Speaker: Javier Subils – Nordita Place and time: Naustið (Endurmenntun building), March 2, 2023, 14.30 Title: A holographic view on monopoles, baryons and confinement Abstract: Understanding the phase diagram of QCD at finite density and temperature remains one of the most prominent open problems in modern physics. In this talk, I will present a model
The fourth edition of the NORNDiP conference will be a conference in hybrid form. It will be held in Reykjavík, Iceland on 18-19 August 2022 with the possibility of joining virtually on Zoom. Physics sessions: Speakers Victoria L. Martin, University of Iceland Namiko Mitarai, Niels Bohr Institute Carole Mundell, University of Bath Emiliya Yordanova, Swedish Institute of
The Nordic Network for Diversity in Physics, NORNDiP, will celebrate the International Women’s day with a virtual event which takes place on March 8. Highlights of the event: 1:00 PM GMT: Meytal Eran Jona, Career of Women in Physics. 2:00 PM GMT: Jane Rigby, The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): Launch, commissioning, and getting ready
The Science Institute, University of Iceland, invites applications for up to three PhD positions in theoretical high-energy physics. Field of work The successful candidates will join a research group engaged in frontline research at the intersection between quantum field theory and gravitational theory in the Mathematics Division of the Science Institute. The research is funded
Place and time: Friday November 26th at 10:00, VRII-152 Speaker: Cristobal Arratia, NORDITA Title: A story on hydrodynamics, instabilities, and transition to turbulence Abstract: Fluid mechanics is an old subject. It is present in our everyday experience and its governing equations were written nearly two centuries ago, yet we have long struggled to explain very