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Frontiers Beyond the Standard Model

We are proud to announce the workshop, “Frontiers Beyond the Standard Model IV” sponsored by the Simons Foundation through the William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute (FTPI) at the University of Minnesota. This exciting event will be held in Minneapolis from Thursday, May 15, 2025 to Saturday, May 17, 2025.

Over the past decade there have been exciting new developments in many aspects of physics beyond the standard model. Apart from the ground-breaking discoveries of the Higgs boson and gravitational waves, there are new formal developments in quantum field theory as well as nascent directions in computational theory. Together, this has revealed new interesting phenomena in physics beyond the standard model which has shed new light on many of the outstanding questions in the Standard Model and cosmology.


Participation in the event is limited. We welcome the participation of graduate students. Please contact us with any questions by email at [email protected].

Program

Tentative Program

Frontiers Beyond the Standard Model IV
May 15-17, 2025

The workshop will be held in Kenneth H. Keller Hall 3-180


Thursday, 5/15 ~ Friday, 5/16 ~ Saturday, 5/17

Thursday, 5/15

8:15 - 8:25 am 
Light Breakfast 

8:25 - 8:30 am
Introduction
Keith Olive
University of Minnesota

8:30 – 9:00 am
Supersymmetric Compositeness
Raman Sundrum
University of Maryland

9:00 – 9:30 am 
Messing with Quantum Field Theory
David Kaplan
Johns Hopkins University

9:30 – 10:00 am
Shedding Light on Dark Matter with Modern Machine Learning and the Gaia Space Telescope
David Shih
Rutgers University

10:00 – 10:30 am 
Coffee Break 

10:30 – 11:00 am 
Gravity to probe strongly-coupled theories
Alex Pomarol
CERN; Institut de Física d'Altes Energies (IFAE)

11:00 – 11:30 am 
New Ideas in Strongly-Coupled Dark Matter
Graham Kribs
University of Oregon

11:30 12:00 pm
SUSY Unifies Precisely with Composite Higgs
Kaustubh Agashe
University of Maryland, College Park 

12:00 – 2:00 pm 
Lunch Break (on your own)

2:00 – 2:30 pm
Axions form Strings and Strings from Axions
Giovanni Villadoro
International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)

2:30 – 3:00 pm 
Non-Invertible Peccei-Quinn Symmetry, Natural 2HDM Alignment, and the Visible Axion
Antonio Delgado
University of Notre Dame

3:00 – 3:30 pm
TBA
Sungwoo Hong
KAIST

3:30 – 4:00 pm
Coffee Break

4:00 – 4:30 pm
(Runaway) Gravitational Production of Dark Photons
Leah Jenks
University of Chicago

4:30 – 5:00 pm
RockStar Baryogenesis: Baryogenesis from Primordial CP Violation
Venus Keus
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS)

5:00 – 5:30 pm
TBA
Sebastian Ellis
University of Geneva

 


Thursday, 5/15 ~ Friday, 5/16 ~ Saturday, 5/17

Friday, 5/16

8:15 - 8:30 am 
Light Breakfast 

8:30 – 9:00 am
TBA
Csaba Csaki
Cornell University

9:00 – 9:30 am 
WIMP Dark Matter and Upper Bound on Parity Breaking Scale
Keisuke Harigaya
University of Chicago

9:30 – 10:00 am
Stasis, Stasis, Stasis: The Universe on Pause
Keith Dienes
University of Arizona / NSF

10:00 – 10:30 am 
Coffee Break 

10:30 – 11:00 am 
Abelian Instantons
John Terning
University of California, Davis

11:00 – 11:30 am 
Dyon Loops and Abelian Instantons
Isabel Garcia Garcia
University of Washington

11:30 12:00 pm
TBA
Yuri Shirman
University of California, Irvine

12:00 – 2:00 pm 
Lunch Break (on your own)

2:00 – 2:30 pm
Predicting the Dark Matter -- Baryon Abundance Ratio 
Anson Hook
University of Maryland

2:30 – 3:00 pm 
TBA
Jessie Shelton
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

3:00 – 3:30 pm
All axion dark matter from SUSY
Howard Baer
University of Oklahoma

3:30 – 4:00 pm
Coffee Break

4:00 – 4:30 pm
BSM Higgs sectors at Future Experiments
Sven Heinemeyer
Instituto de Física Teórica UAM/CSIC (IFT), Spain

4:30 – 5:00 pm
TBA
Karim Benakli
LPTHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

6:00 pm 
Workshop Banquet

Surly Brewing Co.
520 Malcolm Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414



Thursday, 5/15 ~ Friday, 5/16 ~ Saturday, 5/17

Saturday, 5/17

8:15 - 8:30 am 
Light Breakfast 

8:30 – 9:00 am
Higgs Potential from Hidden Instantons
Hooman Davoudiasl
Brookhaven National Laboratory

9:00 – 9:30 am 
The SM CP Violation is Enough
Rachel Houtz
University of Florida

9:30 – 10:00 am
Flavorful probes of ALPs
Matthias Neubert
Johannes Gutenger University

10:00 – 10:30 am 
Coffee Break 

10:30 – 11:00 am 
Uncovering the microscopic origin of axions with low energy axion couplings
Kiwoon Choi
Institute for Basic Science

11:00 – 11:30 am 
TBA
Stephen Martin
Northern Illinois University

11:30 12:00 pm
TBA
Yann Mambrini
IJCLab, Orsay

12:00 – 2:00 pm 
Lunch Break (on your own)

2:00 – 2:30 pm 
TBA
Natsumi Nagata
University of Tokyo

2:30 3:00 pm
TBA
Emilian Dudas
CNRS and Ecole Polytechnique
 

 

Speakers
Kaustubh Agashe

Kaustubh Agashe

University of Maryland, College Park

Howard Baer

Howard Baer

University of Oklahoma

Karim Benakli

Karim Benakli

Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies (LPTHE), Sorbonne University

Kiwoon Choi

Kiwoon Choi

Institute for Basic Science (IBS)

Csaba Csáki

Csaba Csáki

Cornell University

Hooman Davoudiasl

Hooman Davoudiasl

Brookhaven National Laboratory

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Antonio Delgado

University of Notre Dame

 

Keith Dienes

Keith Dienes

University of Arizona

Emilian Dudas

Emilian Dudas

Centre de Physique Théorique (CPHT), Ecole Polytechnique

Sebastian Ellis

Sebastian Ellis

University of Geneva

Isabel Garcia Garcia

Isabel Garcia Garcia

University of Washington

Keisuke Harigaya

Keisuke Harigaya

The University of Chicago

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Sven Heinemeyer

Instituto de Física Teórica UAM/CSIC (IFT), Spain

Sungwoo Hong

Sungwoo Hong

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Anson Hook

Anson Hook

University of Maryland, College Park

Rachel Houtz

Rachel Houtz

University of Florida

Leah Jenks

Leah Jenks

KICP, The University of Chicago

David Kaplan

David Kaplan

Johns Hopkins University

Venus Keus

Venus Keus

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS)

Graham Kribs

Graham Kribs

IFS, University of Oregon

Yann Mambrini

Yann Mambrini

IJCLab, Orsay

Stephen Martin

Stephen Martin

Northern Illinois University

Natsumi Nagata

Natsumi Nagata

The University of Tokyo

Matthias Neubert

Matthias Neubert

Johannes Gutenberg University; Cornell University

Alex Pomarol

Alex Pomarol

CERN; Institut de Física d'Altes Energies (IFAE)

Jessie Shelton

Jessie Shelton

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

David Shih

David Shih

Rutgers University

Yuri Shirman

Yuri Shirman

University of California, Irvine

Raman Sundrum

Raman Sundrum

University of Maryland, College Park

John Terning

John Terning

University of California, Davis

Giovanni Villadoro

Giovanni Villadoro

The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)

Organizers
Tony Gherghetta in front of a pillar

Tony Gherghetta

School of Physics and Astronomy 
University of Minnesota

Keith Olive

Keith Olive

Fine Theoretical Physics Institute 
School of Physics and Astronomy  
University of Minnesota

Location

Workshop Location:

The workshop will be held in Keller Hall 3-180 on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus.

The building can be accessed via the main doors on Washington Avenue and the side doors on Union Street and the Scholars Walk.

Banquet Location:

The banquet for workshop participants will be held on Friday, May 17th in University Hall at the McNamara Alumni Center.

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Getting to the University of Minnesota:

Once you land at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (MSP), you have several options you can take to get to the University of Minnesota (UMN).

The Metro Transit Light Rail is the most efficient and cost effective mode of travel. It will cost $2.00 or $2.50 (rush hours) for a one-way ticket. The trains run every 10 - 15 minutes on weekdays and will get you to the UMN campus in about 30 minutes. From MSP, take the Blue Line north to US Bank Station. From there you will transfer to the Green Line and take that east to East Bank Station or Stadium Village Station. Find more information on the Light Rail Transit page of the MSP website

Shuttle service is available from MSP, however the waits can be long and cost may be high at $20.00 - $73.00 depending on whether you share the ride or travel alone. To learn more see the Van and Shuttle service page of the MSP website

Taxi services are available at MSP, including Uber and Lyft. It will take approximately 30 - 45 minutes to get to campus depending on traffic and will cost between $25.00 - $60.00. Visit the Ground Transportation page of the MSP website for more information on app-based ride services. 

Car rental is not recommended. Parking around campus is limited and can be expensive.

Local Restaurants:

Please see our Restaurant Locations Map for ideas on where to eat in the area. 

Participants
  • Kaustubh Agashe (University of Maryland, College Park)
  • Aseila Awad (University of Minnesota)
  • Howie Baer (University of Oklahoma)
  • Ravneet Bedi (University of Minnesota)
  • Karim Benakli  (LPTHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France)
  • Aleksey  Cherman (University of Minnesota)
  • Kiwoon Choi (Institute for Basic Science)
  • Gongjun Choi (University of Minnesota)
  • Csaba Csaki (Cornell University)
  • Hao-Ran Cui (University of Minnesota)
  • Hooman Davoudiasl (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
  • Antonio Delgado (University of Notre Dame)
  • Emilian Dudas (CNRS and Ecole Polytechnique)
  • Sebastian Ellis (University of Geneva)
  • Andrew Furmanski (University of Minnesota)
  • Isabel Garcia Garcia (University of Washington)
  • Tony Gherghetta (University of Minnesota)
  • Mandeep Gill (University of Minnesota)
  • Keisuke Harigaya (University of Chicago)
  • Sven Heinemeyer (IFT (CSIC/UAM))
  • Sungwoo Hong (KAIST)
  • Anson Hook (University of Maryland)
  • Rachel Houtz (University of Florida)
  • Evgenii Ievlev (FTPI, University of Minnesota)
  • Leah Jenks (University of Chicago)
  • Saarik Kalia (University of Minnesota)
  • David Kaplan (Johns Hopkins University)
  • Wenqi Ke (FTPI, University of Minnesota)
  • Venus Keus (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS))
  • Graham Kribs (University of Oregon)
  • Peiran Li (University of Minnesota)
  • Zhen Liu (University of Minnesota)
  • Yan Liu (University of Minnesota)
  • Ishmam Mahbub (University of Minnesota)
  • Yann Mambrini (University of Paris-Saclay)
  • Stephen Martin (Northern Illinois University)
  • Robert McGehee (FTPI, University of Minnesota)
  • Natsumi Nagata (University of Tokyo)
  • Matthias Neubert (Johannes Gutenberg University)
  • Maria Neuzil (University of Minnesota)
  • Keith Olive (FTPI, University of Minnesota)
  • Arpon Paul (University of Minnesota)
  • Alex Pomarol (IFAE/UAB)
  • Keith R. Dienes (University of Arizona / NSF)
  • Samya Roychowdhury (University of Minnesota)
  • Serge Rudaz (University of Minnesota)
  • M. Faraz Samavat (University of Minnesota)
  • Akshat Sharma (University of Minnesota)
  • Jessie Shelton (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
  • David Shih (Rutgers University)
  • Yuri Shirman (University of California, Irvine)
  • Raman Sundrum (University of Maryland)
  • Tonnis ter Veldhuis (Macalester College)
  • John Terning (University of California, Davis)
  • Brooks Thomas (Lafayette College)
  • Saif Ullah Baig (University of Minnesota)
  • Giovanni Villadoro (ICTP)
  • Mengyao Zhang (University of Minnesota)