HET and HEE Seminars

Upcoming HET and HEE Seminars



High Energy Theory Seminar: Milky Way satellite galaxies as probe for dark matter

Ariane Dekker (University of Chicago)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2

Small-scale dark matter structures provide an important window into primordial density fluctuations and the microphysical properties of dark matter. Deviations from the standard LCDM model can significantly alter the…



High Energy Theory Seminar: "TBA"

Tom Hartman (Cornell University)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2


High Energy Theory Seminar: "TBA"

David Nichols (University of Virginia)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2

Past HET and HEE Seminars



High Energy Theory Seminar: Black Holes as Probes for Ultralight Dark Matter

Bruno Bucciotti (Scuola Normale Superiore)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2

I will discuss the possibility that dark matter is made of weakly interacting, very light scalar particles, briefly reviewing the strong theoretical motivations of this proposal. In a scenario where non-gravitational…



High Energy Theory Seminar: MIT and Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University

Thomas Steingasser (MIT)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2

The SM Higgs sector is subject to two fine-tunings, manifesting in the hierarchy problem and the metastability of the electroweak vacuum. I will explain why these tunings, which were long believed to be independent,…



High Energy Theory Seminar: The dynamics of dRGT massive gravity 

Jan Kożuszek (Imperial College London)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2

After reviewing the motivation and challenges connected with the dRGT theory of ghost-free massive gravity, we discuss our recent progress in understanding non-linear dynamics of this model. In spherical symmetry,…



Experimental Particle Physics: Expanding Horizons: Novel Strategies in low mass BSM Physics Exploration with CMS

Abhijith Gandrakota (Fermilab)
- David Rittenhouse Labs, 2C6

In the pursuit of Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) physics, the CMS experiment has employed unconventional techniques to uncover elusive phenomena. This presentation delves into three pivotal aspects of this effort…



High Energy Theory Seminar: Staggered bosons, staggered  clock models and supersymmetry on the lattice

David Berenstein (UCSB)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2

I will describe constructions of lattice field theories that assign a single bosonic variable to each site, rather a conjugate pair x,p. The information to realize a non-trivial dynamics is realized by non-trivial…