This represents the preliminary plans for the SLAC Summer Institute. Program is subject to change.
All talks will be held in Kavli Auditorium (Building 51). SSI badges required. All discussion sessions will be held in the Redwood Rooms (C&D) in the Research Office Building (R.O.B.) - Building 48.
Registration will be limited to 150 participants. Registration is not considered complete unless payment is received.
| Monday, July 25, 2011 | ||
| 9:00-10:00AM | Introduction to the Universe | Keith Olive (Minnesota) |
| 10:30-11:30AM | Basics of Inflation | Andrei Linde (Stanford) |
| 11:45AM-12:45PM | Evidence for Inflation | Chao Lin Kuo (SLAC/Stanford) |
| Topical Q&A | ||
| 3:00- 3:45 PM |
Searches for NP @ the Tevatron | Mike Eads (Nebraska) |
| 3:45- 4:30 PM |
Results from PLANCK | Krzysztof Gorski (JPL) |
| 6:00 PM | Reception | ROB, Building 48 Patio |
| Tuesday, July 26, 2011 | ||
| 9:00-10:00AM | Searches for anti-matter | Dietrich Muller (U Chicago) |
| 10:30-11:30AM | Baryogenesis/ Leptogenesis | David Morrissey (TRIUMF) |
| 11:45AM-12:45PM | The Higgs Boson and Electroweak Symmetry Breaking:The Minimal Standard Model | Michael Peskin (SLAC) |
| Lunch Break | ||
| 2:45-5:00PM | Discussion Session | C/D Redwood Rooms, Building 48, ROB |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner | Panofsky Breezeway |
| Wednesday, July 27, 2011 | ||
| 9:00-10:00AM | CP Violation in the quark and lepton sectors | David MacFarlane (SLAC) |
| 10:30-11:30AM | The Higgs Boson and Electroweak Symmetry Breaking: Models of EWSB | Michael Peskin (SLAC) |
| 11:45AM-12:45PM | The Hunt for the Higgs | Andrew Haas (SLAC) |
| Topical Q&A | ||
| 2:45- 3:15 PM |
Seaches for NP @ the LHC (by phone) | Albert De Roeck (CERN) |
| 3:20- 3:50 PM |
Higgs Searches at the Tevatron | Homer Wolfe (Ohio State U) |
| 3:55- 4:25 PM |
Higgs Searches at the LHC | Chris Potter (CERN) |
| 4:30-4:55 | Coffee Break | |
| 4:55- 5:25 PM |
Results from LHC b | Wouter Hulsbergen (Nikhef) |
| 5:30- 6:00 PM |
Recent results on CP violation from the B factory experiments | Jacques Chauveau(Universite Pierre et Marie Curie) |
| 6:00- 7:00 PM | Poster Social | Panofsky Breezeway |
| Thursday, July 28, 2011 | ||
| 9:00-10:00AM | Evidence for DM | Simona Murgia (SLAC) |
| 10:30-11:30AM | DM Candidates I | Tim Tait (UC Irvine) |
| 11:45AM-12:45PM | DM at Colliders | Andrew Haas (SLAC) |
| 1:30-2:30PM | SLAC Tour | Meet in Visitor Center |
| 2:45-5:00PM | Discussion Session | C/D Redwood Rooms, Building 48, ROB |
| 6:00 - 7:00 PM | Poster Social | Panofsky Breezeway |
| Friday, July 29, 2011 | ||
| 9:00-10:00AM | DM Candidates II | Tim Tait (UC Irvine) |
| 10:30-11:30AM | Direct Detection | Blas Cabrera (Stanford) |
| 11:45AM-12:45PM | Indirect Detection | Simona Murgia (SLAC) |
| Scientific Life as a Nobel Laureate | ||
| 2:00-2:40PM | Richard Feynman's Life And His Broad Impact On Science | Doug Osheroff (Stanford) |
| 2:45-3:25PM | Martin Perl (SLAC) | |
| 3:35-4:15PM | Reflections on life after a Nobel Prize (no slides) | Burton Richter (SLAC) |