Seminars

Upcoming Seminars



High Energy Theory Seminar: Averaged null energy and the renormalization group

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

The averaged null energy condition, or ANEC, is a fundamental bound on negative energy in quantum field theory. It has applications ranging from black holes to quantum information to the 3D Ising model,…



High Energy Theory Seminar: "TBA"

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


Astrophysics Seminar: "TBA"

Stephen Chen (Princeton)
- David Rittnehouse Laboratory, 4E19


Astrophysics Seminar: "TBA"

Cynthia Chiang (McGill)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, A8


Astrophysics Seminar: "TBA"

Susanna Azzoni (Princeton)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, A8

Past Seminars



Astrophysics Seminar: Beyond the first wave: where we stand in understanding binary neutron star and black hole formation channels.

Lieke van Son (Flatiron Institute)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 4E19

After the first waves of gravitational-wave detections, it often seems as though we are left with more questions than answers. The hope of finding "one formation channel to rule them all" has given way to "one…



Experimental Particle Physics: The Future of Thermal Relic Dark Matter

Matthew Baumgart (ASU)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 3W2

The idea that dark matter is nothing more than a “heavy neutrino” that froze out after reheating has long been a seductive one. Indirect detection experiments are just now entering an era where the simplest candidate…



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…



Astrophysics Seminar: The present and the future in modeling eclipsing binary stars

Andrej Prsa (Villanova University)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 4E19

The number of eclipsing binary and multiple systems observed by large, high quality photometric surveys is downright staggering: with OGLE setting the standard, Kepler and TESS leading the way in photometric…



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…