BSMW05
25 June 2012 to 29 June 2012
There exist two Standard Models in physics both of which are known to be inadequate.
The Standard Model of particle physics is accommodated but not explained by the formalism of the quantum field theory. A deeper theoretical toolkit is needed to understand inter alia the quantum instability in the Higgs field, the apparent unification of gauge couplings at high energies, the presence of multiple generations and the hierarchical structure of fermionic masses.
The Standard Model of cosmology provides a beautiful fit to precision data but is built around the idea of inflation, with no detailed microscopic understanding of the physics responsible for inflation. Cosmology furthermore tells us that a quarter of the universe's energy density is in an unknown form of dark matter.
String theory is a consistent theory of quantum gravity and provides a candidate theory of fundamental interactions. String phenomenology is the branch of string theory that aims to connect this subject to particle physics and cosmology. The ultraviolet consistency of string theory motivates new ideas for low energy physics and provides a rich structure of constraints on low energy theories, going beyond the requirements of low energy effective field theory.
String Pheno 2012 will be the 11th annual String Phenomenology conference, following on from the successful 2011 conferences in Madison, Wisconsin. It also marks ten years since the original String Phenomenology conference in Oxford in 2002. The conference brings together researchers aiming to connect fundamental and observable physics, through the study of string compactifications, effective actions, supersymmetry breaking, model building, Standard Model constructions, cosmology and inflation.
We hope research will be stimulated by the results from the LHC and actively encourage younger researchers to apply. Financial support for younger researchers may be available subject to funding.
Monday 25th June 2012 | |||
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09:00 to 09:30 | No Room Required | ||
09:30 to 09:35 | Room 1 | ||
09:35 to 10:10 |
Ben Allanach University of Cambridge |
Room 1 | |
10:10 to 10:45 |
Generic String/M theory Predictions for Particle Physics and Dark Matter |
Room 1 | |
10:45 to 11:20 | No Room Required | ||
11:20 to 11:55 |
Kiwoon Choi Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) |
Room 1 | |
11:55 to 12:30 |
David Berenstein University of California, Santa Barbara |
Room 1 | |
12:30 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
14:00 to 14:35 |
Michele Cicoli Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics |
Room 1 | |
14:35 to 15:10 |
Mark Goodsell CERN - European Organisation for Nuclear Research |
Room 1 | |
15:10 to 15:45 |
Javier Redondo Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München |
Room 1 | |
15:45 to 16:20 | No Room Required | ||
16:20 to 16:55 |
Dieter Luest Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München |
Room 1 | |
16:55 to 17:30 |
Ralph Blumenhagen Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München |
Room 1 | |
17:30 to 18:45 | No Room Required | ||
18:45 to 19:15 | No Room Required |
Tuesday 26th June 2012 | |||
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09:00 to 09:35 |
Stuart Raby Ohio State University |
Room 1 | |
09:35 to 10:10 |
Michael Ratz Technische Universität München |
Room 1 | |
10:10 to 10:45 |
Peter Nilles Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn |
Room 1 | |
10:45 to 11:20 | No Room Required | ||
11:20 to 11:55 |
Brent Nelson Northeastern University |
Room 1 | |
11:55 to 12:30 |
Gordon Kane University of Michigan |
Room 1 | |
12:30 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
14:00 to 14:15 |
Yoske Sumitomo Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Room 2 | |
14:00 to 14:15 |
David Andriot Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
Room 1 | |
14:15 to 14:30 |
Nobuyoshi Ohta Kindai University |
Room 2 | |
14:15 to 14:30 |
Peter Patalong Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München |
Room 1 | |
14:30 to 14:45 |
Seok Kim Seoul National University |
Room 2 | |
14:30 to 14:45 |
Paul Smyth |
Room 1 | |
14:45 to 15:00 | No Room Required | ||
15:00 to 15:15 |
Erik Plauschinn Universiteit Utrecht |
Room 1 | |
15:00 to 15:15 |
Markus Rummel Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg |
Room 2 | |
15:15 to 15:30 |
Krzysztof Turzynski Uniwersytet Warszawski |
Room 2 | |
15:15 to 15:30 |
Kimyeong Lee Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) |
Room 1 | |
15:30 to 15:45 |
Ivonne Zavala Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
Room 2 | |
15:30 to 15:45 |
Michael Klaput University of Oxford |
Room 1 | |
15:45 to 16:15 | No Room Required | ||
16:15 to 16:30 |
Sebastian Kraus Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
Room 1 | |
16:15 to 16:30 |
Mahdi Torabian Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics |
Room 2 | |
16:30 to 16:45 |
Paulo Moniz Universidade da Beira Interior |
Room 1 | |
16:30 to 16:45 |
William Walters University of Liverpool |
Room 2 | |
16:45 to 17:00 |
Max Kerstan Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
Room 2 | |
16:45 to 17:00 |
Danielle Wills University of Durham |
Room 1 | |
17:00 to 17:15 | No Room Required | ||
17:15 to 17:30 |
Paul McGuirk Cornell University |
Room 2 | |
17:15 to 17:30 |
Christoph Lüdeling Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn |
Room 1 | |
17:30 to 17:45 |
One-Loop Calculation of the Oblique S Parameter in Higgsless Electroweak Models |
Room 2 | |
17:30 to 17:45 |
Raffaele Savelli Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München |
Room 1 | |
17:45 to 18:00 |
Dhagash Mehta Syracuse University |
Room 2 | |
17:45 to 18:00 |
Eirik Svanes University of Oxford |
Room 1 | |
18:00 to 18:15 |
Dhagash Mehta Syracuse University |
Room 1 | |
18:45 to 19:15 | No Room Required |
Wednesday 27th June 2012 | |||
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09:00 to 09:35 |
Gary Shiu University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Room 1 | |
09:35 to 10:10 |
Mariana Graña CEA/Saclay |
Room 1 | |
10:10 to 10:45 |
Liam McAllister Cornell University |
Room 1 | |
10:45 to 11:20 | No Room Required | ||
11:20 to 11:55 |
Alexander Westphal Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron |
Room 1 | |
11:55 to 12:30 |
Ignatios Antoniadis CERN - European Organisation for Nuclear Research |
Room 1 | |
12:30 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
14:00 to 14:35 |
James Gray Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
Room 1 | |
14:35 to 15:10 |
Lara Anderson Harvard University |
Room 1 | |
15:10 to 15:45 |
Cumrun Vafa Harvard University |
Room 1 | |
15:45 to 16:15 | No Room Required | ||
16:15 to 16:30 |
Diederik Roest Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
Room 2 | |
16:15 to 16:30 |
Piyush Kumar Columbia University |
Room 1 | |
16:30 to 16:45 |
Scott Watson Syracuse University |
Room 1 | |
16:30 to 16:45 |
Andreas Deser Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München |
Room 2 | |
16:45 to 17:00 |
James Halverson University of Pennsylvania |
Room 2 | |
16:45 to 17:00 |
Ran Lu University of Michigan |
Room 1 | |
17:00 to 17:15 | No Room Required | ||
17:15 to 17:30 |
Rhys Davies University of Oxford |
Room 1 | |
17:15 to 17:30 |
Gerald Cleaver Baylor University |
Room 2 | |
17:30 to 17:45 |
Benjamin Jurke Northeastern University |
Room 2 | |
17:30 to 17:45 |
Shaaban Khalil Zewail City of Science and Technology |
Room 1 | |
17:45 to 18:00 |
Ben Heidenreich Cornell University |
Room 2 | |
17:45 to 18:00 |
Jose A Ruiz Cembranos Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
Room 1 | |
18:45 to 19:15 | No Room Required |
Thursday 28th June 2012 | |||
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09:00 to 09:35 |
Mirjam Cvetic University of Pennsylvania |
Room 1 | |
09:35 to 10:10 |
Thomas Grimm Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München |
Room 1 | |
10:10 to 10:45 |
Shanta de Alwis University of Colorado |
Room 1 | |
10:45 to 11:20 | No Room Required | ||
11:20 to 11:55 |
Fernando Marchesano IFT-UAM/CSIC |
Room 1 | |
11:55 to 12:30 |
Eran Palti Centre de Physique Théorique de l’Ecole Polytechnique (CPHT) |
Room 1 | |
12:30 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
14:00 to 14:35 |
Sakura Schafer-Nameki King's College London |
Room 1 | |
14:35 to 15:10 |
Timo Weigand Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
Room 1 | |
15:10 to 15:45 |
Angel Uranga IFT-UAM/CSIC |
Room 1 | |
15:45 to 16:15 | No Room Required | ||
16:15 to 16:30 |
Stefan Groot Nibbelink Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
Room 1 | |
16:15 to 16:30 |
Gabriele Honecker Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
Room 2 | |
16:30 to 16:45 |
Fabian Ruehle Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn |
Room 1 | |
16:30 to 16:45 |
Lukas Witkowski University of Oxford |
Room 2 | |
16:45 to 17:00 |
David Marsh Cornell University |
Room 2 | |
16:45 to 17:00 |
Susha Parameswaran Leibniz Universität Hannover |
Room 1 | |
17:00 to 17:15 | No Room Required | ||
17:15 to 17:30 |
Hirotaka Hayashi Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) |
Room 1 | |
17:15 to 17:30 |
Adolfo Guarino Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
Room 2 | |
17:30 to 17:45 |
Christoph Mayrhofer Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
Room 1 | |
17:30 to 17:45 |
Andrea Borghese Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
Room 2 | |
17:45 to 18:00 |
Bryan Larios Lopez Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) |
Room 2 | |
17:45 to 18:00 |
Sven Krippendorf Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn |
Room 1 | |
19:30 to 22:00 | No Room Required |
Friday 29th June 2012 | |||
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09:00 to 09:35 |
Luis Ibanez Universidad Autonoma de Madrid |
Room 1 | |
09:35 to 10:10 |
Bert Schellekens National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef) |
Room 1 | |
10:10 to 10:45 |
Alon Faraggi University of Liverpool |
Room 1 | |
10:45 to 11:20 | No Room Required | ||
11:20 to 11:55 |
Burt Ovrut University of Pennsylvania |
Room 1 | |
11:55 to 12:30 |
Andre Lukas University of Oxford |
Room 1 | |
12:30 to 12:35 |
Jan Louis Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg |
Room 1 | |
12:35 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
14:00 to 14:35 |
Gianguido Dall’Agata Università degli Studi di Padova |
Room 1 | |
14:35 to 15:10 |
Iñaki García-Etxebarria CERN - European Organisation for Nuclear Research |
Room 1 | |
15:10 to 15:45 | Room 1 | ||
15:45 to 16:20 | No Room Required | ||
18:45 to 19:15 | No Room Required |
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