CMI Workshop:
Stringy Reflections on LHC
October 13 – 16, 2008
The purpose of this workshop is to bring together leading string theorists and mathematical physicists on the one hand, and particle phenomenologists on the other hand, to discuss issues of relevance to the LHC and more broadly the application of stringy and geometric ideas to concrete particle physics. These include deeper understanding of string compactifications such as heterotic strings on Calabi-Yau 3-folds with gauge bundles, M-theory on G2 holonomy manifolds and F-theory on Calabi-Yau 4-folds, as well as further exploring the geometric aspects of D-branes and duality cascades, with an eye towards LHC applications. The focus will be on ways to connect string geometry with the observable phenomenological data expected to emerge from LHC.
Schedule
Monday, October 13
| 12:30 - 1:15 | Registration |
| 1:15 - 1:30 | Cumrun Vafa, Opening Remarks |
| 1:30 - 2:30 | Mirjam Cvetic, Implications of D-Instantons Slides (204 KB) |
| 2:45 - 3:45 | Gordon Kane, M-Theory Compactified on a G2 Manifold, LHC and Dark Matter, Footprints, and the Multiverse Slides (780 KB) |
| 4:00 - 5:00 | Ignatios Antoniadis, Aspects of String Phenomenology and LHC Slides |
Tuesday, October 14
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Jonathan Heckman, From F-theory GUTs to the Weak Scale Slides |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Sebastian Franco, SUSY Breaking and its Mediation by D-brane Instantons Slides |
| 2:00 - 3:00 | Nathan Seiberg, Topics in Gauge Mediation I Slides |
| 3:15 - 4:15 | David Berenstein, Testing for D-Brane Dynamics at the LHC Slides |
| 4:30 - 5:30 | Stuart Raby, A Fertile Patch in the Heterotic Landscape Slides |
Wednesday, October 15
| 10:00 - 11:00 | David Shih, Topics in Gauge Mediation II Slides |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Ken Intriligator, Surveying Pseudomoduli: the Good, the Bad and the Incalculable Slides |
| 2:00 - 3:00 | K.S. Babu, 4-d GUTs and their Experimental Signatures Slides |
| 3:15 - 4:15 | Michael Dine, Symmetries and Naturalness in String Theory Slides |
| 4:30 - 5:30 | Wati Taylor, Freedom vs. Constraints in the Type II Landscape |
Thursday, October 16
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Group Discussion |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Fernando Quevedo, Bottom-up and Large Volume Slides |
| 2:00 - 3:00 | Shamit Kachru, Stringy Avatars of Single Sector SUSY Breaking Slides |
| 3:15 - 4:15 | Martijn Wijnholt, Hitchin's Equations and Phenomenology |
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