Joint Tufts / MIT Tuesday Cosmology Seminars

The seminar rotates between MIT and Tufts. MIT seminars are organized by Thomas Steingasser (tstngssr at mit edu), Misha Ivanov (ivanov99 at mit edu), David Kaiser (dikaiser at mit edu), and Alan Guth (guth at ctp mit edu). Tufts seminars are organized by Mark Hertzberg (Mark.Hertzberg at tufts edu) and Alex Vilenkin (vilenkin at cosmos phy tufts edu). These pages are maintained by Ken Olum (kdo@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu)

Seminars — Spring 2024

Date Location Speaker Title Links

February 6 MIT Maria Rodriguez
Utah State and Harvard Tidal Deformations of Black Holes Poster
Abstract

February 13 Tufts online Oksana Iarygina
Nordita Non-Gaussianity in rapid-turn multi-field inflation Poster
Abstract

February 27 MIT Florian Kuehnel
LMU, Munich Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter Poster
Abstract

March 5 Tufts Wenzer Qin
MIT Probing exotic energy injection with the CMB and early star formation Poster
Abstract

March 12 MIT No seminar

March 22 Tufts Chris Fewster
York Measurement in Quantum Field Theory: measurement schemes, state updates, impossible measurements, and all that Poster
Abstract

April 2 Tufts Fien Apers
Oxford String Theory and the First Half of the Universe Poster
Abstract

April 9 MIT Oliver Philcox
Cambridge Reflecting the Universe in a Mirror Poster
Abstract

April 16 Tufts

April 23 MIT Ken Olum
Tufts

April 30 Tufts

Where and when

Unless otherwise noted, the seminars at both institutions are on Tuesdays at 2:30 pm.

Some seminars will be in person and some will be online.
Links for online seminars will be sent to sent to the cosmology seminar mailing list.
To subscribe to the cosmology seminar mailing list, click here.

In-person seminars will normally be at:

TUFTS: 574 Boston Ave, Room 402 (refreshments will be served outside the building at the Harvard St. end if it's not too cold, otherwise in the third-floor hallway)

MIT: Center for Theoretical Physics Cosman Seminar Room, Fourth Floor, Building 6C, Room 6C-442

Date	Location	Speaker	Title	Links
February 6	MIT	Maria Rodriguez Utah State and Harvard	*Tidal Deformations of Black Holes*	Poster Abstract
February 13	Tufts online	Oksana Iarygina Nordita	*Non-Gaussianity in rapid-turn multi-field inflation*	Poster Abstract
February 27	MIT	Florian Kuehnel LMU, Munich	*Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter*	Poster Abstract
March 5	Tufts	Wenzer Qin MIT	*Probing exotic energy injection with the CMB and early star formation*	Poster Abstract
March 12	MIT	No seminar
March 22	Tufts	Chris Fewster York	*Measurement in Quantum Field Theory: measurement schemes, state updates, impossible measurements, and all that*	Poster Abstract
April 2	Tufts	Fien Apers Oxford	*String Theory and the First Half of the Universe*	Poster Abstract
April 9	MIT	Oliver Philcox Cambridge	*Reflecting the Universe in a Mirror*	Poster Abstract
April 16	Tufts
April 23	MIT	Ken Olum Tufts
April 30	Tufts