Name: Cosmology Journal Club
Start: 2026-03-17T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-03-17T15:00:00+01:00

March 2026
March 5 | 12:00 - 17:00

SPS Journal Club: ‘Self-gravitational Effects in the Black Hole-Tower Correspondence’

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 Journal Club: 'Self-gravitational Effects in the Black Hole-Tower Correspondence' Venue&Time: Red Room / 12:00 Speaker: Miquel Aparici (IFT) Abstract: It is well-known that in weak coupling and near decompactification limits, towers of light particles appear in the spectrum of gravitational theories. These towers can be postulated to correspond to minimal […]
March 5 | 15:00 - 17:00

Seminar: ‘Cosmological Magnetic Fields from Ultralight Dark Matter’

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

Scientific activities

Title: Cosmological Magnetic Fields from Ultralight Dark Matter Speaker: Robert Brandenberger (McGill) Venue&Time: Red Room / 15:00 Abstract: A coherently oscillating ultralight dark matter field which couples to electromagnetism in the same way as an axion induces a tachyonic instability which leads to the generation of cosmological magnetic fields immediately after the time of recombination. […]
March 9 | 10:00 - March 12 | 12:00

Doctoral Course: ‘AdS/CFT Holography as a Framework for Quantum Gravity’

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

IFT Courses

Doctoral Course: ‘AdS/CFT Holography as a Framework for Quantum Gravity’ Lecturer: José Calderón-Infante (Caltech) Dates: 📅9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18 March 2026 🕒 10:00-12:00 Location: 📍Sala Azul, Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87999278090?pwd=5ghHKxbXBbbXa0AYbT1Di6PfJ6ydJG.1 Course Overview This course provides an introduction toAdS/CFT holography, with a particular focus on its role as aframework […]
March 9 | 15:00 - 16:00

Seminar: ‘How string theory computes quantum gravity amplitudes’

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

Scientific activities

Title: 'How string theory computes quantum gravity amplitudes' Speaker: Lorenz Eberhardt (U. Amsterdam) Venue&Time: Red Room / 15:00 Abstract: String theory provides a framework in which quantum gravitational scattering amplitudes are ultraviolet finite and computable in perturbation theory. These amplitudes are defined by integrating over the moduli space of Riemann surfaces, replacing the Feynman diagram […]
March 10 | 14:00 - 15:00

Cosmology Journal Club

Journal clubs

Every Tuesday at 2:00 PM in the discussion room on the 5th floor. Join the IFT cosmology/gravity journal club at benty-fields.com to vote for papers and volunteer to present them.
March 12 | 12:00 - 13:00

SPS Journal Club: ‘Quantum Obstructions to N=1 Infinite Distance Limits’

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 Journal Club Title: 'Quantum Obstructions to N=1 Infinite Distance Limits' Speaker: Jeroen Monnee (U. Hamburg) Venue&Time: Red Room / 12:00 Abstract: We study limits in the field space of 4d N=1 orientifold compactifications of Type IIB string theory with O3/O7-planes that descend from infinite distance limits in the complex structure […]
March 12 | 12:00 - 15:00

Pheno Journal Club

Grey Room 2 Instituto de Física Teórica, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Journal clubs

Every Tuesday at 15:00 in Grey Room 3.
March 16 | 10:00 - March 18 | 12:00

Doctoral Course: ‘AdS/CFT Holography as a Framework for Quantum Gravity’ II

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

IFT Courses

Doctoral Course: ‘AdS/CFT Holography as a Framework for Quantum Gravity’ II Lecturer: José Calderón-Infante (Caltech) Dates: 📅9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18 March 2026 🕒 10:00-12:00 Location: 📍Sala Azul, Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87999278090?pwd=5ghHKxbXBbbXa0AYbT1Di6PfJ6ydJG.1 Course Overview This course provides an introduction toAdS/CFT holography, with a particular focus on its role as aframework for […]
March 16 | 15:00 - 16:00

Seminar: ‘Effective Field Theory for Thermal Phase transitions’

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

Scientific activities

Title; 'Effective Field Theory for Thermal Phase transitions' Speaker: Mikael Chala (Granada) Venue&Time: Red Room / 15:00 Abstract: I will present recent progress in applying effective field theory (EFT) to the precise computation of thermal phase transition parameters and the associated gravitational wave spectra. I will also briefly comment on byproducts of this work, including […]
March 17 | 14:00 - 15:00

Cosmology Journal Club

Journal clubs

Every Tuesday at 2:00 PM in the discussion room on the 5th floor. Join the IFT cosmology/gravity journal club at benty-fields.com to vote for papers and volunteer to present them.