21st Simons Physics Summer Workshop: July 29- August 16, 2024

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Scientific Organizer: Cumrun Vafa (Harvard),

Local Organizer: Martin Rocek (CN Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics)

The Simons Physics Summer Workshop is the Sixteenth conducted by the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook and the twenty-first in the series Simons Physics Summer Workshops. The theme of this workshop will be Landscapia—the landscape of old and new constructions of String/Quantum Gravity backgrounds.

Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays

  • All talks will be held in the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics Lecture Hall (Room 102).
  • Breakfast will be served daily from 9:00am-10:00am in the Simons Center Cafe, 2nd floor.
  • Lunch will be served from 12:00pm-2:00pm in the Simons Center Cafe, 2nd floor.
  • Tea time will be in the Simons Center Cafe at 3:30pm *Tuesday Tea time will be at 4:30 before the concert in the SCGP Lobby

Wednesdays

  • The talk will be at Smith Point Beach at 11AM (please see Special Events above). Lunch will be served at Smith Point Beach around 12:30pm.

FULL SCHEDULE BY WEEK (PDF)

Week 1 ScheduleWeek 2 ScheduleWeek 3 Schedule

SPECIAL EVENTS & BANQUETS

Tuesdays: Summer Concert Series – 5PM – SCGP Auditorium

Thursdays: Banquet Dinners

Please see Special Events above

  • Thursday, August 1, 2024 – Banquet Dinner – 6PM – SCGP Cafe
  • Thursday, August 8, 2024 – Special Dinner from Jim & Marilyn Simons – 6PM – Avalon Park
  • Thursday, August 15, 2024 – Special Dinner Hosted by Martin Rocek – 7:00PM – Rocek Residence

Week 1 -July 29 - August 2, 2024


Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am The landscape of freely acting orbifolds – Part 1 Stefan Vandoren SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am The landscape of freely acting orbifolds – Part 2 Stefan Vandoren SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am Symmetries of Non-SUSY Strings Backgrounds – Part 1 Jonathan Heckman SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am Symmetries of Non-SUSY String Backgrounds – Part 2 Jonathan Heckman SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
4:30pm Tea Reception N/A SCGP Lobby
5:00pm Summer Concert Series: Performance by Musicivic Baroque: Natalie Rose Kress, violin; Elena Kauffman, cello & viola da gamba; Robert Warner, harpsichord N/A SCGP 103

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am Aspects of the non-supersymmetric String Landscape Miguel Montero – Beach Talk Smith Point County Park, 1 William Floyd Pkwy, Shirley, NY 11967, USA

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am Stringy Gravity from Homotopy Algebras – Part 1 Olaf Hohm SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am Stringy Gravity from Homotopy Algebras – Part 2 Olaf Hohm SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe
6:00pm Workshop Banquet N/A SCGP Cafe

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am General Mathematical results on Kaluza-Klein masses- Part 1 Alessandro Tomasiello SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am General Mathematical results on Kaluza-Klein masses- Part 2 Alessandro Tomasiello SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe


Week 2 - August 5 - 9, 2024


Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am A look at the string landscape through charge lattices – Part 1 Parra De Freitas SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am A look at the string landscape through charge lattices – Part 2 Parra De Freitas SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am A journey through the non-geometric string landscape – Part 1 Houri Tarazi SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am A journey through the non-geometric string landscape – Part 2 Houri Tarazi SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
4:30pm Tea Reception N/A SCGP Lobby
5:00pm Summer Concert Series: Jazz Loft Legends: All-Star group of Jazz legends including: Steve Little, drums (Duke Ellington), Warren Vache, cornet (Benny Goodman, Rosemary Clooney, etc.), Houston Person, tenor sax (Etta Jones), Emmet Cohen, piano, Bill Crow, bass (Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, etc.), and Tom Manuel (star in training!) N/A SCGP 103

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am Connecting String Theory to Irrelevant Stuff Sav Sethi – Beach Talk Smith Point County Park, 1 William Floyd Pkwy, Shirley, NY 11967, USA

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am TBD TBD SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am TBD TBD SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe
6:00pm Banquet Dinner at Avalon Park & Preserve N/A Avalon Nature Preserve, Harbor Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11790, USA

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am The No Boundary Wavefunction and Density Matrix of the Universe – Part 1 Juan Maldacena SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am The No Boundary Wavefunction and Density Matrix of the Universe – Part 2 Juan Maldacena SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe



Week 3 - August 12-16, 2024


Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am The Geometry of Generalized Toric Polygons (GTP’s) and 5d SCFTs – Part 1 Sebastian Franco SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am The Geometry of Generalized Toric Polygons (GTP’s) and 5d SCFTs – Part 2 Sebastian Franco SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am Fully Stabilized 4d Minkowski vacua from Landau-Ginzburg models – Part 1 Timm Wrase SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am Fully Stabilized 4d Minkowski vacua from Landau-Ginzburg models – Part 2 Timm Wrase SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
4:30pm Tea Reception N/A SCGP Lobby
5:00pm Summer Concert Series: Brandon Rayhaun N/A SCGP 103

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am Refining the F-Theory Landscape of the Standard Model Mirjam Cvetic- Beach Talk Smith Point County Park, 1 William Floyd Pkwy, Shirley, NY 11967, USA

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am What String Field Theory can do for String Backgrounds – Part 1 Minjae Cho SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am What String Field Theory can do for String Backgrounds – Part 2 Minjae Cho SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe
7:00pm Workshop Banquet at Martin Rocek’s House N/A Email will be sent with info

Time Title Speaker Location
9:00am Breakfast N/A SCGP Cafe
10:00am TBA TBA SCGP 102
11:00am Coffee Break N/A SCGP Cafe
11:30am TBA TBA SCGP 102
12:00pm Lunch N/A SCGP Cafe
3:30pm Tea Time N/A SCGP Cafe