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Numerical approaches to holography, quantum gravity and cosmology

Event description

Holographic AdS/CFT duality and lattice gauge theory are leading non- perturbative approaches to investigate quantum gravity and strongly coupled quantum field theories. Extensive work is ongoing to apply both techniques to broader classes of systems, leading to a growing number of connections between them. Numerical analyses in particular are becoming increasingly important as computational capabilities continue to improve, motivating the development and dissemination of new or improved methods.

Representative applications range from numerical relativity calculations of black hole dynamics and non-stationary spacetimes dual to far-from-equilibrium QFTs, to lattice studies of gauge theories with near-conformal dynamics, supersymmetry, or a large number of colours. Important successes of these ideas have been found in matching quantum field theory calculations in 0+1 dimensions with string theory predictions in 9+1 dimensions for black hole entropies with large D0-brane charge. Many advances have also been made recently in studying lattice gauge theories with some supersymmetry and near a conformal limit.

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together the different communities of theoretical physicists who use numerical methods to investigate these types of questions. We are planning a programme of 16 invited talks over four days, 21 --24 May, to leave abundant time for discussions and informal exchanges. By reviewing new developments within each community and fostering communication between them we aim to identify common ground, inspire new ideas and stimulate more rapid progress.

This workshop is the fourth in a series, following events in 2009 (Imperial College London), 2012 (KITP Santa Barbara) and 2015 (YITP Kyoto). Financial support comes from the Higgs Centre, Syracuse University and the Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics at the University of Bern. The program for the workshop consists of the following speakers:

  • Toby Wiseman (Imperial College)
  • Valentina Forini (City U. London)
  • Pau Figueras (Queen Mary U.)
  • Norbert Bodendorfer (U. Regensburg)
  • Denjoe O'Connor (Dublin IAS)
  • Daisuke Kadoh (Keio U.)
  • Jack Laiho (Syracuse U.)
  • Giuseppe Clemente (INFN Pisa)
  • Georg Bergner (U. Jena)
  • Joel Giedt (Rensselaer)
  • David Mateos (U. Barcelona)
  • Paul Romatschke (U. Colorado)
  • Evan Berkowitz (FZ Juelich)
  • Anna Hasenfratz (U. Colorado)
  • Kostas Skenderis (U. Southampton)
  • Jun Nishimura (KEK)

Some options for accommodations near the Higgs Centre can be found here.

Timetable

See the full timetable on Indico

Sessions

21 May 2018 09:00
Welcome & coffee

21 May 2018
Session 1

09:30—10:45
Kaluza-Klein black holes and their role in holography (1h15′)
Speaker(s):
  • Toby WISEMAN (Imperial College, London)
11:15—12:30
Superstrings on lattice (1h15′)
Speaker(s):
  • Forini, Valentina (City, University of London)

21 May 2018 12:30
Lunch & discussions

21 May 2018
Session 2

14:00—15:15
Numerical methods for solving the Einstein equation in higher dimensions and in AdS with Cauchy evolution (1h15′)
Speaker(s):
  • Figueras, Pau (Queen Mary, University of London)
15:45—17:00
Holographic aspects of loop quantum gravity (1h15′)
Speaker(s):
  • Bodendorfer, Norbert (University of Regensburg)

22 May 2018
Session 3

09:30—10:45
The non-perturbative phase diagram of the BMN matrix model (1h15′)
Speaker(s):
  • O'Connor, Denjoe (Dublin IAS)
11:15—12:30
Supersymmetry gradient flow (1h15′)
Speaker(s):
  • Kadoh, Daisuke (Keio University)

22 May 2018 12:30
Lunch & discussions

22 May 2018
Session 4

14:00—15:15
Lattice quantum gravity and asymptotic safety (1h15′)
Speaker(s):
  • Laiho, Jack (Syracuse University)
15:45—17:00
Spectral Methods in Causal Dynamical Triangulations (1h15′)
Speaker(s):
  • Clemente, Giuseppe (Pisa University)

23 May 2018
Session 5

09:30—10:45
Anomalous dimensions in conformal systems: non-perturbative gradient flow approach (1h15′)
Speaker(s):
11:15—12:30
Hierarchies, dynamical supersymmetry breaking & holographic duality (1h15′)
Speaker(s):
  • Giedt, Joel (Rensselaer)

23 May 2018 12:30
Lunch & discussions

23 May 2018
Session 6

14:00—15:15
Extreme Holography (1h15′)
Speaker(s):
  • Mateos, David (University of Barcelona)
15:45—17:00
The physics of non-hydrodynamic modes (1h15′)
Speaker(s):
  • Romatschke, Paul (University of Colorado)

24 May 2018
Session 7

09:30—10:45
Probing D0-brane Black Holes (1h15′)
Speaker(s):
  • Berkowitz, Evan (FZ Juelich)
11:15—12:30
Supersymmetry and conformal theories on the lattice, from super Yang-Mills towards super QCD (1h15′)
Speaker(s):
  • Bergner, Georg (Jena University)

24 May 2018 12:30
Lunch & discussions

24 May 2018
Session 8

14:00—15:15
Holographic Lattice Cosmology (1h15′)
Speaker(s):
15:45—17:00
Dynamical generation of 4d space-time in nonperturbative superstring theory (1h15′)
Speaker(s):
  • Jun NISHIMURA (KEK)
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Numerical approaches to holography, quantum gravity and cosmology

Venues

The Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics (Find us on campus maps)
School of Physics and Astronomy
James Clerk Maxwell Building, 4305
Peter Guthrie Tait Road
Edinburgh
EH9 3FD
UK

Organisers

  • David Berenstein
    (
    • University of California Santa Barbara
    )
  • Simon Catterall
    (
    • Syracuse University
    )
  • Luigi Del Debbio
    (
    • University of Edinburgh
    )
  • Masanori Hanada
    (
    • Kyoto University
    )
  • Jun Nishimura
    (
    • KEK
    )
  • David Schaich
    (
    • University of Bern
    )
  • Toby Wiseman
    (
    • Imperial College London
    )

Key speakers

  • Toby WISEMAN (Imperial College, London)
  • Forini, Valentina (City, University of London)
  • Figueras, Pau (Queen Mary, University of London)
  • Bodendorfer, Norbert (University of Regensburg)
  • O'Connor, Denjoe (Dublin IAS)
  • Kadoh, Daisuke (Keio University)
  • Laiho, Jack (Syracuse University)
  • Clemente, Giuseppe (Pisa University)
  • Anna HASENFRATZ (University of Colorado)
  • Giedt, Joel (Rensselaer)
  • Mateos, David (University of Barcelona)
  • Romatschke, Paul (University of Colorado)
  • Berkowitz, Evan (FZ Juelich)
  • Bergner, Georg (Jena University)
  • Kostas SKENDERIS (University of Southampton)
  • Jun NISHIMURA (KEK)
  • Figueras, Pau (Queen Mary, University of London)

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