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Physics Sessions Initiative
Physics Sessions Initiative 2021
5 September, 17:00 - 12 September, 10:00 -- Pensinsula Resort & Spa, Agia Pelagia, Crete, Greece
Overview
The PSI meetings will be structured in a minimalist fashion. Approximately twenty-five of us will meet for a week to discuss a set of five questions. Each topic of discussion will be led by one of the participants, who will also provide a selection of relevant papers in advance for people to study. These sessions will not revolve around the speaker’s latest work but will be focused on future ideas for a current problem.
In preparation for the workshop, participants must:
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* Suggest topics for discussion.
* Read the assigned literature.
* Be present & actively participate the whole week.
Organisers
Diego Hofman (University of Amsterdam) & Dionysios Anninos (King's College London) & Ben Freivogel (University of Amsterdam)
Agia Pelagia 71500, Peninsula Hotel, Iraklio 715 00, Greece
Participants
Dionysios Anninos, King's College London
Tarek Anous, University of Amsterdam
Paolo Benincasa, Max Planck Munich
Adam Bzowski, Warsaw University
Nikolay Bobev, KU Leuven
Frederik Denef, Columbia University
Anatoly Dymarsky, University of Kentucky
Pau Figueras, Queen Mary University of London
Ben Freivogel, University of Amsterdam
Damian Galante, King's College London
Viktor Gorbenko, IAS
Monica Guica, Saclay
Chris Herzog, King's College London
Diego Hofman, University of Amsterdam
Daniel Jafferis, Harvard University
Elias Kiritsis, University of Crete
Vassilis Niarchos, University of Crete
Andrei Parnachev, Trinity College Dublin
Joao Penedones, EPFL
David Vegh, Queen Mary University of London
Erik Verlinde, University of Amsterdam
Sessions
Sept. 7th: Black Holes, Euclidean Gravity & Quantum Information
9:30am - 1pm: Jafferis + Anous
3:30pm-7pm: Figueras
Sept. 8th: String Theory & Extended Objects in QFT
9:30am - 1pm: Bobev + Herzog
3:30pm - 7pm: Niarchos
Sept. 9th: de Sitter Holography & Cosmology
9:30 am - 1pm: Benincasa + Gorbenko
3:30pm - 7pm: Freivogel
Sept. 10th: Chaos in CFT & Quantum Systems, Bootstrap & EFT
9:30am - 1pm: Dymarsky + Parnachev
2:30pm - 4:30pm: Belin
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4:30pm (pick up) - 8:30pm (drop off) Winery Trip
Sept. 11th: Matrix models, BFSS & Large N
9:30am - 1pm: Kiritsis + Penedones
3:30pm - 7pm: Closing Session (Anninos)
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