New Frontiers in Theoretical Physics XXXVI Convegno Nazionale di Fisica Teorica

Session

Afternoon Session

May 23, 2018, 2:30 PM

Cortona (Arezzo)

4. Nambu-Goldstone Composite Higgs(es)

Stefania De Curtis (INFN Firenze)

5/23/18, 2:30 PM

I’ll review the implications of composite Higgs scenarios from a theoretical and phenomenological point of view. They represent a natural possibility for the Electroweak Symmetry Breaking induced by a strong dynamics giving rise to new composite particles. These are ideal targets for the LHC program because they can produce visible effects without conflict with direct bounds.

5. Entanglement and thermodynamics in non-equilibrium isolated quantum systems

Pasquale Calabrese (SISSA)

5/23/18, 3:20 PM

Entanglement and entropy are key concepts standing at the foundations of quantum and statistical mechanics. In the last decade the study of the non-equilibrium dynamics of isolated quantum systems revealed that these two concepts are intricately intertwined. Although the unitary time evolution ensuing from a pure initial state maintains the system globally at zero entropy, at long time after...

8. Superstrings, lattice and AdS/CFT

Valentina Forini (City University London and Humboldt Univerisity Berlin)

5/24/18, 2:20 PM

I will discuss perturbative and non-perturbative approaches to the quantization of the superstring sigma-models relevant in AdS/CFT, reporting in particular on the use of lattice field theory methods in this context.

9. Earth’s climate as a complex system

Antonello Provenzale (CNR Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources)

5/24/18, 3:10 PM

Planetary climates are complex systems composed of many interacting components. In the case of Earth, the atmosphere, oceans, cryosphere, geosphere and biosphere interact nonlinearly on a multitude of spatial and temporal scales, generating feedback mechanisms that lead both to climate variability on all time scales, as well as to long-term stability of the climate system that has allowed life...

13. Neutrino Masses and Mixings: Status and Challenges

Eligio Lisi (INFN, Bari)

5/25/18, 2:30 PM

The status of neutrino masses and mixings within the standard three-neutrino framework is presented. The combination of current data coming from oscillation experiments provides interesting constraints on the known mass-mixing parameters, as well as intriguing hints on the unknown ones. Concerning the latter, particularly interesting indications are emerging in favor of nearly maximal leptonic...

14. Amplitudes (in the Standard Model and beyond)

Vittorio Del Duca (ETH Zurich and INFN LNF)

5/25/18, 3:20 PM

In the last few years, a lot of progress has been made in understanding the analytic and algebraic structure of multi-loop scattering amplitudes. I shall review some of that progress for amplitudes at weak coupling.