Low Energy Challenges for High Energy Physicists

Throughout the history of quantum field theory, there has been a rich cross-pollenation coming from the interaction between high-energy and condensed matter theory. Beginning with Dirac's positron and including such triumphs as spontaneous symmetry breaking and renormalization, this cross-talk has been instrumental in shaping our understanding of the universe. We propose to reinvigorate this fruitful collaboration by bringing together high-energy and condensed matter physicists. Scientists wtih a high-energy background have often attracted to condensed matter systems because, simply put, they are so much richer. Rather than having a single Lagrangian which describes all elementary particles and fundamental interactions we observe at colliders, the myriad of possible phases of condesed matter systems allow for a whole host of different and unusual (from a high-energy perspective) behaviour. Many high-energy physicists have recently expanded their horizons in this direction, but often at the cost of working in relative isolation. We believe that bringing together these like-minded individuals in the presence of leading condensed matter theorists will unite, focus and inspire this new community to try and tackle some of the most interesting problems in modern physics.

Speakers:

Carlo Barenghi, Newcastle University
Tomas Brauner, Vienna University of Technology
Vadim Cheianov, Lancaster University
J.C. Seamus Davis, Cornell University
Russell Donnelly, University of Oregon
Sergei Dubovsky, New York University
Liam Fitzpatrick, Stanford University
Lam Hui, Columbia University
Sean Hartnoll, Stanford University
William Irvine, University of Chicago
Emanuel Katz, Boston University
Zohar Komargodski, Weizmann Institute
Sung-Sik Lee, Perimeter Institute
Andre LeClair, Cornell University
John McGreevy, University of California, San Diego
Sergej Moroz, University of Washington
Hitoshi Murayama, University of California, Berkeley
Riccardo Penco, Columbia University
Frederico Piazza, University of Paris
Sri Raghu, Stanford University
Rachel Rosen, Columbia University
Ira Rothstein, Carnegie Mellon University
Subir Sachdev, Harvard University
Igor Shovkovy, Arizona State University
Sergey Sibiryakov, INR Moscow
Brian Swingle, Harvard University
Dam Thanh Son, University of Chicago
Omar Zanusso, Radboud University Nijmegen

Participants:

Carlo Barenghi, New Castle University 
Vadim Cheianov, Lancaster University
J.C. Seamus Davis, Cornell University
Claudia de Rham, Case Western University
Russell Donnelly, University of Oregon
Sergei Dubovsky, New York University
Astrid Eichhorn, Perimeter Institute
Solomon Endlich, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Matteo Fasiello, Case Western Reserve University
Liam Fitzpatrick, Stanford University
Sean Hartnoll, Stanford University
Lavinia Heisenberg, Case Western Reserve University
Kurt Hinterbichler, Perimeter Institute
Lam Hui, Columbia University
Lisa Huijse, Stanford Univerisity
William Irvine, University of Chicago
Austin Joyce, University of Chicago
Jared Kaplan, Johns Hopkins University
Emanuel Katz, Boston University
Zohar Komargodski, Weizmann Institute
David Kubiznak, Perimeter Institute
Andre LeClair, Cornell University
John McGreevy, University of California, San Diego
Heidar Moradi, Perimeter Institute
Sergej Moroz, University of Washington
Hitoshi Murayama, University of California, Berkeley
Alberto Nicolis, Columbia University
Riccardo Penco, Columbia University
Frederico Piazza, University of Paris
Raquel H. Ribeiro, Case Western University
Rachel Rosen, Columbia University
Ira Rothstein, Carnegie Mellon University
Subir Sachdev, Harvard University
Koenraad Schalm, University of Leiden
Igor Shovkovy, Arizona State University
Sergey Sibiryakov, INR Moscow
Dan Thanh Son, University of Chicago
Brian Swingle, Harvard University
Junpu Wang, Johns Hopkins University
Omar Zanusso, Radboud Univeristy Nimegan

Scientific Organizers:

Solomon Endlich, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Walter Goldberger, Yale University
Kurt Hinterbichler, Perimeter Institute
Alberto Nicolis, Columbia University
Riccardo Penco, Columbia University
Ricardo Rattazzi, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne