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Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics

The Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics was established in 2012 by the University of Edinburgh to seek answers to fundamental questions about the universe. We do this by creating opportunities for researchers and students from around the world to come together to formulate new theoretical concepts, taking us beyond the limitations of current paradigms.

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Massive Black Hole Spin Workshop

Astrophysical black holes can be entirely described by just two properties: their mass and their spin. While masses of black holes have been extensively studied, black hole spin remains poorly understood. This is because spin is both much more difficult to observe and more complex to model. Nevertheless, spin is ...
  • Higgs Centre Seminar Room, JCMB

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Fox and Hedgehog Seminar - 'Nonequilibrium physics: a walk on the wild side'—Martin EVANS

I will start with an overview of equilibrium statistical mechanics. Then we'll consider the myriad ways a system can be out of equilibrium and why equilibrium is a special place. I'll then present a few simple models that have been used to describe various nonequilibrium scenarios: nonequilibrium stationary ...
Maths Seminar room, JCMB 5323

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Overlaps in spin glasses and models of evolution—Bernard DERRIDA

A measure of similarity or overlap between different configurations or individuals appears in many complex systems such as spin glasses, evolving populations, optimization problems and neural networks. In the context of spin glasses, the concept was introduced by Edwards and Anderson 50 years ago and gives a measure of similarity ...
Higgs Centre Seminar Room, JCMB

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Alumni Career Talk with Bokyoung Kim—Bokyoung KIM

I was a postdoctoral research associate working with Dr Sergey Koposov at the Institute for Astronomy (IfA) from 2021 to 2024. My project was to analyse the kinematics and chemical properties of a few million stars in the Solar neighbourhood using the DESI Milky Way Survey data compiled with Gaia ...
Higgs Centre Seminar Room, JCMB

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