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  •  Why mH=126 GeV? 

    25-27 September 2013, Instituto de Física Teórica UAM-CSIC, Madrid. 

 

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In the last two decades there has been mounting evidence for a huge number of string vacua: the string landscape. This fact may provide a solution to the cosmological constant fine-tuning problem when combined with cosmological inflation and anthropic ideas. Moreover, LHC data suggest that another fine-tuning in fundamental physics may be showing itself. Indeed, the LHC has shown up to now no trace of supersymmetry nor any other new physics which could provide an explanation for the fine-tuned Higgs mass.

 

The aim of this workshop (to be held at IFT-Madrid on 8-10 October 2014) is to bring together a number of world experts who can provide their views and results in addressing the issue of fine-tuning in particle physics, string theory and cosmology, and in particular the role of anthropic considerations in this context. Speakers are by invitation only and there is no registration fee.

Organisers: J. Garriga, L. E. Ibáñez, F. Marchesano, B. Schellekens, A. Uranga

 

 

String theory provides a unified framework to describe the matter particles and fundamental interactions consistently at the quantum level. String phenomenology is the branch of string theory that aims to connect this subject to particle physics and cosmology. As we approach the new LHC run, and as new observational data refine our understanding about the early universe, this is a most timely moment to explore the connections between the properties of string compactifications and the forthcoming new data.

 

String Pheno 2015 will be an opportunity for bringing together researchers aiming to connect fundamental and observable physics. The conference includes invited plenary talks as well as parallel sessions. We particularly welcome and encourage the participation of younger researchers.

 

This is the 14th conference in the String Phenomenology Conference series.

 

 

The aim of this mini-workshop is to have an informal and friendly meeting, gathering several people who have recently worked on the applications of the Weak Gravity Conjecture to different cosmological settings, such as large-field inflation or the relaxion proposal for the SM hierarchy problem.

 

The current LHC run should either detect supersymmetry or seriously challenge it. We are organizing a workshop on 28-30 September 2016 at Instituto de Física Teórica UAM/CSIC, Madrid, joining together a number of world experts who can provide their views and results in addressing the question 'Is SUSY alive and well?'. 

Speakers are by invitation only. There is no conference fee but registration is required.

 

 

19-23 June 2017, Instituto de Física Teórica UAM-CSIC, Madrid

 

 

PASCOS 2017 aims to review and discuss recent progress in PArticle physics, String theory and COSmology, bringing together researchers to report and discuss what has been learnt and what might show up in the next few years. Topics will include new physics at LHC, gravitational waves, neutrinos and flavour physics, string theory and new results in cosmology. 

This edition of PASCOS will take place at IFT-Madrid from 19 to 23 June 2017, and will be the 23rd conference in this series. It will be an opportunity to bring together theorists and experimentalists to connect fundamental and observable physics. The conference includes invited plenary talks as well as parallel sessions. We particularly welcome and encourage the participation of younger researchers. 

 

 

5-8 March 2018, Instituto de Física Teórica UAM-CSIC, Madrid

 

 

The workshop series Physics and Geometry of F-Theory brings together international experts in mathematics and physics, aiming to deepen our understanding of string and field theories through the framework of F-theory. F-theory is a non-perturbative realization of string theory that is written in the language of algebraic geometry.
 
This edition of the conference will take place at IFT-Madrid from 5 to 8 March 2018, and will be the 5th conference in this series. It will be an opportunity for an inspiring exchange of ideas from pure mathematics and theoretical physics, and intends to stimulate interactions between both disciplines. Topics of this conference include: Compactifications to various dimensions and their low energy physics (formal and phenomenological aspects), Superconformal Field Theories, T-branes, advances in the description of elliptic fibrations, novel scans of the String Landscape.

 

19-21 September 2018, Instituto de Física Teórica UAM-CSIC, Madrid

 

 

The vast Landscape of string solutions has given to many the impression that practically any field theory may be obtained  from string theory. In fact quite the opposite is true: many respectable looking field theories become inconsistent when coupled to quantum gravity, and can never be obtained from a consistent string compactification. The space of field theories which cannot be consistently coupled to quantum gravity has been dubbed 'the Swampland'.
 
There has been in the last decade a sustained effort in trying to map out the structure of the Swampland, trying to delimitate its limits and boundaries, still unknown. In particular an important question is whether Swampland criteria can put constraints on particle physics models and cosmology. This workshop plans to gather the leading experts in the field to review our knowledge on the Swampland extension, the underlying related fundamental questions within quantum gravity and string theory as well as possible constraints for particle physics and cosmology.

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