Joint IFT + ICMAT Colloquium Oscar García-Prada (ICMAT-CSIC). Abstract: I will describe several geometric aspects of different gauge theories on Riemann surfaces that originate in… Read More »Geometry of gauge theories in two dimensions
SO(Colloquium). Tarun Souradeep (Raman Research Institute, India). Abstract: The 10th anniversary of the first detection of gravitational waves (GWs) is an apt time to assess… Read More »The Promise of Gravitational Wave Cosmology
DIFT Colloquium. Cumrun Vafa (Harvard). Abstract: The dark sector — comprising dark energy and dark matter — has remained a profound mystery for decades. In… Read More »String Theory and the Dark Sector
DIFT Colloquium. Álvaro De Rújula (CERN & IFT UAM/CSIC). Abstract: Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and Cosmic Rays (CRs) are not difficult to comprehend. Quasars and micro-quasars… Read More »Gamma-Ray Bursts, Cosmic Rays and the Sociology of Science
Colloquium. Giuseppe Mussardo (SISSA & INFN). Abstract: In 2025 we celebrate the centenary of quantum mechanics. A scientific revolution that forever changed our vision of the… Read More »The Story of Quantum Mechanics: ‘God Plays Dice with the World’
DIFT Colloquium. Lisa Randall (Harvard University).Distinguished SO(IFT) Professor (SO Chair) Abstract: In this talk, I review the work done with Raman Sundrum and Andreas Karch… Read More »’25 Years of Warped Geometry’ by Lisa Randall
SO(Colloquium). Misao Sasaki (IPMU, Univ. of Tokyo). Abstract: Thanks to the rapid progress in observational cosmology, we have begun to understand the physics of the… Read More »Inflation – my personal perspective –
JOINT ICMAT-IFT Colloquium. Tomás Ortín Miguel (IFT). Abstract: Charges, whether they conserved or not, are a basic tool used to characterize states or configurations in… Read More »Some new results on symmetries, conserved charges and black-hole physics
SO(Colloquium). Eric Linder (Berkeley). Abstract: Cosmic acceleration dominates the behavior of the recent universe, with some fundamentally new physics at its heart. Recent data gives… Read More »Who is afraid of the Dark Energy?
SO(Colloquium). Katherine Freese (University of Texas at Austin and the Oskar Klein Centre/NORDITA). Abstract: The nature of the dark matter in the Universe is among… Read More »Dark Matter in the Universe