Centre de Physique Théorique

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Vendredi 15 juin 2018

NetSci 2018

NetSci 2018, the flagship conference of the Network Science Society, aims to bring together leading researchers and practitioners working in the emerging area of network science. The conference fosters interdisciplinary communication and collaboration in network science research across computer and information sciences, physics, mathematics, statistics, the life sciences, neuroscience, environmental sciences, social sciences, finance and business, arts and design.

14h00 – 15h00, Amphi 5 du CPT

Walking and multi-scale dynamics from gauge-gravity duality

Daniel ELANDER, Lab. Charles Coulomb, Montpellier

Strongly coupled theories exhibiting walking dynamics provide a scenario for beyond the Standard Model physics, in which electro-weak symmetry is broken dynamically and the large hierarchy between the electro-weak and Planck energy scales is naturally generated. In this talk, we discuss the construction of walking and multi-scale theories within the context of gauge-gravity duality, focusing in particular on the circumstances under which a parametrically light composite state, the dilaton, is present in the spectrum. The examples we provide come both from bottom-up models as well as top-down models embedded in M-theory and type-IIB supergravity, and include the baryonic branch of the Klebanov-Strassler field theory, as well as an example of a three-dimensional field theory with a strongly coupled IR fixed point.

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