HIP NEWS October 21st 2013
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HIP PERSONNEL LIST UPDATE
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Please check the information on the Personnel list in HIP web pages.

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 22 October 2013 at 10.15 in A315
Tomas Brauner (Helsinki)
Spontaneous symmetry breaking and Nambu-Goldstone bosons: some news in the old story

Abstract: The concept of spontaneous symmetry breaking is key to understanding of a vast range of physical phenomena such as superfluidity, ferromagnetism, or the origin of masses of elementary particles. I will provide a brief introduction to this classic topic and then review some recent results: (i) Completed classification and counting of Nambu-Goldstone bosons; (ii) A new class of states protected by symmetry: the massive Nambu-Goldstone bosons. I will conclude by outlining some yet unresolved problems, relevant for applications to a variety of quantum many-body systems.

Fall 2013 PhD school, “Supersymmetry or not, what is the evidence?”
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A particle/astro PhD school, Copenhagen
on supersymmetry, October 28-November 1st

https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=590

VISITORS
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A. Golovnev 24.10. – 6.11. (KE)
L. Laperashvili 1.10. – 22.10. (AT)
S. Niyogi 15.9.-15.12 (KH)

HIP NEWS October 14th 2013
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The workplace wellbeing survey 1.10. – 15.10.2013
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The workplace wellbeing survey for universities is part of a cooperation agreement with Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company that includes all Finnish universities.

The workplace wellbeing survey will be accessible Tuesday to Tuesday, 1-15 October 2013.

The survey can be taken at
https://my.surveypal.com/yliopistojen_tyohyvinvointikysely_2013_-_Helsingin_yliopisto

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 15 October 2013 at 10.15 in A315
Holger Bech Nielsen (Niels Bohr Institute)
What is so special about the Standard Model? Small representations.

Now it seems that the Standard Model gets more and more supported without yet convincing signs of new physics, so one may with increased strength ask: Why is just the a priori not so obvious Standard Model being selected by Nature? Don Bennett and I started by asking for a quantity depending on the gauge gruop which would be maximal on the Standard Model Group. We found a quantity which is essentially the ratio of the quadratic Casimir for the adjoint representation relative to the quadratic Casimir for the “smallest” faithful representation. Essentially the same maximization principle seems also to deliver the space-time dimension and the representation for the Higgs field. Taking into account the requirements of no anomalies, it is also very close at least to tell what Weyl field representations one shall find. So approximately the whole Standard Model except the number of families come out from such a really “small representation” principle!

Fall 2013 PhD school, “Supersymmetry or not, what is the evidence?”
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A particle/astro PhD school, Copenhagen
on supersymmetry, October 28-November 1st

https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=590

VISITORS
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A. Golovnev 24.10. – 6.11. (KE)
L. Laperashvili 1.10. – 22.10. (AT)
H.B. Nielsen 14.10. – 18.10. (AT)
S. Niyogi 15.9.-15.12 (KH)

HIP NEWS October 7th 2013
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FAIR – NUSTAR (NUclear STructure, Astrophysics and Reactions) Collaboration Week will take place at the Kumpula Campus of the University of Helsinki during the week of 7-11. 10. 2013. The aim of the NUSTAR Week is to provide the possibility for collaboration and working group meetings of all NUSTAR projects and in particular to discuss technical results and perspectives together. Physics highlights obtained with already available instrumentation will be presented. In addition, there will be a Technical Board meeting, a Resource Board meeting, as well as a Collaboration Committee meeting during the week. For more details, see HIP website.

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Friday 11 October 2013 at 10.15 in A315 (Note day!)
Aleksi Kurkela (CERN)
Photon production in quark-gluon plasma

Abstract: TBA

Fall 2013 PhD school, “Supersymmetry or not, what is the evidence?”
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A particle/astro PhD school, Copenhagen
on supersymmetry, October 28-November 1st

https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=590

VISITORS
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G. Bhattacharyya 9.9. – 9.10. (KH)
A. Golovnev 24.10. – 6.11. (KE)
L. Laperashvili 1.10. – 22.10. (AT)
S. Niyogi 15.9.-15.12 (KH)

HIP NEWS September 30th 2013
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TO HIP STAFF
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HIP STAFF MEETING (YT-MEETING) Friday, October 4th, 2013 at 10.15 in A315.

Agenda:
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Election of the secretary of the meeting and two scrutinizers of the minutes
3. Status report of the Institute
4. The HIP project structure in 2014
5. The strategy of the Institute in 2014
6. Detector Laboratory reorganization
7. Occupational Wellbeing inquiry at the University of Helsinki
8. Other matters brought by the staff

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 1 October 2013 at 10.15 in A315
Gautam Bhattacharyya (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India)
Geometrical CP violation and nonstandard Higgs decays

Abstract:
We have constructed for the first time a flavor model, based on the smallest discrete symmetry Delta(27) that implements spontaneous CP violation with a complex phase, of geometric origin, which can reproduce all quark masses and mixing data. We show that its scalar sector has exotic properties that can be tested at the LHC.

Fall 2013 PhD school, “Supersymmetry or not, what is the evidence?”
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A particle/astro PhD school, Copenhagen
on supersymmetry, October 28-November 1st

https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=590

VISITORS
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G. Bhattacharyya 9.9. – 9.10. (KH)
A. Golovnev 24.10. – 6.11. (KE)
L. Laperashvili 1.10. – 22.10. (AT)
S. Niyogi 15.9.-15.12 (KH)

HIP NEWS September 23rd 2013
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TO HIP STAFF
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HIP STAFF MEETING (YT-MEETING) Friday, October 4th, 2013 at 10.15 in A315.

Agenda:
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Election of the secretary of the meeting and two scrutinizers of the minutes
3. Status report of the Institute
4. The HIP project structure in 2014
5. The strategy of the Institute in 2014
6. Detector Laboratory reorganization
7. Occupational Wellbeing inquiry at the University of Helsinki
8. Other matters brought by the staff

Fall 2013 PhD school, “Supersymmetry or not, what is the evidence?”
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A particle/astro PhD school, Copenhagen
on supersymmetry, October 28-November 1st

https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=590

VISITORS
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G. Bhattacharyya 9.9. – 9.10. (KH)
A. Golovnev 24.10. – 6.11. (KE)
S. Niyogi 15.9.-15.12 (KH)
T. Takahashi 9.9. – 29.9. (KE)

HIP NEWS September 16th 2013
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 17 September 2013 at 10.15 in A315
Aleksi Vuorinen (Helsinki)
Holographic thermalization at intermediate coupling

Abstract: I will review some recent progress in the use of holographic methods for the description of equilibration in strongly coupled field theory, having applications to heavy ion physics in mind. In particular, I will explain how supplementing the usual type IIB supergravity action with higher derivative corrections will enable one to proceed beyond the infinite coupling limit of N=4 Super Yang-Mills theory, and how this can be seen to qualitatively change the thermalization properties of the system.

Wednesday 18 September 2013 at 10.15 in A315 (note day!)
Yoshitaka Kuno (Osaka, Japan)
Search for Muon to Electron Conversion at J-PARC – the COMET Experiment

Abstract: Muon to electron conversion in a muonic atom is a process of charged lepton flavor violation (CLFV). It is complementary to a rare muon decay to an electron and a photon both experimentally and theoretically. The COMET experiment aims to search for muon to electron conversion at J-PARC with single-event sensitivity of 3×10^(-17) which is about 10,000 improvement over the current limit. Recently COMET has taken a staged approach. COMET Phase-I as the first phase, aims at a single-event sensitivity of 3×10^(-15) with a portion of the full muon beam line and a dedicated detector in about 10^6 sec. The funding for COMET Phase-I was approved as the Japanese Government supplemental budget in 2012, and the construction has started in 2013. The physics run is expected to start in 2016 or so. The COMET Phase-II will follow immediately. In this talk, I will describe physics motivation of CLFV and COMET Phase-I / Phase-II.

Fall 2013 PhD school, “Supersymmetry or not, what is the evidence?”
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A particle/astro PhD school, Copenhagen
on supersymmetry, October 28-November 1st

https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=590

VISITORS
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G. Bhattacharyya 9.9. – 9.10. (KH)
K. Fujikawa 3.9. – 20.9. (AT)
A. Golovnev 24.10. – 6.11. (KE)
S. Niyogi 15.9.-15.12 (KH)
T. Takahashi 9.9. – 29.9. (KE)

HIP NEWS September 9th 2013
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Dear HIP Personnel,
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HIP Website will be updated soon.

The web pages will be moved to virtual servers,
and the old server becomes obsolete.

We will try to keep most of the old links working,
but some changes may occur. If you notice any abnormal
things/behavior in the new website, please do not
hesitate to send email to webmaster@hip.fi

HIP can provide webspace for the HIP projects, workshops etc.
(WordPress). If you need help, please contact support@hip.fi

The access to the old web server is restricted during the
transition. Again, if you have any questions, please contact
support@hip.fi

Best Regards,
Juha Aaltonen
Helsinki Institute of Physics
P.O. Box 64 (Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2a)
00014 University of Helsinki
FINLAND
p. +358 9 191 50559
email juha.aaltonen@helsinki.fi

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 10 September 2013 at 14.15 in A315 (note time!)
Sabine Hossenfelder (Nordita, Stockholm)
News from Quantum Gravity Phenomenology

Abstract: I will talk about recent developments in the search for experimental signatures for quantum gravitational effects. Some of the topics that I will cover are the prospects of finding Planck scale effects in gamma ray bursts, in neutral Kaon oscillations, or with massive quantum oscillators. I will also comment on the possibility of finding holographic noise and, if time permits, on Bekenstein’s proposed table top experiment.This is not a review talk; it is a hand selected assortment of topics I think are interesting.

COSMO-Seminar
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Wednesday September 11 at 14:15 in A315
Lingfei Wang (U. of Lancaster)
A new mechanism for curvature perturbations

I will explain the spectator scenario and show its advantages compared to the curvaton scenario, under the latest Planck constraints. The spectator scenario generates a smaller non-Gaussianity, negligible isocurvature perturbations, and less tuning. It agrees well with the current Planck data in the visible sector inflation setup, as an example. It also explains the CMB dipole asymmetry with a brief fast roll phase. I will close the talk by proposing the CMB power multipoles, as an alternative approach independent of the CMB dipole asymmetry model.

UPCOMING EVENTS: EDS 2013 in Saariselkä, September 9-13, 2013
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Fall 2013 PhD school, “Supersymmetry or not, what is the evidence?”
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A particle/astro PhD school, Copenhagen
on supersymmetry, October 28-November 1st

https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=590

VISITORS
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G. Bhattacharyya 9.9. – 9.10. (KH)
K. Fujikawa 3.9. – 20.9. (AT)
T. Takahashi 9.9. – 29.9. (KE)
L. Wang 9.9. – 13.9. (KE)

HIP NEWS September 2nd 2013
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Invitation, 175th Anniversary Symposium
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On 2-4 September 2013 the cross-disciplinary symposium “Randomness and order in the exact sciences” will take place in Säätytalo, Helsinki. The symposium is part of the 175th Anniversary of the Finnish Society of Science and Letters. Young researchers are especially welcome. Due to the limited size of the auditorium participants are asked to register using the form available at the website of the symposium, http://www.helsinki.fi/~hoyer/symp13/index.html . There is no registration fee.

With our best regards,
Paul Hoyer
Stig-Olof Londén
Heikki Tenhu
Mia von Knorring (secr.)

SEMINARS
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Tuesday 3 September 2013 at 10.15 in A315
Oleg Lebedev (Helsinki)
The different faces of the Higgs

Abstract: Last year was marked by an event of fundamental importance, that is, the discovery of the Higgs boson. In this talk, I will argue that the Higgs field enjoys a special status in the Standard Model and its extensions. It may provide us with a unique opportunity to probe the hidden sector. Furthermore, it may hold the key to the mysteries of dark matter and inflation, as well as other puzzles of particle physics.

EDS 2013 in Saariselkä, September 9-13, 2013
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Details and registration in
http://www.hip.fifi/EDS2013/

Fall 2013 PhD school, “Supersymmetry or not, what is the evidence?”
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A particle/astro PhD school, Copenhagen
on supersymmetry, October 28-November 1st

https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=590

VISITORS
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K. Fujikawa 3.9. – 20.9. (AT)

HIP NEWS August 26th 2013
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PRIZE
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The 2013 Physics Prize of the High Energy and Particle Physics Board of the European Physical Society was presented in July in the International EPS HEP Conference in Stockholm:

The High Energy and Particle Physics Prize 2013

ATLAS collaboration (CERN, CH)
CMS collaboration (CERN, CH)

For the discovery of a Higgs boson as predicted by the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism

Michel Della Negra (CERN, now at Imperial College London, UK)
Peter Jenni (CERN, now at Freiburg University, DE)
Tejinder Virdee (Imperial College London, UK)

For their pioneering and outstanding leadership rôles in the making of the ATLAS and CMS experiments.

The Finnish CMS Teams have been part of the CMS Collaboration from the beginning, contributing to the conception, design, and construction of the CMS detector as well as its analysis software and computing. Since 2009 the HIP CMS team has actively participated in the physics analysis of the data collected in the LHC runs.

For more information, see:

http://eps-hepp.web.cern.ch/eps-hepp/PrizeAnnouncements/hep2013/longcitation2013.pdf

Academy´s ASK & APPLY ROADSHOW at the Kumpula Campus
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Registration: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/43447/lomake.html

Time: Wednesday 28 August at 13-16
Place: Exactum, lecture hall B123

PROGRAMME (all in English)

13.15-14.30 Academy’s Science Advisors present:
– current matters in the September Call
– how to write a good application
– basics of the budgeting

14.45-16.00 Workshops on the following funding instruments:
– Academy Project
– Postdoctoral Researchers
– Academy Research Fellow
according to last year’s experience, these workshops were especially
useful!

MORE INFO: https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/suomenakatemia

Invitation, 175th Anniversary Symposium
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On 2-4 September 2013 the cross-disciplinary symposium “Randomness and order in the exact sciences” will take place in Säätytalo, Helsinki. The symposium is part of the 175th Anniversary of the Finnish Society of Science and Letters. Young researchers are especially welcome. Due to the limited size of the auditorium participants are asked to register using the form available at the website of the symposium, http://www.helsinki.fi/~hoyer/symp13/index.html . There is no registration fee.

With our best regards,
Paul Hoyer
Stig-Olof Londén
Heikki Tenhu
Mia von Knorring (secr.)

EDS 2013 in Saariselkä, September 9-13, 2013
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Details and registration in
http://www.hip.fifi/EDS2013/

Fall 2013 PhD school, “Supersymmetry or not, what is the evidence?”
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A particle/astro PhD school, Copenhagen
on supersymmetry, October 28-November 1st

https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=590

HIP NEWS August 19th 2013
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Invitation, 175th Anniversary Symposium
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On 2-4 September 2013 the cross-disciplinary symposium “Randomness and order in the exact sciences” will take place in Säätytalo, Helsinki. The symposium is part of the 175th Anniversary of the Finnish Society of Science and Letters. Young researchers are especially welcome. Due to the limited size of the auditorium participants are asked to register using the form available at the website of the symposium, http://www.helsinki.fi/~hoyer/symp13/index.html . There is no registration fee.

With our best regards,
Paul Hoyer
Stig-Olof Londén
Heikki Tenhu
Mia von Knorring (secr.)

EDS 2013 in Saariselkä, September 9-13, 2013
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Details and registration in
http://www.hip.fifi/EDS2013/

Fall 2013 PhD school, “Supersymmetry or not, what is the evidence?”
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Dear all

this year we organize a particle/astro PhD school , sponsored by Dark/
Discovery/NBI , on supersymmetry
https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=590

Date: October 28-November 1st

Location: Rockefeller building, Copenhagen

The two teachers will be Pascal Pralavorio (particle physicist) and
Dan Hooper (astrophysicist). They have taught similar subjects at SLAC
summer institute and other international schools in the recent past.

This PhD school promises to be quite interesting.

Registration is now open, for any questions please contact me,

Hope to see many of you there,

cheers
Stefania