Workshop on String Phenomenology

March 28 - April 1, 2005, The Fields Institute

Location: Perimeter Institute, Waterloo

Description

Workshop photos can be viewed here.

Overview:
String phenomenology is an emerging research area in the rich interdisciplinary boundaries of string theory, particle physics, and cosmology. Although research in string phenomenology is motivated by physical questions, progress often comes from connections to more formal and mathematical aspects of string theory. These connections include:

How does the Standard Model of particle physics arise from string theory?: Calabi–Yau manifolds, G₂manifolds, brane worlds, orientfolds, intersecting D–branes, warped compactifications, flux compactifications
Can string theory provide a realistic cosmology?: brane cosmology, tachyon condensation, string field theory, decay of unstable branes, thermodynamics of strings and branes, Hagedorn temperature, models of inflation, time–dependent backgrounds
What are the experimental signatures of string theory?: brane worlds, extra dimensions, signatures of short distance physics from early universe cosmology, cosmic strings

It is truly an exciting time in cosmology where experiments have produced and are continuing to yield an abundance of precision data. Similarly, collider experiments at Fermilab, SLAC and CERN, as well as precision low–energy experiments, have the potential to make remarkable new discoveries in particle physics in the next five years. Hence string phenomenology is both a timely and exciting topic of a workshop in 2005.

Schedule

Monday, March 28th, 2005
10:00 to 10:35	What Counts as String Phenomenology? Gordy Kane, University of Michigan Location:
10:35 to 11:10	A Heterotic Standard Model Burt Ovrut, University of Pennsylvania Location:
11:10 to 11:40	Coffee Break
11:40 to 12:15	Towards Realistic Flux Vacua Fernando Marchesano Location:
12:15 to 12:50	On Moduli Stabilisation in Calabi-Yau Flux Compactifications Alexander Berglund, Stockholm University Location:
13:00 to 15:00	Lunch Break
15:15 to 15:50	Comments on Spectrum-generating Symmetries for D-branes Costas Bachas, Ecole Normale Supérieure Location:
15:50 to 16:25	Brane Transmutation by Internal Magnetic Fields and New Supersymmetric Orientifolds Emilian Dudas, Ecole Polytechnique Location:
16:30 to 17:00	Coffee Break
17:00 to 17:35	Moduli Stabilization by Magnetic Fluxes and Split Supersymmetry Ignatios Antoniadis, University of Liverpool Location:
17:35 to 18:00	D3/D7-Brane Inflation and Semilocal Cosmic Strings Marco Zagermann Location:

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005
10:00 to 10:35	Searching for Cosmic Superstrings Henry Tye, Cornell University Location:
10:35 to 11:10	Reconnection of Colliding Cosmic Strings Yuka Hashimoto, Keio University Location:
11:10 to 11:40	Coffee Break
11:40 to 12:15	Cosmological Effective Actions imply new physics in the CMB Koenraad Schalm, Leiden University Location:
12:15 to 12:50	The Wavefunction of the Universe Sash Sarangi Location:
13:00 to 15:00	Lunch Break
15:15 to 15:50	Loop Corrections and Inflation in String Theory Michael Haack, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Location:
15:50 to 16:25	Cascade Inflation Lawrence Krauss Location:
16:30 to 17:00	Coffee Break
17:00 to 18:30	Short Talks Location:

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005
10:00 to 10:35	On the Landscape of Non-Geometric String Compactifications Simon Hellerman Location:
10:35 to 11:10	Moduli Stabilization in String Gas Cosmology Anna Brandenberger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Location:
11:10 to 11:40	Coffee Break
11:40 to 12:15	Chiral Flux Compactifications and 'Realistic' Particle Physics Mirjam Cvetic, University of Pennsylvania Location:
12:15 to 12:50	TeV-Scale Signatures of String Constructions Paul Langacker, University of Pennsylvania Location:
13:00 to 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 to 15:00	PI Colloquium Location:
15:15 to 15:50	Neutrino Mass in Heterotic String Nelson Location:
15:50 to 17:00	Coffee Break
17:00 to 18:30	LHC Location:

Thursday, March 31st, 2005
10:00 to 10:35	Recent results in statistics of vacua Michael Douglas, Rutgers University Location:
10:35 to 11:10	A Caculable Toy Model of the Landscape Keith Dienes, Arizona State University Location:
11:10 to 11:40	Coffee Break
11:40 to 12:15	Landscape Architecture Shamit Kachru, Stanford University Location:
12:15 to 12:50	Landscape days in Practical Cosmology Lev Kofman Location:
13:00 to 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 to 15:00	Supersymmetry and Predictive Landscapes Jafar Arkani-hamed Location:
15:15 to 15:50	Large Extra Dimensions from Flux Compactifications Fernando Quevedo, Clarkson University Location:
15:50 to 16:25	More Landscape Architecture Oliver DeWolfe, University of Colorado Boulder Location:
16:30 to 17:00	Coffee Break
17:00 to 18:30	Panel Discussion Location:

Friday, April 1st, 2005
10:00 to 10:35	Hunting the Standard Model in the Orientifold Jungle Elias Kiritsis, University of Crete Location:
10:35 to 11:10	The holographic dual of the standard model on the throat Cascales Location:
11:10 to 11:40	Coffee Break
11:40 to 12:15	Shock Therapy Nemanja Kaloper, University of California Davis Location:
12:15 to 12:50	Chain Inflation Katie Freese, University of Michigan Location:
13:00 to 15:00	Lunch Break

LHC Stretching Exercise
The "data" will be presented on Monday morning at Gordy Kane's talk. Everyone is encouraged to figure out the underlying theory just as they will for the LHC. There will be an extended session on Wednesday afternoon devoted to discussing the implications of collider data to stringy physics. The answer will be revealed on Friday before the conference concludes.
The complete talk by Gordy Kane
LHC Data from talk by Gordy Kane
Gordy's Black Box Revealed

Bus Service
Please note, for participants attending the String Phenomenology Workshop (March 28 - April 1, 2005) immediately following the N=1 Workshop, at Perimeter Institute, there will be buses leaving the Fields Institute on Sunday, March 27, 2005 at 1:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. travelling to the Four Points Sheraton in Kitchener/Waterloo. There will be sign-up sheets available to reserve a seat.

Accommodation/Travel:
String Phenomenology workshop participants will be staying at the Four Points Sheraton in Kitchener and a shuttle will run between the hotel and PI daily.
Although non-invited participants are responsible for covering their own accommodation costs, you can take advantage of the corporate rate at the Four Points Sheraton at $105/night. To make a reservation, please call them at (519)744-4141 and tell them you are with the "Perimeter Institute reservation".
The Four Points Sheraton is located in downtown Kitchener, at 105 King Street East.
For more information, please see their website at: www.fourpoints.com/kitchener

If you have any questions or require further assistance, please contact Jessica Harrison at jharrison@perimeterinstitute.ca or at (519)569-7600, ext. 6051

Organizing Committee

Jan Louis - Universität Hamburg

Robert Myers - Perimeter Institute

Gary Shiu - University of Wisconsin–Madison

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