Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics

This workshop will celebrate the career and research accomplishments of Lance Dixon, whose decisive impact has been felt across many areas of theoretical physics. The event will involve three days of talks from some of Lance's long-time collaborators, including: Babis Anastasiou Nima Arkani-Hamed Benjamin Basso vi Bern Ruth Britto ...

Physics is a journey, not a destination. It is best done with valued friends and collaborators. In this retrospective, I trace some of the twists (pun intended) and turns in my career, from string theory to QCD, and some of the way back again. The talk will feature original artwork ...

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The discovery of the Penrose tiling (and other self-similar quasiperiodic tilings) in the 1970s sparked research into the remarkable mathematical properties of quasiperiodic structures, revealing connections to Fourier theory, number theory, and even pure logic. Soon after, these tilings found a classic application in physics as models for “quasicrystals”, new ...

The first known examples of quasicrystals were synthesized in the laboratory over four decades ago, but could Nature have beaten us to the punch? Most thought that was impossible: how could such exotic and fragile atomic arrangements arise naturally? This talk will describe the decades-long effort to prove the skeptics ...

Artificial intelligence tools are becoming ubiquitous in everyday life as a tool for facilitating and speeding up tasks, such as retrieving information. In fundamental physics they are instead being used as tools for discovery. Specifically drawing from examples in high-energy physics, I show that AI and machine learning are enabling ...