Seminar
Axions Reloaded: From Particle Physics to Inflation
Dr Wieland Staessens
Instituto de Física Teórica
23 July 2015 (Thursday)
2:00 pm
IAS4042, 4/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
Abstract:
Axions form a unique bridge between particle physics and cosmology, as their properties make them suitable to solve the strong CP problem and serve as candidate inflaton fields. In this talk, the speaker focuses on various set-ups in Type II superstring theory with intersecting D-branes realising supersymmetric DFSZ axion models and discusses mixing effects among axions
allowing for large field inflation.
The seminar is free and open to the public. No registration is required. Seating is on a first-come first-served basis.
HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study
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http://ias.ust.hk
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