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Exotic Phase Transitions in Open Quantum Systems—Peter KIRTON

In this talk I will show how phase transitions in open quantum systems can be richer than their equilibrium counterparts. To do this I will give two examples. The first shows how ideas of parity-time (PT) symmetry breaking can be generalised to quantum mechanical systems. After introducing some simple examples ...
Higgs Centre Seminar Room, JCMB

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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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The return of the WIMP: Onium in the Sky with Loops—Martin BENEKE

An electroweak weakly interacting particle (WIMP) with TeV scale mass constitutes a minimalistic dark matter candidate. Extensive work in recent years has uncovered physical effects which -- despite the intrinsic weak interaction strength -- can dramatically change the signatures of dark matter annihilation. Owing to the large dark-matter mass, the relevant electroweak ...
Elm Lecture Theatre

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Demystifying lattice QCD computations of alpha_s—Martin LÜSCHER

Lattice QCD permits the strong coupling constant alpha_s to be determined from the masses and decay constants of the light hadrons. The precision achieved in these computations is competitive with the one of the world average of the experimental measurements of the coupling and is likely to improve in the ...
Lecture Theatre B, James Clerk Maxwell Building

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Colloquium with Kari Rummukainen—Kari RUMMUKAINEN

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Higgs Centre Seminar Room, JCMB

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Lessons of the effective field theory of quantum gravity—John DONOGHUE

General Relativity is naturally treated as a quantum field theory using the techniques of effective field theory. In this colloquium, I will review the simple ideas behind this treatment and provide examples. This will lead to a discussion of the lessons learned and the limits of the theory. Overall I ...
Higgs Centre Seminar Room, JCMB

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Colloquium with Lance Dixon—Lance DIXON

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Elm Lecture Theatre

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