Fundamental Physics from the Planck Scale to the LHC
Lead Research Organisation:
King's College London
Department Name: Mathematics
Abstract
The proposed research is part of a quest to understand Nature at its most fundamental level, leading to a single, complete and consistent theory of physics. At small distances the behaviour of matter and forces is governed by quantum mechanics. The subatomic electromagnetic, weak and strong forces have been well understood since the formulation of the Standard Model over 40 years ago. These forces and the particles they act upon are described by quantum field theory and it is crucial for mathematical consistency that the Standard Model incorporates a large amount of symmetry. The Standard Model has enjoyed spectacular experimental success, culminating in the 2012 discovery of the Higgs Boson at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the last particle predicted by the Standard Model that remained to be found.
Our current description of gravity is Einstein's very successful theory of General Relativity, which describes the motion of planets, stars and galaxies as well as the Universe as a whole. However General Relativity is not consistent with quantum mechanics and so cannot be combined with the Standard Model to provide a consistent theory of all the four forces. The Standard Model also fails to explain the hierarchy of mass scales in fundamental physics, the proliferation of particle types and the nature of the dark matter in the Universe, which is known to be present in large quantities but has not yet been detected.
It is widely believed that supersymmetry, which is a symmetry that exchanges fermions (such as the electron) with bosons (such as the photon), will play an important role in formulating a unified theory of the four forces. Supersymmetry predicts the existence of additional subatomic particles which have yet to be observed, and the search for these was an important motivation behind
the construction of the LHC. Indeed one of them could be dark matter, and hence play an important role structure formation in the universe. Other theories of physics beyond the Standard Model postulate that `elementary' particles are in fact extended, composite objects, or that there are more dimensions of space.
Strings are microscopic objects that are extended along one dimension and can vibrate, rather like strings on a violin. Although the underlying theory of strings and branes is not fully understood, their effects at low energies are completely described by supergravity theories and by studying these it has been realised that objects, called branes, and symmetries, called dualities, are important parts of the complete theory. Branes can be thought of as generalisations of strings to objects that are extended along more than one dimension. Remarkably, one finds that strings and branes can lead to consistent quantum theories in four dimensions that contain gravity as well as the Standard Model, while also offering prospects for novel physics beyond the Standard Model. Part of the proposed research aims to find and understand this underlying theory of string and branes.
Although quantum field theories have had spectacular theoretical and experimental success leading to the most accurately known confirmation between theory and experiment, there were, until the advent of supersymmetry, almost no quantities which have been computed exactly. Another part of our research is to further develop new techniques that have lead to the exact calculation of quite a number of important quantities in certain supersymmetric quantum field theories. This has lead to the hope that one can completely compute all quantities in such theories. We will also explore the possible consequences of strings and branes for physics beyond the Standard Model, and understanding what other new physics is being revealed by the LHC,astrophysical experiments and cosmology.
Our current description of gravity is Einstein's very successful theory of General Relativity, which describes the motion of planets, stars and galaxies as well as the Universe as a whole. However General Relativity is not consistent with quantum mechanics and so cannot be combined with the Standard Model to provide a consistent theory of all the four forces. The Standard Model also fails to explain the hierarchy of mass scales in fundamental physics, the proliferation of particle types and the nature of the dark matter in the Universe, which is known to be present in large quantities but has not yet been detected.
It is widely believed that supersymmetry, which is a symmetry that exchanges fermions (such as the electron) with bosons (such as the photon), will play an important role in formulating a unified theory of the four forces. Supersymmetry predicts the existence of additional subatomic particles which have yet to be observed, and the search for these was an important motivation behind
the construction of the LHC. Indeed one of them could be dark matter, and hence play an important role structure formation in the universe. Other theories of physics beyond the Standard Model postulate that `elementary' particles are in fact extended, composite objects, or that there are more dimensions of space.
Strings are microscopic objects that are extended along one dimension and can vibrate, rather like strings on a violin. Although the underlying theory of strings and branes is not fully understood, their effects at low energies are completely described by supergravity theories and by studying these it has been realised that objects, called branes, and symmetries, called dualities, are important parts of the complete theory. Branes can be thought of as generalisations of strings to objects that are extended along more than one dimension. Remarkably, one finds that strings and branes can lead to consistent quantum theories in four dimensions that contain gravity as well as the Standard Model, while also offering prospects for novel physics beyond the Standard Model. Part of the proposed research aims to find and understand this underlying theory of string and branes.
Although quantum field theories have had spectacular theoretical and experimental success leading to the most accurately known confirmation between theory and experiment, there were, until the advent of supersymmetry, almost no quantities which have been computed exactly. Another part of our research is to further develop new techniques that have lead to the exact calculation of quite a number of important quantities in certain supersymmetric quantum field theories. This has lead to the hope that one can completely compute all quantities in such theories. We will also explore the possible consequences of strings and branes for physics beyond the Standard Model, and understanding what other new physics is being revealed by the LHC,astrophysical experiments and cosmology.
Planned Impact
The proposed research will benefit most directly those working on theoretical physics, in particular on supersymmetry, string
theory, particle physics phenomenology, astro-particle physics and cosmology: more generally, those seeking to find a single consistent theory of physics. There are hundreds of researchers working on these topics in dozens of universities within the UK, and many more worldwide. The work involves some of the most advanced mathematics, and hence is also relevant to mathematicians, in particular those working on group theory and geometry. This research is also directly relevant to those working in other areas of physics, such as experimental searches for new particles at the LHC, astro-particle experiments, the formulation of cosmological models of inflation, dark matter and galaxy creation,and theories of novel states of matter such as superconductors.
Past work on theoretical physics has, in the fullness of time, been of considerable use to society, either as a direct result of
the new physics found, or as a consequence of the new mathematics and technical developments that were developed. These have led to direct inputs into industry. Certainly our work is in this tradition.
Beyond academia the UK benefits from the training of young researchers in the ability to solve hard and complex problems. Indeed cutting-edge theoretical physics attracts young intellectual talent from both within and outside the UK. In the current internationally competitive economic environment it is critical for the UK's economy for it to train and attract people with the highest levels of analytical and quantitative skills. It is common for our PhD students, and sometimes also for our post-docs, to apply their skills and training that they have learnt to industry such as the financial, technology and bio-medical sectors. The later case in particular represents a significant influx of highly skilled individuals into the UK work force as most of our Post-docs receive their PhD's outside the UK. Thus there is a clear and important impact of fundamental research on the UK economy through its ability to attract highly skilled and analytical scientists from across the globe. It is fair to say that a crucial feature of the modern UK's economic and social wealth is its international reputation as a world leader for independent thinking in both the academic and industrial sectors.
In addition to these economic factors, the general public has strong interest in the fundamental questions about our Universe. This has recently been stimulated by the research at the LHC and, in particular, the discovery of the Higgs boson. The general public therefore benefits continuing investigation into Nature at its smallest scales, as proposed here.
In summary, the UK can be proud of having one of the world's most prestigious scientific traditions, which has long been a cornerstone of the UK's intellectual health, economic wealth and culture. Our proposed research will continue this tradition.
theory, particle physics phenomenology, astro-particle physics and cosmology: more generally, those seeking to find a single consistent theory of physics. There are hundreds of researchers working on these topics in dozens of universities within the UK, and many more worldwide. The work involves some of the most advanced mathematics, and hence is also relevant to mathematicians, in particular those working on group theory and geometry. This research is also directly relevant to those working in other areas of physics, such as experimental searches for new particles at the LHC, astro-particle experiments, the formulation of cosmological models of inflation, dark matter and galaxy creation,and theories of novel states of matter such as superconductors.
Past work on theoretical physics has, in the fullness of time, been of considerable use to society, either as a direct result of
the new physics found, or as a consequence of the new mathematics and technical developments that were developed. These have led to direct inputs into industry. Certainly our work is in this tradition.
Beyond academia the UK benefits from the training of young researchers in the ability to solve hard and complex problems. Indeed cutting-edge theoretical physics attracts young intellectual talent from both within and outside the UK. In the current internationally competitive economic environment it is critical for the UK's economy for it to train and attract people with the highest levels of analytical and quantitative skills. It is common for our PhD students, and sometimes also for our post-docs, to apply their skills and training that they have learnt to industry such as the financial, technology and bio-medical sectors. The later case in particular represents a significant influx of highly skilled individuals into the UK work force as most of our Post-docs receive their PhD's outside the UK. Thus there is a clear and important impact of fundamental research on the UK economy through its ability to attract highly skilled and analytical scientists from across the globe. It is fair to say that a crucial feature of the modern UK's economic and social wealth is its international reputation as a world leader for independent thinking in both the academic and industrial sectors.
In addition to these economic factors, the general public has strong interest in the fundamental questions about our Universe. This has recently been stimulated by the research at the LHC and, in particular, the discovery of the Higgs boson. The general public therefore benefits continuing investigation into Nature at its smallest scales, as proposed here.
In summary, the UK can be proud of having one of the world's most prestigious scientific traditions, which has long been a cornerstone of the UK's intellectual health, economic wealth and culture. Our proposed research will continue this tradition.
Organisations
- King's College London (Lead Research Organisation)
- Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Collaboration)
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (Collaboration)
- LIGO Scientific Collaboration (Collaboration)
- Virgo Ego Scientific Forum (Collaboration)
- Le Studium Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies (Collaboration)
- European Commission (Collaboration)
- Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (Collaboration)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (Collaboration)
Publications
Anderson L
(2017)
More large N limits of 3d gauge theories
in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Andrei N
(2020)
Boundary and defect CFT: open problems and applications
in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Andriolo E
(2020)
Geometrical aspects of an Abelian (2,0) action
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Anninos D
(2021)
The two-sphere partition function in two-dimensional quantum gravity
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Anninos D
(2023)
dS2 supergravity
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Anninos D
(2022)
Interpolating geometries and the stretched dS2 horizon
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Anninos D
(2021)
The two-sphere partition function in two-dimensional quantum gravity
Anninos D
(2021)
Constructing AdS2 flow geometries
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Description | see subsequent research proposal |
Exploitation Route | To continue the quest to find a single unified theory of physics |
Sectors | Education Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |
URL | https://arxiv.org/archive/hep-th |
Description | See subsequent research proposal to stfc |
First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
Sector | Education |
Impact Types | Cultural |
Description | Astrophysics Grant Universe in the Light of Planck (Eugene Lim) |
Amount | £43,210 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/L000717/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2014 |
End | 03/2017 |
Description | Boundaries and Defects in Quantum Field Theory and Gravity |
Amount | £150,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | The Royal Society |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2019 |
End | 04/2024 |
Description | Consolidated Grant: Dark matter and early universe in LHC era (Malcolm Fairbairn) |
Amount | £1,538,665 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 648680 |
Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | Belgium |
Start | 09/2015 |
End | 09/2020 |
Description | Consolidator grant "Quantum Black Holes: A macroscopic window into the microstructure of gravity" (Sameer Murthy) |
Amount | € 1,759,064 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 681908 |
Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | Belgium |
Start | 08/2016 |
End | 08/2021 |
Description | Le Studium Research Consortium |
Amount | € 20,000 (EUR) |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 05/2020 |
End | 09/2022 |
Description | Simons Collaboration Grant on Special Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis and Physics |
Amount | £468,830 (GBP) |
Organisation | Simons Foundation |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United States |
Start | 06/2016 |
End | 06/2020 |
Description | ATLAS Experiment (Bobby Acharya) |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Department | CERN LHC ATLAS |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Phenomenology and Experiment |
Collaborator Contribution | Phenomenology and Experiment |
Impact | Discoveries in Particle Physics, as the Higgs Boson |
Start Year | 2008 |
Description | Boundaries and Defects in Quantum Field Theory |
Organisation | Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Chris Herzog co-organized a workshop at the Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Canada |
Collaborator Contribution | We brought many leading experts in the field to discuss their research. |
Impact | A number of scientific talks were presented. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Einstein Telescope (Mairi Sakellariadou) |
Organisation | European Commission |
Department | Einstein Telescope |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Theoretical research |
Collaborator Contribution | Theoretical and experimental research |
Impact | Gravitational wave detector |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | LIGO Scientific Collaboration (Mairi Sakellariadou) |
Organisation | LIGO Scientific Collaboration |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Theoretical research |
Collaborator Contribution | Theoretical and experimental research |
Impact | Gravitational wave detector |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Le Studium Consortium for the Exploration of duality, geometry and entanglement. |
Organisation | Le Studium Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies |
Country | France |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Prof. Herzog is a member of this consortium. |
Collaborator Contribution | The consortium meets twice a year to collaborate on projects related to duality, geometry, and entanglement. |
Impact | One online conference has been held to date. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | MoEDAL Collaboration - LHC - CERN |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Department | CERN - Other |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Physics Coordinator |
Collaborator Contribution | Experimental and theoretical research |
Impact | Monopole detector built |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | New Perspectives on QFT with Boundaries, Impurities and Defects |
Organisation | Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics |
Country | Sweden |
Sector | Learned Society |
PI Contribution | I am a co-organizer for a program at Nordita. |
Collaborator Contribution | My partners Andy O'Bannon, Matt Buican, Konstantin Zarembo, and Charlotte Kristjansen are also co-organizers. |
Impact | The program will take place in July-August 2023. |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | Quantum Field Theory at the Boundary |
Organisation | Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz |
Department | Mainz Microtron MAMI |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Christopher Herzog co-organized the workshop Quantum Field Theory at the Boundary 27-30 September 2021. |
Collaborator Contribution | Many experts were invited to contribute scientific talks and discuss their findings. |
Impact | The recorded talks are available online at the above website. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | VIRGO EGO Scientific Forum (Mairi Sakellariadou) |
Organisation | Virgo Ego Scientific Forum |
Country | Global |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Theoretical research |
Collaborator Contribution | Theoretical and experimental research |
Impact | Gravitational wave detector |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Art/Science exhibitions |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | I have participated with my science inspired art in solo and group exhibitions in London, the UK and around the world. This includes two solo exhibitions at commercial London galleries, the Royal Academy Summer exhibition, the London Art Fair, Art/science exhibitions in Bath and in Austria, an exhibition in Jerusalem and more. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019,2020 |
Description | Article in popular science magazine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | An article was published in the popular science magazine EU Research, Winter 2017 edition, Pages 53-55 on my research on Quantum Black Holes. The url is here: https://issuu.com/euresearcher/docs/eur14_digital_magazine. This allowed for dissemination to a large readership who is interested in the latest developments in science, but beyond the niche experts who would read journal articles. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://issuu.com/euresearcher/docs/eur14_digital_magazine |
Description | Artistic collaboration at the Science Gallery in London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Malcolm Fairbairn is organising part of the exhibition "95% of the Universe is missing", from June to August 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Conference on Strings, Geometry, and Black holes |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | About 180 researchers and PhD students in string theory attended this international conference. This sparked many interesting discussions and we got very good feedback about the conference. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/schafernamek/StringGeoBH/index.html |
Description | Debate on Art & Science, Open Days, CERN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public debate on the relations between art and science at CERN Open Days |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Film interview on High-Luminosity LHC, CERN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Film interview on High-Luminosity LHC, CERN |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Instagram page |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | I manage an instagram page with currently over 60000 followers. I post photos of my art and explain the science underlying it, all based on my STFC funded research. I have direct contact with many of my followers who "like" my posts and comment on them and also email me questions about the art and about the science. Many of those people that I engaged with told me that it attracts them to mathematics and physics. It helps them overcome fear and revulsion due to bad memories from school, and when presented by me they find it interesting and appealing. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019 |
URL | http://www.instagram.com/nadavdrukker/ |
Description | Interview and public lecture at KAUST Saudi Arabia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | John Ellis was interviewed by Facebook, gave a public lecture and a lecture to high school students at KAUST, Saudi Arabia (January 2019) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Interview for Art and Science project, King's College London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | John Ellis was interviewed for the Arts and Science project at King's College London (January 2019) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Interview in Reclaim Magazine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | I was interviewed for the magazine Reclaim describing my art/science activities. It appeared as a 6 page spread with photos. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Interview with "The Friend", Quaker magazine, London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | John Ellis was interviewed by "The Friend", Quaker magazine (March 2018) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Interview with El Tiempo newspaper, Bogotá |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview with El Tiempo newspaper, Bogotá |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Interview with Greek newspaper |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | John Ellis was inteviewed by the Greek newspaper Kathimerini (December 2018) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Interview with Nature on the ILC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview with Nature on the ILC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Interview with Physics World |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | John Ellis was interviewed by Physics World on future colliders (November 2018) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Interview with TV, Sharjah |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | John Ellis was interviewed by Arabic TV in Sharjah (November 2018) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Keynote talk in University of Bahrain webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Lead stimulation of interest and research in particle physics in Bahrain |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Lecture and debates at philosophy conference, Hay-on-Wye |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Video lecture and debate |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Lecture on Particle Physics to Indian high-school students, CERN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Lecture on Particle Physics to Indian high-school students, CERN |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Lecture on graffiti wall |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | I made a graffiti wall explaining my research in Lambeth, south London. There was a small curious crowd assembled, that I explained some of the relevant concepts to. Beyond that it was visible to all the local inhabitants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.instagram.com/p/BahdQQzBA6l/ |
Description | Lecture to national student meeting, Porto |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Lecture to national student meeting, Porto |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Lecture, Cambridge Science Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, Cambridge Science Festival |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Panel discussion on arts and science ArtBasel festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | John Ellis participated to a panel discussion on arts and science - ArtBasel festival (June 2018) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Panel discussion on mega-projects, Shanghai |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | John Ellis particiated to a professional panel discussion on mega-projects in Shanghai (October 2018) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Participated in the Maths-Arts conference, presented two papers and displayed some art |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Bridges 2022 Maths-Arts conference in Helsinki with talks, presentations, workshops and an art exhibit. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.bridgesmathart.org/b2022/ |
Description | Public lecture on Dark Matter, Universidad Nacional, Bogotá |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public lecture on Dark Matter, Universidad Nacional, Bogotá |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Public lecture on Particle Physics, Exeter |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | John Ellis gave a public lecture at Exeter (September 2018) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Public meeting on Dark Matter |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation of the reasons why scientists believe there must be dark matter in the Universe, and discussion of some possible candidates |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Public talk on Dark Matter candidates, King's College London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public talk on Dark Matter candidates, King's College London |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Rayleigh lecture on Particle Physics in Harrow School, London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | John Ellis gave the Rayleigh lecture at Harrow School, London (October 2018) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | SLAP meeting at KCL |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Malcolm Fairbairn has organised the 8th SLAP meeting at KCL (17th to 19th of December 2018), involving research groups from Stockholm, London, Amsterdam and Paris. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | School on localization and holography |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 60 students and postdoctoral researchers attended this school and conference on the topics of Localization and Holography. This was held at the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste. Sameer Murthy was one of the directors of the school. The students and postdocs came from a wide international background and they reported positively on learning a specialized topic which could be of use to them in their research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://indico.ictp.it/event/8560/ |
Description | Table Unstable Workshop, Miyazu, Japan |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | John Ellis gave the opening talk at the Table Unstable expert workshop in Miyazu, Japan (October 2018) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Talk on Gravitational Waves, Evian, France |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk on Gravitational Waves, Evian, France |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Talk on Particle Physics to UK high-school teachers, CERN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk on Particle Physics to UK high-school teachers, CERN |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Talks to Spanish-speaking high-school teachers, CERN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Series of lectures in Spanish to Spanish-speaking high-school teachers, CERN |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Talks to international high school students and teachers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | John Ellis gave talks to high school students at CERN: Israeli students in March 2018 Indian students in June 2018 Spanish and Mexican students in August 2018 Greek teachers in August 2018 Hungarian teachers in August 2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Video interview about Future Circular Colliders, CERN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Video interview about Future Circular Colliders, CERN |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Video lecture to African School of Physics |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Video lecture to students from many African countries |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Workshop to college and high-school students |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | I gave a workshop on mathematics and art to 50 high-school students and 10 art student in Swansea. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | interview with Lithuanian TV |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | John Ellis was interviewed by the Lithuanian TV at CERN (June 2018) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | interview with Science News |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | John Ellis was interviewed by Science News, on Lorentz-symmetry violation (July 2018) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | lecture at CERN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Lecture for Norwegian undergraduate students |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | lectures at the African School of Physics, Namibia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | John Ellis gave 2 lectures at the African School of Physics in Windhoek, Namibia (June 2018) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | lectures on Particle Physics at different international universities |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | John Ellis gave lectures on article Physics at the following international places Porto (February 2018) Shanghai Jiaotong University (April 2018) Helsinki University (May 2018) Santiago de Compostela (November 2018) Anglo-Swiss Club, Locarno (February 2019) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
Description | public debates at philosophy conference at Hay-on-Wye |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | John Ellis participated to 3 public debates at philosophy conferences in Hay-on-Why (May 2028) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | public lecture, London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | John Ellis gave a public lecture on Particle Physics at the Colonel Fawcett pub, London (March 2018) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | public lectures in Bin Matar House, Bahrain |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | John Ellis gave 3 lectures in Bahrain, to high school teachers and general public (November 2018) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | public lectures in universities of Columbia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | John Ellis gave public lectures at 3 different universities in Colombia (Sept 2018) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |