RECFA, Tel Aviv, 10 April 2014
•History.
•Survey of areas of research and achievements.
•Universities – human resources and interests.
•Participation in European networks.
•Budgeting.
•Quality control-Vox Populi
•Summary
• Foundations of quantum mechanics (Rosen,
Aharonov-Bohm, Peres)
• Foundations of atomic spectroscopy - Racah
• Foundations of nuclear physics – Deshalit,
Talmi
• Foundations of the Standard model – Strong
interactions – Neeman-Lipkin
• Bekenstein - Black Hole - Holography.
•Properties of field theory- a theorem.
•Phases of gauge theory and gravity,
confinement, Higgs, Coulomb, lattice
methods.
•Cosmology, astroparticles(with the new
results of BICEHP, if true, the boundary with
UV completions and BSM is ill defined. Same
remark for AdS/CFT)
•Duality (Horn, Harari, Rosner)– from the
foundations of the strong interactions to the
foundations of string theory - Veneziano
•String theory: AdS/CFT its relations to
• gravity- turbulence.
• black holes (Bekenstein-Hawking entropy)
big bangs, big crunches, firewalls.
• gauge theories-”QCD Like”
• holography-ABJM (d=3),heavy ion physics
• Faculty
Profs. R. Brustein, A.
Davidson, E. Guendelman+
9+7 graduate students(Phd+
Msc).
Field theory, string theory,
phenomenology, general relativity,
cosmology, Black holes , Modified Gravity
• Faculty
Profs. S. Elitzur, A. Giveon, E.
Rabinovici, Dr. B. Kol + 5
postdocs + 13 graduate
students(10Phd(2F)+3 Msc).
Field theory, supersymmetry, string
theory, general relativity
Jerusalem winter school in theoretical
physics (+ESF), past and present directors:
S. Weinberg, E. Witten, D. Gross.
• Faculty :String theory/Field
theory:
Profs. A. Casher, N.
Itzhaki, Y. Oz, A. Sever,
J.Sonnenschien, S.
Yankielowicz, + 4
postdocs(1F) + 31
students(18(3F)+13(2F)).
Field theory, QCD, Supersymmetry,
String theory. AdS/CFT. Turbulence.
• Faculty
Prof. M. Moshe, Prof. O.
Bergmann, Prof. A. Yarom+
3 postdocs(1F) + 10
graduate students(3(1F)+4)
AdS/CFT, AdS/CMT,field
theory QCD,5d, string
theory, M2,Hydrodynamics
• Faculty
• String theory/Field theory:
Profs. O.Aharony, M.
Berkooz, Y. Frishman, D.
Gepner, Z. Komargodski, A.
Schwimmer + 10(1F)postdocs
+ 18(5+13(5F)) students.
Field theory, supersymmetry, string
theory, AdS/CFT, turbulence, cosmology.
• Profs. D. Kutasov, N. Seiberg, O.
Ganor.
•A Large number did return.
•Since 2005 3 Emeriti- 4 hired.
There are other Israelis in the US
and Europe with strong
connections to the Israeli high
energy community
30-40
40-50
50-60
60-retirement
3
5
4
9
•2 Junior ERCs
•Since 2013 COST MP 1210 network.
•Organizing Committees - Cargese, Les
Houches, Integrable.
Total funding Last Six Years (k$US)about
6400.
ISF-3500(55%), EU/GIF-2230(35%), BSF637(10%)
Special funding:
1995 – 2015 – Israeli Science Foundation –
center of excellence in string theory (10
members) – Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Weizmann
(longest possible life of center). Total
budget over 5 million dollars.
Now-I CORE
Population data from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List
_of_countries_by_population
GNP data from
http://www.studentsoftheworld.i
nfo/infopays/rank/PNB2.html
Compiled from SPIRES:
M. Karliner, March 2009
• Very significant contributions in the past.
• Current research and leadership covers
the frontline subjects in theoretical
particle physics.
• World class center in aspects of
phenomenology, field theory and string
theory.