Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics (TASI)
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
June 4- 29, 2012
“Searching for New Physics at Small and Large Scales”
Lecturers and Topics: Particle Physics: Peter Skands (CERN) - Introduction to QCD Michael Peskin (Stanford) - Weak Interactions and Higgs, Theory Yuri Gershtein (Rutgers) - LHC and Higgs, Experiment Veronica Sanz (York& CERN) - Collider physics Aaron Pierce (Michigan) - SUSY at the LHC Michele Papucci (Berkeley): SUSY Model Building Jesse Shelton (Yale) - Jet substructure and new physics Rouven Essig (SUNY Stony Brook) - Dark Matter from Particle Physics Cosmology Edmund Bertschinger (MIT) - Introduction to Cosmology Robert Caldwell (Dartmouth) - Dark Energy Fabian Schmidt (Caltech) - Modified gravity Julien Lesgourgues (EPFL Lausanne & CERN) - cosmological perturbations and dark matter Leonardo Senatore (Stanford) - Inflation Shirley Ho (CMU& Berkeley) - What can we learn from Large Scale Structure of the Universe? Stefano Profumo (UC Santa Cruz) - DM constraints from astrophysical data Public Lectures Robert Caldwell - TBA Michael Peskin - TBA |
Program Co-directors Martin Schmaltz(BU) Elena Pierpaoli (USC) |
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 2012. 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.