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abstract: Beautiful ideas developed by theorists in one area of physics often have unexpected applications in others. Quantum field theory is an outstanding example. As the basic language of both condensed matter physics and high energy physics, it has provided fertile ground for interactions of the two areas of physics, and common techniques using renormalization, symmetry, topology and integrability have been developed. Recently, the AdS/CFT correspondence has opened a new interface between condensed matter physics and quantum gravity.

The present workshop will bring together the two communities to share ideas, identify common problems and develop new techniques to solve them. We are planning various arrangements to enhance interactions of condensed matter physicists and high energy physicists, including tutorial lectures and ample time for informal exchanges. Topics will include quantum criticality, quantum liquid, topological order, integrable systems, graphene, relativistic and non-relativistic conformal field theories and their holographic descriptions.

abstract: This year's school will focus on Masses and Constants. If this topic is of interest to you, we would be glad to welcome you in Schladming in February 2010.

abstract: PHENO 10 will cover the latest topics in particle phenomenology and theory -- in particular LHC physics -- plus related issues in astrophysics and cosmology.

abstract: The aim of the meeting is to review developments, both theoretical and experimental, related to the physics of heavy flavors. We will hear updates on many topics including CP violation, rare decays, spectroscopy, CKM elements and, perhaps most importantly, the potential for studies of heavy flavor decays to help unravel any new physics seen directly at the LHC.

abstract: The International Seminar "Quarks-2010" is organized by the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences. "Quarks-2010" is the sixteenth in the series of seminars taking place every two years since 1980 in various historical and cultural places of Russia. The coming Seminar will take place near Kolomna, about 100km southeast of Moscow. Despite of the Seminar's traditional name, the program of "Quarks-2008" is fairly broad and includes plenary sessions, meetings at sections and informal discussions on various problems of quantum field theory and particle physics. We expect that about 150 physicists will participate in the Seminar.

abstract: The workshop organisers will gather about 40 mathematicians and physicists, and the scientific goal is to pursue an in-depth understanding of the interactions between Hodge theory on the one hand and QFT and string theory on the other. This includes work relating to supersymmetric gauge theories with the geometric Langlands conjecture, the use of mixed Hodge theory to study the renormalization group flow, and the noncommutative Hodge structure uncovered in the theory of charges in boundary TQFTs. In addition, there are plans to have a series of expository lectures on scale in QFT.

abstract: The meeting will cover areas in nuclear physics, particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology. The program is coherent with nuclei being the central object that connects all items of the program: Exotic nuclei, Nuclear Astrophysics, Neutrino physics, Astroparticle physics. First week will have a school format, second week that of a conference. It is the 23rd edition of a Carpathian school, and the 3rd with the same title, following CSSP05 and CSSP07.

This is an external activity of ICTP, Trieste.

abstract: This conference is the ninth in a biennial series whose aim is to bring together people working in QCD and strong-interaction dynamics, both theoreticians and experimentalists. It will take place on campus at the Complutense University of Madrid.

abstract: International Workshop on Diffraction in High-Energy Physics

abstract: Biannual conference series dedicated to foundational and advanced modern topics in quantum mechanics, particle physics, quantum gravity, cosmology

abstract: The purpose of this workshop is to offer an opportunity for experimentalists and theoreticians to get together and discuss the analysis of the data taken within the first year of LHC and to overview previous p+p and heavy ion data from RHIC and TEVATRON experiments as well as the theoretical developments.

abstract: Hard and electromagnetic probes play a key role in the study of the strongly interacting matter created in high energy heavy-ion collisions. Recent new measurements and theoretical developments have resulted in significant progress and incisive understanding of the properties of hot QCD matter. Hard probes will play a central role in upcoming RHIC runs as well as in the LHC heavy-ion program that is now getting under way.

The biannual "Hard Probes" series is among the leading conferences in the field of high-energy heavy-ion physics, providing a forum for in-depth discussion of hard and electromagnetic probes and related topics in a moderate-sized meeting.

abstract: Topical discussions with invited plenary talks and selected contributions on rare decays, CP violation, CKM and form factors, lepton flavour violation, heavy quarks, neutrinos, top and tau physics. Attendance is limited.