The SLAC Summer Institute (SSI) is an annual two-week-long Summer School tradition since 1973. The theme of the 50th SLAC Summer Institute for this Golden Anniversary year’s installment is “Golden Opportunities: Puzzles & Surprises – Past & Future”. These SSI lectures will discuss how our attempts to solve and understand the various puzzles and surprises presented to us by nature, whether we have been successful or not, have pushed – and continue to push – our field forward. This SSI intends to inspire reinvigorated effort for new revelations on these fundamental puzzles. SSI is especially targeted for graduate students and postdocs while senior researchers are also welcome.
This year’s SSI is proceeding with the on SLAC site full program in person, with lectures in the morning, Q&A discussions and projects in the afternoon. There will be also special 50th anniversary sessions at the end of SSI to look back at the history of SSI. We are evaluating the COVID-19 situation continuously and preparing precautionary measures, but unless the situation is taking a worse turn than the present orange level in California the program remains on site.
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Ten Years After the Higgs Discovery: Particle Physics Now and Future
The program will consist of a pedagogical series of lectures and seminars. Lectures will be given over a four-week period, three or four lectures per day, Monday through Friday. The audience will be composed primarily of advanced theoretical graduate students. Experimentalists with a strong background in theory are also encouraged to apply. Some post-doctoral fellows will be admitted, but preference will be given to applicants who will not have received their Ph.D. before 2022. The minimum background needed to get full benefit of this TASI is a knowledge of quantum field theory and some familiarity with the Standard Model and issues beyond it. We hope to provide some subsidy, but students will need partial support from other sources. Rooms, meals, and access to all facilities will be provided at reasonable rates in beautifully located dormitories at the University of Colorado.
The goal of this conference is to explore connections between many-body quantum dynamics, quantum complexity theory, and the use and validation of noisy, intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices. Key topic areas for this conference include (i) novel dynamical regimes and phases in quantum circuits, (ii) quantum simulation, error mitigation, and validation of NISQ devices, and (iii) quantum optimization algorithms and quantum many-body physics. The conference will provide a key opportunity for a targeted evaluation of productive areas for cross-collaboration for scientists in quantum information science, computer science, and condensed-matter physics.
Join more than 12,000 physicists at the largest physics meeting in the world in 2022!
Covering a Broad Spectrum of Physics.
Showcase your work to a global audience of physicists, scientists, and students representing 30 APS Units and Committees and explore groundbreaking research from industry, academia, and major labs.
APS is finalizing the scope of the virtual components of the March Meeting 2022. We will provide additional details as they become available.
Invited Sessions, Tutorials and Short Courses
Invited Session, Tutorials and Short Courses will be live streamed and captured for on-demand viewing. Speakers in these sessions will have the option to present remotely on the day of the program.
Contributed and Focus Sessions
APS asks all Contributed and Focus Session presenters to upload a video of their talk to our secure platform. This is for both in-person and remote attendees. The video will be made available to all registered participants, which will expand the reach of your research. If you are unable to travel to Chicago, your video will be played in your absence. APS will be unable to live stream and/or have remote presenters during Contributed and Focus Sessions.
Poster Presentations
Poster presenters will have the option to upload a five-minute video explanation along with their poster. These videos will be available to all registered participants on-demand. There also will be an in-person poster presentation scheduled and one for the virtual audience. We will provide more information once it is available.
The Conference on Quantum Information Processing (QIP) is the premier annual meeting for theoretical quantum information research. Since the first meeting in Aarhus, Denmark in 1998, the conference has featured breakthroughs by leaders in the disciplines of computing, cryptography, information theory, mathematics, and physics. The scientific objective of the series is to gather the theoretical quantum information community to present and discuss the latest groundbreaking work in the field. Most recently, QIP 2021 was held (online) in Munich, Germany.
This conference will bring together experts in cosmology, particle physics, and fundamental theory to address how and when the universe thermalizes following inflation, and the associated particle physics and dark matter phenomenology. Important topics that will be covered include hidden sector model building in the LHC era, thermalization of the universe following inflation, possibilities of post-inflation cosmic history prior to nucleosynthesis, and associated experimental signatures. The conference aims to attract researchers in different areas to develop new directions in model building and establish new experimental paths for probing early universe cosmology and dark matter phenomenology.
The North American Particle Accelerator Conference (NAPAC) brings together several hundred experts in all fields of accelerator science and technology.
It is the largest domestic particle accelerator conference and covers the entire spectrum of accelerator science and technology topics. As such, NAPAC is particularly useful for students, postdocs, technicians, and engineers as they can be exposed to the entire field in one conference.
Delegates present invited and contributed papers and posters, receive immediate feedback on their research, and get problem-solving suggestions. Mini-courses on highly-relevant topics are also offered. Everyone leaves with new ideas and possible solutions to their own technical problems. Attendees develop new contacts and strengthen existing collaborations with colleagues throughout the DOE complex and internationally. Many of the most prominent accelerator vendors also present at and help support NAPAC. It is an excellent venue for all conference attendees to bring themselves up to date with the newest developments in accelerator technology.
