Speaker: Alberto Castellano (Chicago U.) Venue&Time: Red Room / 11:30
Title: 'Differential observables for the Higgs-strahlung process to all orders in EFT.' Speaker: Sourav Bera from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Venue&Time: Red Room / 15:00 Abstract: We develop methods to obtain the fully differential cross-section for the f f \to Z(ll) h process to any desired order in effective field theory (EFT). To […]
Title: 'NLO Running in the SMEFT' Speaker: Lukas Born (University of Bern). Venue&Time: Red Room / 15:00 Abstract: The Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) provides a systematic framework for parameterizing heavy new physics in a model-independent way. A central ingredient for precision analyses within this framework is the renormalization group equations (RGEs), governing the […]
Title: 'Sub-GeV Dark Matter, Neutrino Masses, and Astrophysical Signals from a Rich Dark Sector.' Speaker: Elina Merkel (University of Bologna) Venue&Time: Red Room / 15:00 Abstract: Rich dark sectors provide an attractive framework for addressing several puzzles in particle physics and cosmology within a single model. In this talk, I will present a simple sub-GeV […]
Title: ‘The Hunt for Multiple Axions’ Speaker: Arturo de Giorgi (University of Durham). Venue&Time: Red Room / 15:00 Abstract: Axions and axion-like particles may arise in Nature as a spectrum rather than as a single field. Such a scenario naturally emerges in string-inspired constructions, as well as in reasonably simple bottom-up extensions of single axion […]
The workshop Pro(v/b)ing the Swampland will take place from September 1 to 3, 2026, at the Instituto de Física Teórica IFT UAM-CSIC in Madrid, Spain. The aim of the workshop is to bring together leading experts in string compactifications, the Swampland programme, quantum field theory, conformal field theory, scattering amplitudes and other techniques that can […]
Title: "Entanglement as a tool in quantum field theory" Speaker: Horacio Casini (Instituto Balseiro) Venue & Time: Blue Room / 11:30-12:30 Abstract: Entanglement entropy and other information measures can be regarded as non conventional tools in QFT. After describing their general properties, arising from simple heuristic considerations, we will show applications to irreversibility theorems with […]
Title: On the Moduli Space Curvature and Gravity Decoupling Venue & Time: Blue Room / 10:00-12:30 Abstract: This thesis investigates the asymptotic regimes of four-dimensional N = 2 supergravity moduli spaces, seeking a robust geometric definition of gravity decoupling. It does so in the context of the Swampland Program, whose primary objective is to delineate […]
Title: On the radiative decays of quarkonia and why they can be important for searches beyond the Standard Model Speaker: Damir Becirevic Venue&Time: Blue Room | 15:00 Abstract: I argue that the physics of quarkonia can offer fertile ground for searching for the effects of physics beyond the Standard Model at low energies. In this […]
Title: Quantum Properties of Inflationary Perturbations Venue & Time: Orange Room / 15:00-16:30 Abstract: This thesis studies quantum aspects of inflationary perturbations beyond tree level, with particular emphasis on loop corrections and renormalization. We develop a practical implementation of dimensional regularization for inflationary in-in calculations, based on separating infrared and ultraviolet contributions and exploiting the […]