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Workshop on exact results in SUSY gauge theories in various dimensions

The workshop on Exact Results in SUSY Gauge Theories in Various Dimensions took place from 11 to 22 August at CERN. It brought together leading experts in supersymmetric gauge theories from many universities and laboratories around the world to…

International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Physics

Cosmic-ray and particle physicists got together to discuss the latest developments in the field of high energy hadron collisions of cosmic ray particles in the 18th International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI). The…

ICTP awards its 2014 Dirac Medal to String Theorists

Warm congratulations to Gabriele Veneziano, one of the three recipients of the 2014 Dirac Medal. Gabriele will share the award with Ashoke Sen (India) and Andrew Strominger (USA), all three physicists who have made crucial contributions to the…

CERN TH Institute on “Resurgence and Transseries in Quantum, Gauge and String Theories

A CERN TH Institute on “Resurgence and Transseries in Quantum, Gauge and String Theories” was held at CERN from 30 June to 04 July. The goal of this CERN TH-Institute was to bring together mathematicians working on aspects of asymptotic analysis…

Discussing the FCC plans with Michelangelo Mangano

The FCC Kick-off meeting took place in Geneva earlier in February as a response to one of the directions emphasized by the European Strategy for Particle Physics. But is it the right time to start exploring this direction? Michelangelo Mangano says…

2014 CERN TH Winter School

CERN’s Winter School on Supergravity, Strings, and Gauge Theory is the analytic continuation of the yearly training school of the former EC-RTN string network "Constituents, Fundamental Forces and Symmetries of the Universe". The 2014 edition of the…

TH retreat

The meeting offered the chance to those working within the group to get an overview of the ongoing research activities, find out more about the recent results and exchange ideas in a stimulating environment. Moreover, it helped the members of the…

Interview with Juan Maldacena

Juan Maldacena is one of the most influential theoretical physicists in the world. His work focuses on quantum gravity, string theory and quantum field theory and it involves different problems such as quark confinement and black holes. Back in…

Interview with John Ellis

Summer students met and discussed with John Ellis about his early career in physics, his current research interests and his views on the relation between philosophy and science... When did you decide that you would become a theoretical physicist?…

Workshop: Cosmology and Fundamental Physics with Planck

Over the next two weeks, the Theory Unit will host a workshop in "Cosmology and Fundamental Physics with Planck" from 17 to 28 June. During the workshop implications of the first cosmology results from Planck will be discussed following the first…

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