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"Introduction
to Collider Physics"
July 18 - July 29, 2005
The deadline for application has now
passed; we regret, we are unable to accept any further
applications for this program.
Prospects in Theoretical Physics (PiTP) is
an intensive two-week summer program designed for graduate
students considering a career in theoretical physics.
First held by the School of Natural Sciences at the
Institute for Advanced Study in the summer of 2002,
the PiTP program is designed to provide lecture courses
and informal sessions on the latest advances and open
questions in various areas of theoretical physics.
One of the goals of the program is to help
the physics community train the next generation of
scholars in theoretical physics. A special effort is made
to reach out to women and minorities, as well as to
graduate students in small universities who typically do
not have the same opportunities and access to leaders in
the field as graduate students in large research
institutions.
Program History
The pilot program in the summer of 2002
was an introduction to string theory tailored to graduate
students entering the field, where much attention was paid
also to particle phenomenology and cosmology. PiTP
2003 was devoted to the problems and techniques at the
interface of particle physics and cosmology. Both
programs were relatively large, with more than 100
registered participants in residence and local registered
auditors, as well as numerous members of the local physics
community who attended lectures on an informal
basis. PiTP 2004 was, in contrast, a smaller program
designed for advanced graduate students in string theory. 2005
Program
(The deadline for application has now passed; we
regret, we are unable to accept any further applications
for this program.)
PiTP 2005 will be an introduction to LHC
physics, intended for graduate students and (for the first
time!) postdoctoral fellows in theoretical particle
physics. The course is specifically designed to
introduce collider phenomenology to theorists –
including string theorists –
who are not specialists in this subject. The goal is
to help young physicists prepare for the physics that will
emerge from the LHC. A list of papers for
participants to read in preparation for the school will be
made available on this website a few months before the
beginning of the school.
Prospects in Theoretical Physics builds on
the strong relationship of the research groups at the
Institute and Princeton University, and many faculty
members from the physics and astrophysics departments at
both institutions are actively involved in the program
along with scientists from neighboring institutions. This
year, the local organizers will be: Chiara
Nappi and
Igor
Klebanov of Princeton Unviersity, and Nathan
Seiberg of the Institute.
The
lecturers for PiTP 2005 are: Jonathan
Bagger (Johns Hopkins University); Lance
Dixon (SLAC,
Stanford University); Jonathan
Feng (University of California, Irvine);
Ian Hinchliffe
(Lawrence Berkeley National Lab); Konstantin
Matchev (University of Florida); Hitoshi
Murayama (University of California, Berkeley); Michael
Peskin (SLAC,
Stanford University); Heidi
Schellman (Northwestern University); Scott
Thomas (Stanford University); Christopher
Tully (Princeton
University); and Dieter
Zeppenfeld (University of Karlsruhe).
Please see the links below for an
Application Form and tentative Program Schedule. For further information, please contact
Susan Higgins,
(609) 734-8389; e-mail: shiggins@ias.edu
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