In this issue of the Newsletter

Outreach Lectures – Book Talks

Chris Quigg in Conversation with George Sterman. Grace in All Simplicity: Beauty, Truth, and Wonders on the Path to the Higgs Boson and New Laws of Nature Robert P. Crease. The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory

Moduli

By Steven Bradlow, Daniel Halpern-Leistner, Victoria Hoskins, Margarida Melo, and Anna Wienhard  

Brownian Motion and Dirichlet Zeros

By Giuseppe Mussardo Professor of Theoretical Physics, SISSA (Trieste)  

Supersymmetric Black Holes, Holography and Microstate Counting: October 31-November 4, 2022

Organized by: Cyril Closset (University of Birmingham), Leopoldo Pando Zayas (Michigan U.), Luigi Tizzano (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Chiara Toldo (Harvard University), Alberto Zaffaroni (Milano Bicocca U.) These activities will be dedicated to the study of supersymmetric black holes in holography from both sides of the AdS/CFT correspondence. Holography provides a powerful framework which allows … Read more

5d N=1 SCFTs and Gauge Theories on Brane Webs: October 17 – October 21, 2022

Organized by: Amihay Hanany (Imperial College London), Marcus Sperling (Tsinghua University), Antoine Bourget (Imperial College London), Julius Grimminger (Imperial College London) Five dimensional (5d) Lagrangian gauge theories are non-renormalizable, however many 5d N=1 supersymmetric gauge theories can be understood as effective infrared (IR) descriptions of 5d or 6d conformal fixed points in the ultraviolet (UV) under … Read more

Mathematics Seminar

Talks by postdoctoral scholars at the SCGP, Stony Brook Mathematics department, and the IMS introducing the foundational concepts and questions in their fields. The talks will be at the level accessible to all other postdocs in all fields of mathematics. Organized by Olivier Martin and Fabian Lehmann Mondays: 2-3PM in SCGP room 313 unless otherwise … Read more

COVID-19: Advisory and Updates – March 2022

As per NYS, mask mandate is no longer in effect as of March 2, 2022. Masks are optional. For more information, please visit the dedicated page Stony Brook University – STRONGER TOGETHER. We continue to advise mask wearing if you: Develop COVID-like symptoms Receive a positive COVID-19 test while you are at work Are concerned you … Read more

M.C. Escher® : A Mini-Retrospective

October 11 – November 19, 2021Curated by Lorraine WalshThe Simons Center Gallery To view the M.C. Escher: A Mini-Retrospective Catalog, please click here. The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics (SCGP) is honored to present 70 works by the world-renowned Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972). The art will be on view at the Simons Center … Read more

Greg Falkovich – Three Part Lecture Series

SCGP guest, Dr. Greg Falkovich from the Weizmann Institute of Science, will present a three part lecture series, both in person and virtual. To participate virtually: Thursday, September 16th, 2021 11AM- 12PM – SCGP Lecture Hall – Room 102 Lecture 1: Thermodynamic and statistical entropy. Asymptotic equipartition. Information as a choice. Entropy as the rate … Read more

Fall 2021 Physics Seminar

The Physics Seminar will take place Wednesdays at 1:30 if you would like to receive the zoom link for the talks please fill out the application. Date Title Speaker Location Abstract 9/30 at 1:30 PM The Euclidean path integral in supergravity Gustavo Joaquin Turiaci 102 Abstract 10/6 at 1:30 PM Circuit Complexity in Topological Quantum … Read more

Call for Proposals for Scientific Programs and Workshops – Deadline September 30th, 2021

The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics (SCGP) at Stony Brook University is seeking proposals for scientific programs/workshops/conferences for the 2022-23 and future academic years. SCGP is a research center devoted to furthering fundamental knowledge in mathematics, not (strictly) limited to geometry, and theoretical physics, especially knowledge at the interface of these two disciplines. Each … Read more

SCGP Postdoc Gabriel Cuomo receives the CHIPP Prize 2021

Last year, 2020, Gabriel Cuomo successfully defended his PhD thesis in theoretical particle physics at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). For this academic achievement, the Sicilian-born physicist, now a member of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, received the Doctoral Students Award of the Swiss Institute of Particle Physics (CHIPP). The prize will … Read more