GGI lectures on the theory of fundamental interactions

8-26 January 2018
Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics Firenze

The lectures are primarily addressed to Ph.D. students in High Energy Particle and Astroparticle Physics. Participation of post-docs is also encouraged. The aim of the school is to give a pedagogical introduction to the basic concepts and tools needed for research, covering the foundations of the subject at a deep and advanced level. Lectures will be given on the blackboard. Students will have the possibility to take exams for the courses, if requested by their doctoral school.

Thanks to the generous contribution of the COST Association via the Action “Fundamental Connections”, extra funding is available to support participants from a number of target countries (see Practical info for the list). Students based in these countries are particularly encouraged to apply.

Lecturers and topics

CSABA CSAKI (Cornell U.)
Topics on physics beyond the Standard Model
LANCE DIXON (SLAC)
Amplitudeology
GIOVANNI RIDOLFI (Genova U. & INFN)
An introduction to the standard model of electroweak interactions
ANTONIO RIOTTO (Geneva U.)
Inflation and cosmological perturbations
IRA ROTHSTEIN (Carnegie Mellon U.)
New Applications of Effective Field Theory
TRACY SLATYER (MIT)
Dark Matter

Tutors

MATTEO BIAGETTI (Amsterdam U.)
LUCA DI LUZIO (Durham U.)
DUFF NEILL (MIT)
JAVI SERRA (CERN)
MATT VON HIPPEL (Niels Bohr Institute)
WEI XUE (CERN)

Organizers

BRANDO BELLAZZINI (IPhT CEA-Saclay)
MARCO CIRELLI (LPTHE CNRS Jussieu)
STEFANIA DE CURTIS (Florence U. & INFN)
ANDREA DE SIMONE (SISSA & INFN)
MASSIMILIANO GRAZZINI (Zurich U.)
MICHELE REDI (Florence U.& INFN)
RICCARDO TORRE (INFN, Genova & CERN)
ENRICO TRINCHERINI (SNS & INFN)