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SUMMARY:IFT Colloquium: Matthew Headrick (Brandeis & IHES)
DESCRIPTION:Venue&Time: Blue Room / 15:00 \nCoffee will be served in the cafeteria at 16:15h \nTitle: ‘Black holes\, quantum entanglement\, and the geometry of spacetime’ \nSpeaker: Matthew Headrick (Brandeis & IHES) \nAbstract: Black holes are by far the most entropic objects in the universe\, and their enormous entropy directly connects the macroscopic world governed by general relativity to the Planck scale governed by quantum gravity. It turns out that they are just a piece of a much larger and richer story\, hinting that\, despite the notorious difficulty of quantizing gravity\, quantum mechanics and general relativity are actually two sides of the same coin. I’ll explain these connections\, and along the way try to answer the question: Is Newton’s constant really equal to 1?
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/colloquium-matthew-headrick-brandeis-ihes/
LOCATION:Blue Room\, Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) - C. Nicolás Cabrera\, 13-15\, Fuencarral-El Pardo\, Madrid\, 28049\,\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Scientific activities
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260513T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260513T160000
DTSTAMP:20260721T182934
CREATED:20260429T084112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260716T091831Z
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SUMMARY:DIFT Colloquium by Benjamin Grinstein (University of California\, San Diego)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Buckets versus pipes: the neutron lifetime puzzle\n\nSpeaker: Benjamin Grinstein\, University of California\, San Diego\n\n\nDate and time: 15:30h (CEST)\, Wednesday\, May 13\, 2026\n\nLocation: CFTMAT Auditorium\n\n\nAbstract: A precise knowledge of the neutron lifetime is important because it serves as a fundamental input for Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) models\, which predict the primordial abundances of light elements. It also enters in the determination of the Cabibbo mixing angle\, crucial in testing the validity of the CKM theory of quark flavor\, in understanding reactor neutrino detection rates and the behavior of matter in extreme environments like neutron stars. Precise experiments give very precise results\, but the values determined differ by over 1% with high statistical significance depending on the technology used for the experiment. In this talk I will review this so-called “neutron lifetime puzzle” and some of the proposed solutions.\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83038393323?pwd=D15OuSwa2oC0jwhQ5dVxL3EFQa1pY8.1\nMeeting ID: 830 3839 3323\nPasscode: 211261 \nThis event is related to the I+D+i project whose reference is CEX2020-001007-S\, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. The topic is framed within the following research lines: Origin and composition of the universe: Astroparticles and Cosmology (Astro/Cosmo) & Particle Physics in the Standard Model and Beyond (BSM).
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/dift-colloquium-by-benjamin-grinstein-university-of-california-san-diego/
LOCATION:IFT Auditorium\, Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) - C. Nicolás Cabrera\, 13-15\, Fuencarral-El Pardo\, Madrid\, Madrid\, 28049\,\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Scientific activities
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260325T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260325T133000
DTSTAMP:20260721T182934
CREATED:20260310T094435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T193242Z
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SUMMARY:IFT Colloquium: 'QCD critical point and the predictable randomness of relativistic fluids'
DESCRIPTION:Title: ‘QCD critical point and the predictable randomness of relativistic fluids’ \nSpeaker: Misha A. Stephanov (Illinois U.\, Chicago) \nVenue&Time: 12:00 / Red Room \nAbstract: Quantum Chromodynamics predicts a variety of unusual states of matter in which relativity and quantum many-body physics strongly intertwine. Discovering phase transitions between these extreme forms of matter in a laboratory is an unprecedented task. This is the challenge heavy-ion collision experiments are taking up at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) and future facilities. An intriguing open question is the existence and the location of the QCD critical point. Similar critical points are ubiquitous in earthly substances and the associated fluctuation driven phenomena are remarkably universal. Can the QCD critical point be discovered in the heavy-ion collision experiments? It is a nontrivial question in large part because of the importance of the explosive dynamics of the collision. This challenging question is a subject of current research and a major motivation for recent developments in relativistic hydrodynamics. Of particular interest in this context is the dynamics of thermal fluctuations inherent in any system with dissipation.
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/ift-colloquium-misha-a-stephanov-illinois-u-chicago/
LOCATION:IFT Seminar Room/Red Room\, Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) -C. Nicolás Cabrera\, 13-15\, Fuencarral-El Pardo\, Madrid\, 28049\,\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Scientific activities
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260318T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260318T170000
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SUMMARY:DIFT Colloquium: 'The Mystery of Cosmic Acceleration'
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Mystery of Cosmic Acceleration\n\nSpeaker: Prof. David Weinberg\, The Ohio State University\, USA\n\nDate and time: 15:30h (CET)\, Wednesday\, March 18th\, 2026\n\nLocation: CFTMAT Auditorium\n\nAfter the talk\, we will have a coffee gathering\, providing an opportunity to continue the discussion and interact with the speaker in an informal setting.\n\nZoom link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87376882248?pwd=ydvE94nhe7Wq03As62XTn9aj0Nwgqh.1 \n\nAbstract:\nCosmic acceleration is one of the most surprising cosmological discoveries\nof the past century. Even the “simplest” explanations require new\,\ncosmologically dominant energy components with exotic physical properties.\nCurrent and near-future experiments are seeking clues to the origin of\ncosmic acceleration by measuring the history of expansion and structure\ngrowth with sub-percent precision over a wide span of redshift. I will\nreview the observational methods that underpin these measurements\nand assess the current state of play\, with particular attention to recent\nmeasurements from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) which\nsuggest that the properties of dark energy are evolving at a startling rate.\nI will discuss the prospects and challenges for the new generation of\nexperiments — DESI\, the Euclid mission\, the Vera Rubin Observatory\,\nand the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — which aim to sharpen cosmological\nmeasurements by a factor of ten.
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/dift-colloquium-3/
LOCATION:IFT Auditorium\, Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) - C. Nicolás Cabrera\, 13-15\, Fuencarral-El Pardo\, Madrid\, Madrid\, 28049\,\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Scientific activities
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20251212T093000
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SUMMARY:Joint Colloquium IFT + ICMAT: 'Geometry of gauge theories in two dimensions'
DESCRIPTION:Joint ICMAT-IFT Colloquium \nAfter the colloquium\, the traditional “Farewell to the Year” party will take place in the CFTMAT cafeteria. \nSpeaker:  Oscar García-Prada (ICMAT-CSIC)\nDate:  Friday\, 12 December 2025 – 12:00\nPlace:  Blue Room \nAbstract: \nI will describe several geometric aspects of different gauge theories on Riemann surfaces that originate in four-dimensional Yang–Mills theories. A common theme is the appearance of various types of Higgs fields. I will provide some basic mathematical and historical background.
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/joint-colloquium-ift-icmat-2/
LOCATION:Blue Room\, Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) - C. Nicolás Cabrera\, 13-15\, Fuencarral-El Pardo\, Madrid\, 28049\,\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20251124T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20251124T130000
DTSTAMP:20260721T182934
CREATED:20251119T133048Z
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SUMMARY:2 Minutes Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Institute for Theoretical Physics (IFT) and the Department of Theoretical Physics (DFT) would like to invite you to the “2 Minutes Meeting”\, which will take place on Monday\, November 24 at 10:00 AM in the Aula Polivalente (UAM).\n\n\nThis event is open to all DFT and IFT members and aims to help us get to know each other better in a relaxed and informal setting. Each participant will have about 2 minutes to introduce themselves and share some of their personal or recreational interests.\n\n\nIf you’d like to use one slide during your brief presentation\, you may send one only slide to comunicacion@ift.csic.es before Friday\, November 21.\n\n\nWe’ll finish with a coffee at 13:00 PM in the Sala de Profesores – Ramiro Cafeteria.\n\n\nWe hope you’ll take part — it’s a perfect moment to meet and connect with all your colleagues.\n\n\nJoin us!
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/2-minutes-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Scientific activities
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20251117T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20251117T160000
DTSTAMP:20260721T182934
CREATED:20251029T105600Z
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SUMMARY:Colloquium: 'The Promise of Gravitational Wave Cosmology'
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Tarun Souradeep (Raman Research Institute\, India) \nVenue & Time: Red Room / 3:00 PM \nAbstract: The 10th anniversary of the first detection of gravitational waves (GWs) is an apt time to assess the promise of this across all GW windows to the understanding of our Universe. The talk briefly reviews the status and successes achieved. The focus will be on the promise for cosmology of the upcoming LIGO-India observatory in early 2030s\, LISA space mission in mid 2030s\, and the proposed next generation cosmic microwave background and terrestrial/lunar missions. This seminar is related to the I+D+i project whose reference is CEX2020-001007-S\, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. The topic is framed within the following research line: Origin and composition of the universe: Astroparticles and Cosmology (Astro/Cosmo).
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/colloquium-by-tarun-souradeep-raman-research-institute-india/
LOCATION:IFT Seminar Room/Red Room\, Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) -C. Nicolás Cabrera\, 13-15\, Fuencarral-El Pardo\, Madrid\, 28049\,\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Scientific activities
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20251106T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20251106T173000
DTSTAMP:20260721T182934
CREATED:20250818T080217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T110922Z
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SUMMARY:DIFT Colloquium: 'String Theory and the Dark Sector'
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Cumrun Vafa (Harvard)\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue & Time: Aula Polivalente\, Plaza Mayor UAM / 15:30 \nAbstract: The dark sector — comprising dark energy and dark matter — has remained a profound mystery for decades. In this talk\, I will review this subject and show how string theory naturally leads to a predictive framework for a unified dark sector. I will also discuss how these string-theoretic predictions align with exciting recent cosmological observations from the DES and DESI collaborations. \n\n\nThis seminar is related to the I+D+i project whose reference is CEX2020-001007-S\, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. The topic is framed within the following research lines: \n\nOrigin and composition of the universe: Astroparticles and Cosmology (Astro/Cosmo)\nStrings and quantum gravity (Gravity/Strings)
URL:https://www.ift.uam-csic.es/event/dift-colloquium-2/
LOCATION:IFT Seminar Room/Red Room\, Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) -C. Nicolás Cabrera\, 13-15\, Fuencarral-El Pardo\, Madrid\, 28049\,\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Scientific activities
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