The paper “Nonperturbative test of the Maldacena-Milekhin conjecture for the BMN matrix model”, co-authored by S. Pateloudis (Regensburg), G. Bergner (Jena), N. Bodendorfer (Jena), Masanori Hanada, E. Rinaldi (Michigan, RIKEN Wako), and A. Schäfer (Regensburg), has been accepted for publication in the Journal of High Energy Physics. The final form arXiv version is available for […]
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A two-day workshop on “Synergistic Hybrid Marine Renewable Energy” is being held at the University of Surrey this week (Thursday-Friday 21-22 July). It is a discussion meeting of a UGPN Network grant between North Carolina State University, University of Wollongong, and the University of Surrey. The principal organiser is Dr Liang Cui (Civil and Environmental […]
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The paper “Super non-Abelian T-duality“, co-authored by Daniele Bielle, Silvia Penati (Milano-Bicocca), Dmitri Sorokin (INFN, Padova), and Martin Wolf, has been published in Nuclear Physics B (open access, link here). Daniele is a PhD student on the Milano-Bicocca/Surrey dual doctorate, and Silvia is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey. The paper analyses […]
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The Applied Geometric Mechanics Network, supported by the London Mathematical Society, and including teams from Edinburgh, Exeter, Imperial, and Surrey, is holding their second meeting of 2022 at the University of Surrey on Friday 22 July. The theme is Geometric Hydrodynamics: quantum and classical, and the local organiser is Cesare Tronci. The speakers include Mauro […]
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The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences is hosting a six-month programme on Dispersive Hydrodynamics, from July to December 2022 (link here). The opening conference was held this week (11-15 July) on “Modulation theory and dispersive shock waves“. Tom Bridges attended the event in person and gave one of the 5 plenary lectures, speaking on […]
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Congratulations to Imran Usmani for passing his PhD viva today (Friday 8 July). The thesis title is “Parametric models of the circadian pacemaker in controlled lighting conditions“, and the examiners were Prof Victoria Booth (Michigan) and Prof Gianne Derks. Imran‘s supervisors are Prof Anne Skeldon and Prof Derk-Jan Dijk (Director, Surrey Sleep Research Centre). Figure […]
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