Name: School and International Workshop on String Phenomenology and String Cosmology 2016
Start: 2016-07-24T08:00:00+08:00
End: 2016-07-30T18:00:00+08:00
Location: Chengdu, China

School and International Workshop on String Phenomenology and String Cosmology 2016

from Sunday, July 24, 2016 (8:00 AM) to Saturday, July 30, 2016 (6:00 PM)

Monday, July 18, 2016
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Friday, July 22, 2016
Saturday, July 23, 2016
Sunday, July 24, 2016
8:30 AM Introduction to inflationary cosmology I - Yungui Gong (Huazhong U. Sci. Tech.)
Introduction to inflationary cosmology I
- Yungui Gong (Huazhong U. Sci. Tech.)
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
9:45 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM Introduction to superstrings and compactification I - Hiroaki Nakajima (Sichuan U.)
Introduction to superstrings and compactification I
- Hiroaki Nakajima (Sichuan U.)
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Lunch
Lunch
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Introduction to inflationary cosmology II - Yungui Gong (Huazhong U. Sci. Tech.)
Introduction to inflationary cosmology II
- Yungui Gong (Huazhong U. Sci. Tech.)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
3:45 PM Introduction to superstrings and compactification II - Hiroaki Nakajima (Sichuan U.)
Introduction to superstrings and compactification II
- Hiroaki Nakajima (Sichuan U.)
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Monday, July 25, 2016
8:30 AM Inflation in string theory I - Timm Wrase (TU Vienna, Austria)
Inflation in string theory I
- Timm Wrase (TU Vienna, Austria)
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
9:45 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM Axions I - Joseph Conlon (Oxford U., UK)
Axions I
- Joseph Conlon (Oxford U., UK)
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Lunch
Lunch
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM F-theory for model building I - Iñaki García-Etxebarria (MPI Munich, Germany)
F-theory for model building I
- Iñaki García-Etxebarria (MPI Munich, Germany)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
3:45 PM Inflation in string theory II - Timm Wrase (TU Vienna, Austria)
Inflation in string theory II
- Timm Wrase (TU Vienna, Austria)
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
8:30 AM F-theory for model building II - Iñaki García-Etxebarria (MPI Munich, Germany)
F-theory for model building II
- Iñaki García-Etxebarria (MPI Munich, Germany)
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
9:45 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM Axions II - Joseph Conlon (Oxford U., UK)
Axions II
- Joseph Conlon (Oxford U., UK)
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Lunch
Lunch
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM Opening Address
Opening Address
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM
2:10 PM Linking dark matter to dark energy in a string theory scenario - Henry Tye (Cornell U., USA & HKUST, Hong Kong, China)
Linking dark matter to dark energy in a string theory scenario
- Henry Tye (Cornell U., USA & HKUST, Hong Kong, China)
2:10 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM Searches for Axion-Like Particles with NGC1275: Observation of Spectral Modulations - Joseph Conlon (Oxford U., UK)
Searches for Axion-Like Particles with NGC1275: Observation of Spectral Modulations
- Joseph Conlon (Oxford U., UK)
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
3:50 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
4:10 PM Global string embeddings for nilpotent Goldstino multiplet - Iñaki García-Etxebarria (MPI Munich, Germany)
Global string embeddings for nilpotent Goldstino multiplet
- Iñaki García-Etxebarria (MPI Munich, Germany)
4:10 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM The weak gravity conjecture, black holes, and cosmology - Gary Shiu (UW - Madison, USA & HKUST, Hong Kong, China)
The weak gravity conjecture, black holes, and cosmology
- Gary Shiu (UW - Madison, USA & HKUST, Hong Kong, China)
5:00 PM - 5:50 PM
5:50 PM Group Photo
Group Photo
5:50 PM - 6:00 PM

6:00 PM Reception
Reception
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
8:30 AM D-brane model building and conformal field theory I - Gabriele Honecker (Mainz U., Germany)
D-brane model building and conformal field theory I
- Gabriele Honecker (Mainz U., Germany)
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
9:45 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM Moduli of heterotic string compactifications I - Magdalena Larfors (Uppsala U., Sweden)
Moduli of heterotic string compactifications I
- Magdalena Larfors (Uppsala U., Sweden)
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Lunch
Lunch
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Non-geometric string backgrounds and axion monodromy inflation I - Erik Plauschinn (LMU Munich - ASC, Germany)
Non-geometric string backgrounds and axion monodromy inflation I
- Erik Plauschinn (LMU Munich - ASC, Germany)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
3:45 PM Inflation in string theory 2 I - Susha Parameswaran (Liverpool U., UK)
Inflation in string theory 2 I
- Susha Parameswaran (Liverpool U., UK)
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Thursday, July 28, 2016
8:30 AM D-brane model building and conformal field theory II - Gabriele Honecker (Mainz U., Germany)
D-brane model building and conformal field theory II
- Gabriele Honecker (Mainz U., Germany)
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
9:45 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM Moduli of heterotic string compactifications II - Magdalena Larfors (Uppsala U., Sweden)
Moduli of heterotic string compactifications II
- Magdalena Larfors (Uppsala U., Sweden)
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Lunch
Lunch
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Non-geometric string backgrounds and axion monodromy inflation II - Erik Plauschinn (LMU Munich - ASC, Germany)
Non-geometric string backgrounds and axion monodromy inflation II
- Erik Plauschinn (LMU Munich - ASC, Germany)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
3:45 PM Inflation in string theory 2 II - Susha Parameswaran (Liverpool U., UK)
Inflation in string theory 2 II
- Susha Parameswaran (Liverpool U., UK)
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Friday, July 29, 2016
8:30 AM Type II model building at the crossroads between (astro)particle physics and moduli stabilization - Gabriele Honecker (Mainz U., Germany)
Type II model building at the crossroads between (astro)particle physics and moduli stabilization
- Gabriele Honecker (Mainz U., Germany)
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM
9:20 AM Constrained multiplets in N=1 supergravity and their connection to string cosmology - Timm Wrase (TU Vienna, Austria)
Constrained multiplets in N=1 supergravity and their connection to string cosmology
- Timm Wrase (TU Vienna, Austria)
9:20 AM - 10:10 AM
10:10 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM Hierarchies and inflation in the mirror quintic - Ivoonne Zavala (Swansea U., UK)
Hierarchies and inflation in the mirror quintic
- Ivoonne Zavala (Swansea U., UK)
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM Lunch
Lunch
11:20 AM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Relating double-field theory to N=2 gauged supergravity - Erik Plauschinn (LMU Munich - ASC, Germany)
Relating double-field theory to N=2 gauged supergravity
- Erik Plauschinn (LMU Munich - ASC, Germany)
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
2:50 PM Infinitesimal moduli of G2 holonomy manifolds with instanton bundles - Magdalena Larfors (Uppsala U., Swede)
Infinitesimal moduli of G2 holonomy manifolds with instanton bundles
- Magdalena Larfors (Uppsala U., Swede)
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM
3:40 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM F-theory duality in multiply fibered Calabi-Yau - Xin Gao (Virginia Tech.)
F-theory duality in multiply fibered Calabi-Yau
- Xin Gao (Virginia Tech.)
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
4:50 PM Classifying rank-1 d=4 N=2 superconformal field theories by Seiberg-Witten geometries - Yongchao Lu (Cincinati U.)
Classifying rank-1 d=4 N=2 superconformal field theories by Seiberg-Witten geometries
- Yongchao Lu (Cincinati U.)
4:50 PM - 5:40 PM
5:40 PM Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
5:40 PM - 5:50 PM
Saturday, July 30, 2016

8:30 AM Free Discussion
Free Discussion
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM