Schedule for: 25w5384 - Prospects for the String Axiverse
Beginning on Sunday, January 12 and ending Friday January 17, 2025
All times in Banff, Alberta time, MST (UTC-7).
| Sunday, January 12 | |
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| 16:00 - 17:30 | Check-in begins at 16:00 on Sunday and is open 24 hours (Front Desk - Professional Development Centre) |
| 17:30 - 19:30 |
Dinner ↓ A buffet dinner is served daily between 5:30pm and 7:30pm in Vistas Dining Room, top floor of the Sally Borden Building. (Vistas Dining Room) |
| 20:00 - 22:00 |
Informal gathering ↓ Informal Meet and Greet at BIRS Lounge (PDC 2nd floor) (Other (See Description)) |
| Monday, January 13 | |
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| 07:00 - 08:45 |
Breakfast ↓ Breakfast is served daily between 7 and 9am in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building. (Vistas Dining Room) |
| 08:45 - 09:00 |
Introduction and Welcome by BIRS Staff ↓ A brief introduction to BIRS with important logistical information, technology instruction, and opportunity for participants to ask questions. (TCPL 201) |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Joerg Jaeckel: Review Talk: Axions and ALPs Beyond Discovery (TCPL 201) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer) |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Jakob Moritz: Review Talk: Axions in String Theory (TCPL 201) |
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Lunch ↓ Lunch is served daily between 11:30am and 1:30pm in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building. (Vistas Dining Room) |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Discussion: What are the questions in axion theory? (Online) |
| 13:00 - 17:30 | David Marsh: Discussions (TCPL 201) |
| 14:00 - 14:20 |
Group Photo ↓ Meet in foyer of TCPL to participate in the BIRS group photo. The photograph will be taken outdoors, so dress appropriately for the weather. Please don't be late, or you might not be in the official group photo! (TCPL Foyer) |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer) |
| 15:30 - 17:30 |
Breakout Sessions ↓ Breakout sessions taking place in various locations.
Leaders and titles:
Francesca Chadha-Day: "Mapping axiverse phenomenology"
Elijah Sheridan: "From Polytopes to Lagrangians: Computing Explicit Stringy Axion EFTs"
Margherita Putti: Probing the cosmology of stringy axions
Chris Dessert: Dark Matter in the Axiverse (Other (See Description)) |
| 17:30 - 19:30 |
Dinner ↓ A buffet dinner is served daily between 5:30pm and 7:30pm in Vistas Dining Room, top floor of the Sally Borden Building. (Vistas Dining Room) |
| Tuesday, January 14 | |
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| 07:00 - 08:45 |
Breakfast ↓ Breakfast is served daily between 7 and 9am in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building. (Vistas Dining Room) |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Research Talk (Online) |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | David Marsh: Fuzzy DM (TCPL 201) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer) |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Nicole Righi: String axions: the hot and the fuzzy (TCPL 201) |
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Lunch ↓ Lunch is served daily between 11:30am and 1:30pm in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building. (Vistas Dining Room) |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Alexander Westphal: Discussion (TCPL 201) |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer) |
| 16:30 - 17:30 |
Breakout Sessions ↓ David Cyncynates: (Un)factorizable phenomenology of the Axiverse
Susha Parameswaran: What are the distinctive properties of string axions and their couplings, with implications and applications for phenomenology? (Other (See Description)) |
| 17:30 - 19:30 |
Dinner ↓ A buffet dinner is served daily between 5:30pm and 7:30pm in Vistas Dining Room, top floor of the Sally Borden Building. (Vistas Dining Room) |
| Wednesday, January 15 | |
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| 07:00 - 08:45 |
Breakfast ↓ Breakfast is served daily between 7 and 9am in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building. (Vistas Dining Room) |
| 09:00 - 13:00 | Free Morning (Banff National Park) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer) |
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Lunch ↓ Lunch is served daily between 11:30am and 1:30pm in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building. (Vistas Dining Room) |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Masha Baryakhtar: Pi in the Sky: Compact Objects and Exceptionally Light QCD Axions (TCPL 201) |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Cliff Burgess: A Dark Horse for the Dark Sector (Naturally) (Online) |
| 18:00 - 20:00 |
Dinner ↓ A buffet dinner is served daily between 5:30pm and 7:30pm in Vistas Dining Room, top floor of the Sally Borden Building. (Vistas Dining Room) |
| Thursday, January 16 | |
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| 07:00 - 08:45 |
Breakfast ↓ Breakfast is served daily between 7 and 9am in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building. (Vistas Dining Room) |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Gray Rybka: Review Talk: Detecting Axions (TCPL 201) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer) |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Joshua Foster (TCPL 201) |
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Lunch ↓ Lunch is served daily between 11:30am and 1:30pm in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building. (Vistas Dining Room) |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Discussion: Anirudh Prabu (Online) |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Anirudh Prabhu: Discussions (TCPL 201) |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer) |
| 16:30 - 17:30 |
Breakout Sessions ↓ Breakout sessions taking place in various locations. (Other (See Description)) |
| 17:30 - 19:30 |
Dinner ↓ A buffet dinner is served daily between 5:30pm and 7:30pm in Vistas Dining Room, top floor of the Sally Borden Building. (Vistas Dining Room) |
| Friday, January 17 | |
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| 07:00 - 08:45 |
Breakfast ↓ Breakfast is served daily between 7 and 9am in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building. (Vistas Dining Room) |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Andreas Schachner: Towards Fully Automated Pipelines for Exploring the String Axiverse (TCPL 201) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Checkout by 11AM ↓ 5-day workshop participants are welcome to use BIRS facilities (TCPL ) until 3 pm on Friday, although participants are still required to checkout of the guest rooms by 11AM. (Front Desk - Professional Development Centre) |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Arthur Hebecker: Outlook/Discussion (TCPL 201) |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch from 11:30 to 13:30 (Vistas Dining Room) |
