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2008 PiTP

Final Program Schedule

July 14 - 25, 2008


For information on Suggested Pre-Readings, click here

REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN: Sunday, July 13, 2008, 3:00 - 8:00 p.m.  (in Bloomberg Hall Common Room)

WEEK 1: All events held in Wolfensohn Hall, unless otherwise noted.

July 14 July 15 July 16 July 17 July 18
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Greeting &
Introduction

 

9:00 am - 10:30 am


"Some Basic Superstring Theory"
John Schwarz
(1 of 2)
Homework
Video of Talk
 
"Some Basic Superstring Theory"
John Schwarz

(2 of 2)
Homework
Video of Talk
"LHC: a Crash Course"
Nima Arkani-Hamed
Video of Talk
"Supersymmetric Grand Unification"
Stuart Raby
(2 of 3)
Lecture Notes (All)
Homework
Homework Solutions
Video of Talk
"D-Brane Model Building"
Luis Ibanez
(3 of 3)
Lecture 3 Notes

REVISED Homework (#1 for lecture 1, #2-3 for Lecture 2, and #4 for Lecture 3)

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Coffee Break (in Fuld Hall Common Room)

11:00 am - 12:30 pm


"Supersymmetric Grand Unification"
Stuart Raby
(1 of 3)
Lecture Notes (All)
Homework
Homework Solutions
Video of Talk
 
"Some Basics of String Phenomenology"
Herman Verlinde
(1 of 2)
Video of Talk
"D-Brane Model Building"
Luis Ibanez
(1 of 3)
Lecture 1 Notes

REVISED Homework (#1 for lecture 1, #2-3 for Lecture 2, and #4 for Lecture 3)
"D-Brane Model Building"
Luis Ibanez
(2 of 3)
Lecture 2 Notes

REVISED Homework (#1 for lecture 1, #2-3 for Lecture 2, and #4 for Lecture 3)
11:00 - 11:45
"Some Basics of String Phenomenology"
Herman Verlinde
(2 of 2)
Video of Talk

11:45 - 12:30
Q & A Ibanez
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Lunch Break
Institute Dining Hall
(NOTES:
Lunch tickets are valid only after 12:30 pm. Dining Hall serves only until 1:30 pm)

(NOTES: Full Group Photo at start of lunch break on Thurs., July 17 - back of Fuld Hall)
(NOTES: Institute Apparel Sale Fri., July 18 - upper level Dining Hall)

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Q & A Schwarz Q & A Raby Q & A Verlinde Q & A Raby 2:00 pm
Informal participant 3-minute presentations
(Bloomberg Lecture Hall)

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
 
Afternoon Tea Break (in Fuld Hall Common Room)
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Homework Schwarz/Verlinde
 
Homework
Schwarz/Verlinde
Q & A + Homework 
Arkani-Hamed
Q & A + Homework Ibanez  FREE AFTERNOON
Evening

Grocery Shuttle (departs from in front of Fuld Hall)
5:25 pm Group # 1
5:55 pm Group # 2
6:25 pm Group # 3

 Director's
Welcome Dinner hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Goddard
(6:30 pm)
Institute Dining Hall

FOR INFORMATION ON SUGGESTED PRINCETON SITES TO VISIT - ACTIVITIES FOR WEEKEND OF JULY 18 - 20, Click here


WEEK 2: All events held in Wolfensohn Hall, unless otherwise noted. 

July 21 July 22 July 23 July 24 July 25

9:00 am - 10:30 am


"Heterotic Model Building"
Hans-Peter Nilles
Lecture Notes


"Supersymmetric Grand Unification"
Stuart Raby
(3 of 3)
Lecture Notes (All)
Homework
Homework Solutions
Video of Talk
NEW TOPIC
"Introduction to F-theory"
(some background material for Edward Witten's lectures)
Herman Verlinde
Video of Talk
"Phenomenology of Supersymmetry Breaking and Mediation"
Hans-Peter Nilles
(2 of 2)
Lecture Notes
"String Compactifications"
Edward Witten
(2 of 2)
Video of Talk

10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break (in Fuld Hall Common Room)

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

"Gauge/Gravity Duality and Strongly Coupled Model Building"
Shamit Kachru
(1 of 3)
Homework
Lecture 1 Notes
"Gauge/Gravity Duality and Strongly Coupled Model Building"
Shamit Kachru
(2 of 3)
Homework
Lecture 2 Notes
"Phenomenology of Supersymmetry Breaking and Mediation"
Hans-Peter Nilles
(1 of 2)
"String Compactifications"
Edward Witten
(1 of 2)
Video of Talk
"Gauge/Gravity Duality and Strongly Coupled Model Building"
Shamit Kachru
(3 of 3)
Homework
Lecture Notes
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Lunch Break
Institute Dining Hall
(NOTES: Lunch tickets are valid only after 12:30 pm. Dining Hall serves only until 1:30 pm)

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Q & A Nilles Q & A Raby Q & A Verlinde  CANCELED
Q & A + Homework (URL) Arkani-Hamed

Homework solution here

 
 2:30 - 3:30 LECTURE
"Strings and Cosmology"
Shamit Kachru
Lecture Notes
PROGRAM ENDS
WITH
LUNCH

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
 
Afternoon Tea Break (in Fuld Hall Common Room)
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Q & A Kachru
 
Homework for Kachru's Lectures (Led by Sebastian Franco)
(in Bloomberg Lecture Hall)

Q & A Nilles

Q & A Witten

Evening

Grocery Shuttle (departs from in front of Fuld Hall)
5:25 pm Group # 1
5:55 pm Group # 2
6:25 pm Group # 3

7:00-8:45 pm
Participant Talks - part 1
List of talks
(in Bloomberg Lecture Hall)
PIZZA PARTY MOVED INTO THE DINING HALL TONIGHT AT 5:30 PM
7:00-8:30 pm
Participant Talks - part 2
List of talks
(in Bloomberg Lecture Hall)