Name: Seminar by Mario Reig (CERN): “Testing the Heterotic String and F-theory GUTs with Axions”
Start: 2026-10-27T15:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-27T16:00:00+01:00
Location: IFT Seminar Room/Red Room

October 2026
October 15 | 15:30 - 16:30

DIFT Colloquium by Paolo Dini: Can AI Save or Destroy the Planet? The Sustainability Challenge Behind Artificial Intelligence

IFT Auditorium Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) - C. Nicolás Cabrera, 13-15, Fuencarral-El Pardo, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Colloquia

Date and time: 15:30h, Thursday, 15 October 2026 Location: CFTMAT Auditorium Speaker: Paolo Dini Afiliación: Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA) Title: “Can AI Save or Destroy the Planet? The Sustainability Challenge Behind Artificial Intelligence” Abstract: Artificial Intelligence is increasingly being presented as a powerful enabler of sustainability. From climate change mitigation and renewable […]
October 19 | 15:00 - 16:00

Seminar by Mark Srednicki (University of California, Santa Barbara): “Probability in Quantum Mechanics”

IFT Seminar Room/Red Room Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) -C. Nicolás Cabrera, 13-15, Fuencarral-El Pardo, Madrid, Spain

Scientific activities

Title: "Probability in Quantum Mechanics" Speaker: Mark Srednicki (University of California, Santa Barbara) Venue & Time: Red Room / 15:00 Abstract: This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Born rule for probabilities of outcomes of measurements on quantum systems, but there is still no generally accepted understanding of its status. One reason for this […]
October 20 | 14:00 - 15:00

Cosmology Journal Club

Discussion room 5th floor C. Nicolás Cabrera, 13-15, Fuencarral-El Pardo, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Journal clubs

Every Tuesday at 2:00 PM in the discussion room on the 5th floor. Join the IFT quantum journal club at benty-fields.com to vote for papers and volunteer to present them
October 21 | 11:30 - 12:30

Quantum Info JC: “An operational continuum limit of quantum processes”

Gray Room 3 Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) -C. Nicolás Cabrera, 13-15, Fuencarral-El Pardo, Madrid, Spain

Journal clubs

Title: An operational continuum limit of quantum processes Venue & Time: 11:30 / Gray Room 3 Abstract: Quantum combs are a powerful tool for investigating quantum processes and their multi-time correlations in quantum information theory. However, they do not naturally accommodate a physical connection to time, and their probes are inherently instantaneous, meaning control strength […]
October 22 | 12:00 - 13:00

SPS Journal Club: “Journey to the Centre of the Black Hole” by Matthew J. Blacker

IFT Seminar Room/Red Room Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) -C. Nicolás Cabrera, 13-15, Fuencarral-El Pardo, Madrid, Spain

Journal clubs

Strings, Pheno and the Swampland (SPS) Journal Club. Every Thursday at 12:00 in the Red Room. Title: "Journey to the Centre of the Black Hole" Venue & Time: Red Room / 12:00 Speaker: Matthew J. Blacker Abstract: What can we say about holographic theories, given what we know about the bulk? Conversely, how can we […]
October 22 | 15:00 - 16:00

Seminar by Bethany Anne Suter (Fermilab and IFT): “Dark matter sensitivity projections for all known inorganic materials”

Colloquia

Title: Dark matter sensitivity projections for all known inorganic materials Speaker: Bethany Anne Suter Venue & Time: Red Room / 15:00 Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss my work on performing the highest-throughput search and evaluation of inorganic materials that can serve as excellent low-mass dark matter detectors. We use a graph neural network […]
October 22 | 17:00 - 18:00

Old Journal Club: “Distortions of the Background Radiation Spectrum”

Blue Room Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) - C. Nicolás Cabrera, 13-15, Fuencarral-El Pardo, Madrid, Spain

Journal clubs

Title: Distortions of the Background Radiation Spectrum Speaker: Mikel Martin Barandiaran Venue & Time: Blue Room / 17:00 Abstract: The discovery of cosmic blackbody radiation with a temperature of 2.7 K is widely considered as powerful evidence for the hot, big-bang model of the universe. As first discussed by Gamow, it is assumed that a […]
October 26 | 15:00 - 17:30

Seminar by Eduardo Peinado (Mexico U.): “Three jobs for a U(1): dark matter stability, light portals, and neutrino and Higgs masses”

IFT Seminar Room/Red Room Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) -C. Nicolás Cabrera, 13-15, Fuencarral-El Pardo, Madrid, Spain

Scientific activities

Title: "Three jobs for a U(1): dark matter stability, light portals, and neutrino and Higgs masses" Speaker: Eduardo Peinado (Mexico U.) Venue & Time: Red Room / 15:00 Abstract: Adding a U(1) gauge symmetry is a simple yet surprisingly versatile extension of the Standard Model. In this talk, I will discuss three roles it can […]
October 27 | 14:00 - 15:00

Cosmology Journal Club

Discussion room 5th floor C. Nicolás Cabrera, 13-15, Fuencarral-El Pardo, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Journal clubs

Every Tuesday at 2:00 PM in the discussion room on the 5th floor. Join the IFT quantum journal club at benty-fields.com to vote for papers and volunteer to present them
October 27 | 15:00 - 16:00

Seminar by Mario Reig (CERN): “Testing the Heterotic String and F-theory GUTs with Axions”

IFT Seminar Room/Red Room Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) -C. Nicolás Cabrera, 13-15, Fuencarral-El Pardo, Madrid, Spain

Scientific activities

Title: Testing the Heterotic String and F-theory GUTs with Axions Speaker: Mario Reig (CERN) Venue & Time: Red Room / 15:00 Abstract: The topological nature of axion couplings to gauge bosons offers unique opportunities to obtain information about the UV limit of the SM. I will discuss why the discovery of an axion-like particle above the QCD line would rule out Grand Unified Theories, […]