A suggested pre-reading list for this summer's PiTP program can be found here. We ask that participants review the items on the list to be adequately prepared for the lectures.
*Program schedule is subject to change.
Week #1 - July 17th - 21st
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Tuesday, |
Wednesday, |
Thursday, |
Friday, |
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| 8:00 - 9:00 am |
Registration/ |
Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 9:15 am | Welcome | ||||
| 9:15 -10:45 am |
"The Strong CP Problem" by Michael Dine |
"New Approaches to the Hierarchy Problem II" by Nathaniel Craig |
"Signals of Dark Matter" by Neal Weiner |
"Axion Cosmology and Axion Searches: Old and New Ideas" by Michael Dine |
No Lecture |
| 10:45 - 11:15 am | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 11:15 am - 12:45 pm |
"New Approaches to the Hierarchy Problem I" by Nathaniel Craig |
"Neutrino Physics I" by André de Gouvêa |
"New Approaches to the Hierarchy Problem III" by Nathaniel Craig |
'Where in the World are SUSY & WIMPS?" by Nima Arkani-Hamed |
"Collider Physics from the Bottom Up" by Nima Arkani-Hamed |
| 12:45 - 2:15 pm | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 2:15 - 3:45 pm |
"What We Know and Don't Know about Dark Matter" by Neal Weiner |
"Histories and Models of Dark Matter" by Neal Weiner |
"Neutrino Physics II" by André de Gouvêa |
"Relic Neutrinos" by Chris Tully |
"Neutrino Physics III" by André de Gouvêa |
| 3:45 - 4:15 pm | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 4:15 - 5:45 pm |
"Solutions of the Strong CP Problem: An Assessment" by Michael Dine |
Discussion Session with Neal Weiner | Discussion Session with Nathaniel Craig | Discussion Session with André de Gouvêa |
Grab-and-Go Jersey Mike's Subs (Available starting at 4:00 pm) |
| Evening Events |
Welcome Dinner |
Dinner |
Dinner |
Dinner |
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Week #2 - July 24th - 28th
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Monday, |
Tuesday, |
Wednesday, |
Thursday, |
Friday, |
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| 8:00 - 9:15 am | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
| 9:15 - 10:45 am |
"CMB & LSS: Overview of linear theory and Cosmological Background" by David Spergel |
"Determining Cosmological Parameters from CMB & LSS" by David Spergel |
"New Physics at the LHC and Beyond III" by Liantao Wang |
"New Searches for Dark Matter and Dark Sectors III" by Rouven Essig |
"CMB & LSS as Probes of Initial Conditions: Non-Guassianities, Gravitational Waves" by David Spergel |
| 10:45 - 11:15 am | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 11:15 am - 12:45 pm |
"New Physics at the LHC and Beyond I" by Liantao Wang |
"New Physics at the LHC and Beyond II" by Liantao Wang |
"New Experimental Directions for Fundamental Physics I" by Peter Graham |
"New Experimental Directions for Fundamental Physics II" by Peter Graham |
"Future Accelerators" by Nima Arkani-Hamed |
| 12:45 - 2:15 pm | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 2:15 - 3:45 pm |
"Dark Matter at the LHC" by Mariangela Lisanti |
"New Searches for Dark Matter and Dark Sectors I" by Rouven Essig |
"New Searches for Dark Matter and Dark Sectors II" by Rouven Essig |
"LHC Update" by Jim Olsen |
PROGRAM ENDS WITH LUNCH ON FRIDAY |
| 3:45 - 4:15 pm | Break | Break | Break | Break | |
| 4:15 - 5:45 pm | Discussion Session with Liantao Wang | Discussion Session with Rouven Essig | Discussion Session with Peter Graham | Discussion Session with Nima Arkani-Hamed | |
| Evening Events | Dinner (6:00 - 7:00 pm) |
Dinner (6:00 - 7:00 pm) |
Pool Party (6:00 - 8:00 pm) |
Dinner (6:00 - 7:00 pm) |