Program
Advanced school on quantum spacetime will take place at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, from September 2 to September 6, 2024. The school will cover some of the most rapidly developing areas connecting quantum field theory with cosmology and gravitational physics: black holes, scattering amplitudes, gravitational waves, cosmological correlators, and celestial holography. The school will consist of five series of lectures, each series will consist of four lectures. The school is intended for graduate students, but advanced undergraduates and postdocs entering these research areas will also profit from pedagogical lectures and discussions.
Lecture series and schedule
Daniel Kapec (Harvard University)
Title: Looking at Black Holes
Sameer Murthy (King’s College London)
Title: Black holes and their microstates in string theory
Plan – Lecture 1 – Lecture 2 – Lecture 3 – Lecture 4
Donal O’Connell (University of Edinburgh)
Title: Gravitational Waves from Scattering Amplitudes
Lecture 1 – Lecture 2 – Lecture 3 – Lecture 4
Enrico Pajer (University of Cambridge)
Title: Cosmological Correlators
Notes – Tutorial 1 – Tutorial 2
Ana-Maria Raclariu (King’s College London)
Title: Celestial Holography
Organizing committee
Paweł Caputa, Bohdan Grządkowski, Zygmunt Lalak, Jerzy Lewandowski, Jacek Pawełczyk, Piotr Sułkowski, Tomasz Taylor
Public lecture
Enrico Pajer (University of Cambridge)
Title: Making sense of making the Universe
Date: September 5, 18:00
Place: Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 5
This public lecture is also a lecture in the “Zapytaj fizyka” series.
Poster
Information for participants
Registration
In order to register, you should submit the following form.
Registration deadline: June 15, 2024.
In case you would need some financial support, please tick an appropriate box in the registration form and ask a senior scientist (e.g. your supervisor) to send a recommendation letter to celestialwarsaw [at] gmail.com, with “[Your name] – Quantum spacetime, support” in the title of the message.
Location & contact
University of Warsaw Biological and Chemical Research Centre (CNBCh UW)
ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
E-mail: celestialwarsaw@gmail.com
Travel & transport
Warsaw Chopin Airport – the main airport serving Warsaw. It is located within the city limits, 10 km from the city center, which you can easily reach by a few city buses, a train line, and a taxi.
Warsaw Modlin Airport – another airport, mainly serving budget airlines, located 35 km from the city . It takes around 50 minutes to get to the city center, either by bus and train or a taxi.
Warszawa Centralna Railway Station – the main railway station located in the city center, also serving international trains.
Public transport in Warsaw – the city has a vast transportation network, which includes buses, metro, and trams. You can buy tickets for a single trip (up to either 20 or 75 minutes, with transfers allowed), or multi-day tickets.
Warsaw Public Bike – one of the largest urban bike systems in Europe. It is a good complement to public transport in Warsaw and allows quick navigation through our city. You can register and use at little or (for short enough rides) no cost.
Accommodation
Here are some (relatively) nearby hotels in which participants might choose to stay. For more options you can check Google maps, booking.com, etc.
Hera – guesthouse of the University of Warsaw (budget option)
Ibis budget Warszawa Reduta (*)
Ibis Warszawa Reduta (***)
Campanile Warszawa (***)
MDM Hotel (***)
Radisson Blue Sobieski (****)
Polonia Palace (****)
Partnerzy
