Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics (TASI)
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
June 1-26, 2009
“Physics of the Large and the Small”
Lecturers and Topics: Particle Physics: Hsin-Chia Cheng (Davis) - Introduction to extra dimensions Roberto Contino (CERN) - The Higgs as a Pseudo-Goldstone boson Patrick Fox (Fermilab) - Supersymmetry and the MSSM Eva Halkiadakis (Rutgers) - Introduction to the LHC experiments Patrick Meade (IAS) - Gauge mediation of supersymmetry breaking Maxim Perelstein (Cornell) - Introduction to collider physics Gilad Perez (Weizmann Inst.) - Flavor physics David Shih (IAS) - Dynamical supersymmetry breaking Witold Skiba (Yale) - Effective theories and electroweak precision constraints Kathryn Zurek (Fermilab) - Unexpected signals at the LHC Cosmology: Rachel Bean (Cornell) - Dark Energy Daniel Baumann (Harvard) - Inflation Manoj Kaplinghat (Irvine) - Large Scale Structure Elena Pierpaoli (USC) - Cosmic Microwave Background Richard Schnee (Syracuse) - Dark Matter Experiment Michael Turner (Chicago) - Introduction to Cosmology Neal Weiner (NYU) - Dark Matter Theory |
Program Directors Csaba Csaki (Cornell) Scott Dodelson (Fermilab) |
The program will consist of a pedagogical series of lectures and seminars. Lectures will be given over a four-week period, three or four lectures per day, Monday through Friday. The audience will be composed primarily of advanced theoretical graduate students. Experimentalists with a strong background in theory are also encouraged to apply. Some post-doctoral fellows will be admitted, but preference will be given to applicants who will not have received their Ph.D. before 2009. The minimum background needed to get full benefit of TASI is a knowledge of quantum field theory (including RGEs) and familiarity with the Standard Model. Some familiarity with SUSY and string theory would be helpful. We hope to provide some subsidy, but students will need partial support from other sources. Rooms, meals, and access to all facilities will be provided at reasonable rates in beautifully located dormitories at the University of Colorado.