAcademia). Universities, scientific organizations, and scientific journals have participated in this unprecedented global movement.

Video of the Outreach talk by Álvaro de Rújula: The Higgs Boson and the Coronavirus

Álvaro de Rújula gave the following outreach talk at the webinar series organized by IFC: "The Higgs Boson and the Coronavirus (Basic Science after the Pandemic)".

Pilar Coloma returns to the IFT as a Ramón y Cajal fellow

Pilar Coloma returns to the IFT as a Ramón y Cajal fellow, starting May 2020. She got her MSc and PhD from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 2011. After that, she spent 5 years as a postdoctoral fellow in the US, first in Virginia Tech and then at Fermilab, where she got a tenure-track position in 2016.

In memory of the victims of COVID-19

We at the Institute for Theoretical Physics IFT UAM-CSIC would like to express our sympathy and condolences to the families and friends of the victims of COVID-19, due to this sad pandemic. Besides, we recognize the strong efforts of those who fought and are still fighting the virus at each stage.

Outreach talk by Álvaro de Rújula: The Higgs Boson and the Coronavirus

Álvaro de Rújula will give the following outreach talk at the webinar series organized by IFC: "The Higgs Boson and the Coronavirus (Basic Science after the Pandemic)".
Date and time: Thursday 4th June, at 16h
Duration: 45 minutes (35 min + 10 min Q&A)
Language: English

David G. Cerdeño, new Beatriz Galindo Senior Fellow at UAM and IFT

David G. Cerdeño, a former member of IFT until October 2014, retakes from May 2020 his position at UAM and IFT as Beatriz Galindo Senior Fellow, after 6 years away working for IPPP Durham in UK. His research focuses on astroparticle physics and cosmology, addressing the nature of dark matter and ways to detect and identify it.

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September 15, 2025 to September 19, 2025
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September 16, 2025
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This thesis aims to explore various corners of the string theory moduli spaces using symmetries as a guiding principle to uncover properties of the corresponding theories a
September 16, 2025
12:00pm to 1:45pm
This thesis investigates the intricate relationship between topology, gravity, and quantum field theory within String Theory, centering on the Cobordism Conjecture, which asserts that any consisten
September 16, 2025 to September 19, 2025
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Light Dark World 2025 (LDW'25) is the tenth meeting of the annual Light Dark World International Forum, which will take place between September 16 and September 19, 2025
September 17, 2025
10:00am to 11:45am
In this thesis, we explore two departures from the single field, slow-roll paradigm of inflation. The first part is dedicated to warm inflation.
September 18, 2025
12:00pm to 1:00pm
After the usual paper discussion, our guest George Tringas (Lehigh U.) will give a talk on Dualities and scale-separated AdS3 vacua
September 18, 2025
3:00pm to 4:00pm
My talk focuses on using Pulsar Timing Array (PTA) data to measure Gravitational Waves (GWs).
September 22, 2025
3:00pm to 4:15pm
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September 23, 2025
3:00pm to 4:00pm
What is matter? A question that has fascinated—and at times tormented—some of the brightest minds of the twentieth century.
September 24, 2025
3:00pm to 4:15pm
I will report recent progress on AdS Virasoro-Shapiro and Veneziano amplitudes for half-BPS operators with arbitrary Kaluza-Klein modes.