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Outreach Lectures – Book Talks

Moduli

Featuring the artworks of Richard Garet, Robert Henke, Emma Mcnally, David Linton, Phoenix Perry, Bethany Shorb February 10th – March 29th Opening Reception March 5: VISIT http://cdact.stonybrook.edu/fglitch/ FOR THE FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS WEDNESDAY MARCH 5: Colloquia at Simons Center for Geometry and Physics Auditorium, Stony Brook University 4:00 Keynote Speaker: Carl Haber, Physicist: “Seeing Voices: Optical … Read more
Quantum Anomalies, Topology, and Hydrodynamics Organized by Alexander Abanov, Dmitri Kharzeev, Boris Khesin, Dam Son, and Paul Wiegmann February 17-June 13, 2014 Recent developments in relativistic hydrodynamics place it at the crossroads of nuclear physics, condensed matter physics and string theory. Hydrodynamics is known to be very effective in describing the long-wavelength behavior of many … Read more
The Simons Center is pleased to announce fall 2013 newsletter. See below to find out what’s been happening at the Center! Click here for SCGP Fall 2013 Newsletter
Organized by Chris Herzog, Kristan Jensen, Dmitri Kharzeev, Shinsei Ryu, and Dam Son. Dates: February 17 – 21, 2014 The past decade has seen an unexpected revolution in both our understanding of and interest in relativistic hydrodynamics (RH). This revival was originally motivated by applications to the phenomenology of relativistic heavy-ion collisions as well as … Read more
Application for workshop is now closed. We are pleased to announce the 2014 Summer Simons Workshop in Mathematics and Physics from July 21 to August 15, 2014. This workshop is the seventh conducted by the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University. The Center’s mission is to develop the interaction of geometry … Read more
Organized by Barbara Jacak, Chris Herzog, Dima Kharzeev, and Nikita Nekrasov. Dates: February 24 – 28, 2014 The non-equilibrium dynamics of strongly coupled systems has recently emerged as a focal point of interest in many areas of physics. In nuclear physics, this interest stems from the need to describe the early moments of heavy ion … Read more
Public Talk Tuesday March 4 at 5:30pm, Simons Center Auditorium, room 103: Title: “Expanding the Doors of Perception” Abstract: Modern physics has taught us that our unaided senses perceive only an infinitesimal portion of physical reality. Within that theme, Frank Wilczek, PhD, a Nobel Laureate and professor of physics at MIT, will especially emphasize color … Read more
STRING THEORY: PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE Speaker: Dr. John H. Schwarz Public Lecture: Tuesday March 25, 6:00pm in the Simons Center Auditorium, Room 103. Wine and Cheese Reception at 5:15pm Title: “STRING THEORY: PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE” Abstract: String theory connects the microscopic quantum world of elementary particles to the large-scale world of gravity and … Read more
Professor Martinus Veltman of the University of Michigan (retired) will present a Della Pietra Lecture entitled “The Higgs Particle” at 5:30 pm on Thursday, January 9, 2014 in Room 103 of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics. 5:00pm – Wine and Cheese Reception 5:30pm – Public lecture by Martinus Veltman, “The Higgs particle” Professor Veltman together with … Read more
On Friday December 6th the Stony Brook Math Department is organizing a “Mini-school on K-stability”, which will be held in the Simons Center Lecture Hall, Room 102. For further details, and a full list of talks, please visit: http://www.math.sunysb.edu/AlgebraicGeometry/Kstability.html