Theory Division

Quantum Computing holds the promise of enabling calculations of the real-time evolution of quantum systems, with a wide range of applications in nuclear and particle physics. In particular, a fault-tolerant Quantum Computer would allow calculations of nuclear dynamics beyond the reach of classical computing. In this talk, I will discuss the problem of calculating real-time... More »

Jets of hadrons produced at high-energy colliders provide experimental access to the dynamics of asymptotically free quarks and gluons and their confinement into hadrons. Motivated by recent developments in conformal field theory, we propose a reformulation of jet substructure as the study of correlation functions of a specific class of light-ray operators and their associated... More »

Since axions couple extremely weakly to regular matter, it makes them challenging to probe in the laboratory. However, axions should be produced in the dense environments of compact stars. Stellar axion emission provides an additional cooling channel that leads to well-known constraints on the axion’s couplings to matter. These constraints are indirect, and although compact... More »

I will give an overview of our current picture of the physical mechanisms that are at play in high-energy collisions, spanning both perturbative and non-perturbative phenomena. I will review the current state of the art of detailed numerical models of these processes, embodied by Monte Carlo event generators, and explain why I believe we are... More »

This seminar will be part of the Higgs@10 event to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Higgs boson discovery. The event will be in hybrid format and has three parts: a symposium, wine and cheese reception and a “wine and cheese” seminar on the Higgs. You can find the agenda on the Indico page, where... More »