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Friday 21st October: STP Seminar – “Dimensional Reduction in Quantum Gravity & Fractal Spacetime from the Quantum Browian Motion Perspective”

Title: Dimensional Reduction in Quantum Gravity & Fractal Spacetime from the Quantum Browian Motion Perspective. Speaker: Bei-Lok Hu (University of Maryland). Abstract: Many approaches to quantum gravity find that spacetime near the Planck scale (10^33cm) becomes effectively two-dimensional. Recently… Read More

Thursday 20th October 2016: STP Seminar (Double Bill) – With Speakers Malcolm J. Perry & Paul Feehan

Thurs 20th Oct: 2pm Malcolm J Perry (DAMTP) / 3.30pm Paul Feehan (Rutgers) _________________________________________________ Speaker: Malcolm J Perry (DAMTP, Cambridge) Time: 2pm, Thursday 20th Oct 2016 Title: The Black Hole Information Paradox revisited Abstract: I will briefly introduce… Read More

Friday 7th October 2016: Seminar – “Cell gas model of Statistical mechanics”

The School of Theoretical Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies will host a seminar by Alexei Rebenko on Friday 7th October at 2pm. Title: Cell gas model of Statistical mechanics Speaker: Alexei Rebenko (Institute of Mathematics, Kiev) Abstract:… Read More

October 2016 Calculus Course – School of Theoretical Physics

The School of Theoretical Physics invites Leaving Certificate mathematics students to participate in the 2016 Calculus Course – taking place over ten weekends from 1st October 2016.

School of Theoretical Physics Vacancy: Post-doctoral Scholarship

The School of Theoretical Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies invites applications for a post-doctoral scholarship in theoretical physics. Applicants are welcome from all fields of theoretical physics; however, preference will be given to candidates with a proven… Read More

Thursday 30th June 2016: STP Seminar

Title: A “Hartle-Hawking” Wave Function in Casual Set Quantum Gravity Speaker: Sumati Surya (Raman Research Institute) Abstract: The 2-dimensional version of causal set quantum gravity has proved to be a useful testing ground for the full theory. It… Read More

Monday 27th June 2016 : Seminar “The rise and fall of free masonry arches”

The School of Theoretical Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies will host a seminar by Jemal Guven on Monday 27th June at 2pm. Title:  The rise and fall of free masonry arches. Speaker:  Jemal Guven (Instituto de Ciencias… Read More

Thursday 23rd June 2016 : Seminar “Quantum Phases of Yang-Mills Matrix Model Coupled to Fundamental Fermions”.

The School of Theoretical Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies will host a seminar by Sachin Vaidya on Thursday 23rd June at 2pm. Title: Quantum Phases of Yang-Mills Matrix Model Coupled to Fundamental Fermions. Speaker: Sachin Vaidya (Indian… Read More

18th May 2016 – School of Theoretical Physics Statutory Public Lecture “Beauty and Truth in Mathematics and Physics”

Prof. Arthur Jaffe (Landon T. Clay Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Science at Harvard University) recently gave the Statutory Public Lecture of the School of Theoretical Physics, DIAS. The lecture was held on Wednesday 18th May in the… Read More

Thursday 28th April 2016 : School of Theoretical Physics, DIAS Seminar – ‘Black Hole Microstates and Momentum Fractionation’

Title: Black Hole Microstates and Momentum Fractionation Speaker: David Turton (Saclay) Abstract The study of black hole microstates in string theory is an important problem, which has the potential to resolve the information paradox. Of particular interest are… Read More