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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology)

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Events During the Week of April 9th through April 16th, 2017

Monday, April 10th, 2017

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Tuesday, April 11th, 2017

Dark Matter Interpretations of the AMS Positron Excess
Time: 3:30 pm
Place: 5280 Chamberlin
Speaker: Ian Low, Northwestern
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Wednesday, April 12th, 2017

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Thursday, April 13th, 2017

A new top-down model of inflation
Time: 3:30 pm - 4:30 am
Place: 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Speaker: Marjorie Schillo, K.U. Leuven
Abstract: I will present recent work that has succeeded in embedding the mechanism of Unwinding Inflation in string theory. I will review Unwinding Inflation and the process of brane-flux annihilation, in which D-branes lower flux numbers and therefore the 4D vacuum energy. A dynamical brane mediates the brane-flux annihilation as it moves across a compact internal cycle. This mechanism has recently been extended such that many units of flux can be discharged in a “flux cascade.” The flux cascade can be used to substantially reduce vacuum energy and give rise to 60 efolds of inflation.
Presentation: Madison13417.pdf
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Friday, April 14th, 2017

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