Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology) |
Events During the Week of November 8th through November 14th, 2015
Monday, November 9th, 2015
- No events scheduled
Tuesday, November 10th, 2015
- The Weak Gravity Conjecture: Variants and Inflationary Implications
- Time: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
- Place: 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Tom Rudelius, Harvard University
- Abstract: Although the landscape of effective theories constructed in string theory is enormous, the "swampland" of effective theories that do not admit a UV completion with gravity appears to be even larger. The weak gravity conjecture is a family of conjectures that attempt to delineate the swampland from the landscape. In this talk, we will explore this family of conjectures, and we will see that they have important implications for inflationary model building.
- Host: Pablo Soler
Wednesday, November 11th, 2015
- No events scheduled
Thursday, November 12th, 2015
- No events scheduled
Friday, November 13th, 2015
- No events scheduled