Title: Yang-Baxter sigma-models, conformal twists & noncommutative Yang-Mills Speaker: Eoin Ó Colgáin (University of Surrey) Abstract: The Yang-Baxter σ-model is a systematic way to generate integrable deformations of AdS5×S5. We recast the deformations as seen by open strings, where the… Read More

Title: Gaussian free fields at the integer quantum Hall plateau transition. Speaker: Roberto Bondesan (Oxford). Abstract: The transition between Hall conductance plateaus of the integer quantum Hall effect stands out as a possible paradigm for quantum phase transitions of Anderson-localization… Read More

Title: Einstein–Maxwell–Anti-de-Sitter solitons and black holes Speaker: Eugen Radu (Aveiro University) Abstract: We consider a new class of solutions in Einstein-Maxwell theory with a negative cosmological constant, that approach asymptotically a globally Anti-de-Sitter (AdS) background in four spacetime… Read More

DIAS School of Theoretical Physics Statutory Public Lecture 2016 Gravitational waves: a new astronomy By Professor Sheila Rowan, Director of Institute for Gravitational Research, University of Glasgow and Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland. Monday 21st November 2016 at… Read More

Title: Invariant Set Theory: Towards a Realistic Locally Causal Gravitational Theory of the Quantum Speaker: Tim N. Palmer (University of Oxford) Abstract: It is traditionally assumed that the application of quantum theoretic ansätze to a suitably defined model… Read More