Highlights (April 2019 - March 2020)


Editor's Suggestions, etc.

  1. Journal cover of Universe vol. 5, issue 4 (April 2019):
    "The gravitational magnetoelectric effect", Gary W. Gibbons and Marcus C. Werner, Universe 5(4), 88 (2019).
  2. Article with press release:
    "Dark Quest. I. Fast and Accurate Emulation of Halo Clustering Statistics and Its Application to Galaxy Clustering", Takahiro Nishimichi, Masahiro Takada, Ryuichi Takahashi, Ken Osato, Masato Shirasaki, Taira Oogi, Hironao Miyatake, Masamune Oguri, Ryoma Murata, Yosuke Kobayashi, The Astrophysical Journal 884 29 (2019).

Books

  1. Théories de la Relativité, N. Deruelle et J.-P. Uzan,
    2nd Edition, 870p, Belin Publ., Paris 2019 (in French).
  2. Fale Grawitacyjne, N. Deruelle and J.-P. Lasota,
    270p, Na Sciezkach Nauki Publ., Varsaw, 2019 (in Polish).

Invited Talks (International)

  1. S. Yokoyama, "Holography via Flow Equation",
    Invited talk, "Gauge theories, supergravity and superstrings", Benasque, Spain, June/2019.
  2. S. Yokoyama, "Holography via Flow Equation",
    Invited talk, "INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HOLOGRAPHY, STRING THEORY AND DISCRETE APPROACHES", Duy Tan U, Danang, Vietnam, Aug/2019.
  3. S. Yokoyama, "Non-relativistic hybrid geometry and gravitational gauge fixing term",
    Invited talk, East Asia Joint Workshop on Fields and Strings 2019, National Tsing Hua Univ (NTHU), 28/Oct/2019.
  4. A. Bhattacharyya, "Complexity and RG flow",
    Perimeter Institute for Theoretical physics, Waterloo, Canada, on 27/02/2019, at the quantum fields and string seminar series.
  5. A. Bhattacharyya, "Complexity and RG flow"
    at the workshop "Many Facets of Compelxity: From quantum information to holography", at Department of Physics, Windsor University, Windsor, Canada, 19-20 February, 2019.
  6. T. Kugo, "Cosmological Constant Problem and Spontaneous Breaking of Scale Invariance",
    25th International Summer Institute on Phenomenology of Elementary Particle Physics and Cosmology (SI2019), Aug.18 -- 23, 2019, SANDPINE, Gangneung, Korea.
  7. T. Kugo, "Necessity and Insufficiency of Scale Invariance for solving Cosmological Constant Problem",
    Workshop on Connecting Insights in Fundamental Physics: Standard Model and Beyond (in Corfu Summer Institute 2019), Sept.1--10, Corfu, Greece.
  8. Seiji Terashima, "Classical Limit of Large N Gauge Theories with Conformal Symmetry",
    Invited talk at "International Conference on Holography, String Theory and Discrete Approaches in Danang", Danang, Vietnam, August 4-8 2019.
  9. T. Takayanagi, "Looking at Shadows of Entanglement Wedges",
    Geometry from the Quantum, KITP, Santa Barbara, USA, Jan.13-17, 2020.
  10. T. Takayanagi, "Entanglement Wedges and AdS/CFT",
    Gravity, Information and Fundamental Symmetries, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany, Nov.4-6, 2019.
  11. T. Takayanagi, "Entanglement Wedges from Information Metric in Conformal Field Theories",
    KIAS-YITP 2019, KIAS, Seoul, Korea, Sep.23-27, 2019.
  12. T. Takayanagi, "Entanglement Wedges from Information Metric in Conformal Field Theories",
    Entangle This: Chaos, Order and Qubits, UAM, IFT, Madrid, Sep.9-14, 2019.
  13. T. Takayanagi, "Entanglement Wedges from CFTs,"Quantum Information in Quantum Gravity V",
    UC Davis, Aug 19-Aug. 23, 2019.
  14. Yasuaki Hikida, "Matrix-valued higher spin holography",
    Invited talk at "International Conference on Holography, String Theory and Discrete Approaches in Danang", Vietnam, August 5-7, 2019.
  15. Yasuaki Hikida, "Matrix-valued higher spin holography",
    Invited talk at APCTP-KHU Workshop: Higher Spin Gravity, Pohang, Korea, September 23- October 2, 2019.
  16. Sinya Aoki, "Nuclear force from the potential method in lattice QCD",
    INT program INT-19-2a "Nuclear Structure at the Crossroads", Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, July 1 - August 2, 2019.
  17. Sinya Aoki, "Lattice results on dibaryons and baryon-baryon interactions",
    XVIII International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy and Structure" (Hadron 2019), Guilin, China, August 17 - 21, 2019.
  18. Masaki Shigemori, "Counting Superstrata",
    Workshop on Black Hole Microstates, CEA Saclay, France, May 29, 2019.
  19. Hiroshi Kunitomo, "Heterotic string field theory and new relations extending L-infinity algebra",
    J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 1194 no.1, 012063 (2019); Invited talk at The 32nd International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics, Prague, Czech Republic, July 9-13 2018.
  20. Hiroshi Kunitomo, "Heterotic string field theory with cyclic L-infinity structure",
    Invited talk at International Conference on Sting Field Theory and String Perturbation Theoy, Firenze, Italy, May 6-10 2019.
  21. Shigeki Sugimoto, "Anomaly cancellation in type II string theory, revisited",
    East Asia Joint Workshop on "Fields and Strings 2019" and 12th Taiwan String Theory Workshop, National Tsing Hua Univ (NTHU), Taiwan, October 29, 2019.
  22. Shigeki Sugimoto, "2 dim QED and String Theory",
    Invite talk at "SNU mini-workshop on Quantum fields and strings", Seoul National Univ, Korea, October 10, 2019.
  23. Shigeki Sugimoto, "Holographic QCD -review and recent development-",
    Invite talk at 15th Rencontres du Vietnam, "Perspectives in Hadron Physics", ICISE, Quy Nhon, Vietnam, September 27, 2019.
  24. Shigeki Sugimoto, "2 dim QED and String Theory",
    Invited seminar at Swansea University, Swansea, UK, July 30, 2019.
  25. Shigeki Sugimoto, "Generalized WZW-term from holographic QCD",
    Invite talk at workshop "Holographic QCD 2019", Nordita, Sweden, July 26, 2019.
  26. Shigeki Sugimoto, "Strong Interaction and Holography",
    Invited colloquium at the Interdisciplinary Center for Theoretical Study (ICTS), University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China, June 28, 2019.
  27. Shigeki Sugimoto, "2 dim QED and String Theory",
    Invited seminar at The Interdisciplinary Center for Theoretical Study (ICTS), University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China, June 27, 2019.
  28. Shigeki Sugimoto, "2 dim QED and String Theory",
    Invited seminar at Sun Yat-sen University, China, June 13, 2019.
  29. E. Wakakuwa, H. Yamasaki, and Y. Nakata, "One-Shot Classical-Quantum Hybrid Capacity by partial decoupling theorem", 2020 International Workshop on Quantum Information, Quantum Computing and Quantum Control, Shanghai, China, 5 January 2020.
  30. T. Morimae, "Fine-grained quantum supremacy and stabilizer rank",
    Symmetry, phases of matter, and resources in quantum computing", Perimeter Institute, November 2019.
  31. T. Morimae, "Post-hoc verification of quantum computing",
    Mini-Workshop on Quantum Verification, Fudan University, China August 2019.
  32. Kazuya Takahashi, "Inverse reconstruction of jet structure from off-axis gamma-ray burst afterglows",
    Workshop to bring together experts on high energy astrophysics from Japan and Israel, RIKEN, Wako/Kobe, Japan, July 18-23, 2019.
  33. Misao Sasaki, "Gravitational Wave Cosmology -The Dawn has Arrived! -",
    Keynote lecture at "Beyond General Relativity, Beyond Standard Cosmological Model", Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, 1 July 2019.
  34. N. Nishimura, "r-Process nucleosynthesis in realistic astrophysical scenarios",
    Invited lecture at "The 10th European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics”,Catania, Italy, June 16-23 Jun 2019.
  35. N. Nishimura, "r-Process nucleosynthesis in realistic astrophysical scenarios and nuclear-physics inputs",
    Invited talk at YITP Workshop "Nuclear Fission Dynamics 2019”, YITP, Kyoto, Japan, 26 October - 8 November, 2019.
  36. Kunihito Ioka, "A Gamma-Ray Burst Jet in Electromagnetic Counterparts to Gravitational Waves",
    Invited talk at "Gamma-Ray Bursts and Related Astrophysics in Multi-Messenger Era", Nanjin, China, 5/13-17, 2019.
  37. Kunihito Ioka, "Electromagnetic Counterparts to Gravitational Waves",
    Invited talk at "APPC 2019 14th ASIA-PACIFIC PHYSICS CONFERENCE", Borneo Convention Centre Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 11/17-22, 2019.
  38. Antonio De Felice, "Cosmological Implications in Massive Gravity",
    The Institute for Fundamental Study, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand, March 2019.
  39. Shinji Mukohyama, "Some thoughts on entropy bounds, swampland and inflation",
    invited talk at Workshop "Inflation and Geometry", IAP, Paris, France, June 13, 2019.
  40. Shinji Mukohyama, "Gravity and cosmology beyond Einstein ― introduction to modified gravity ―",
    invited talk at "Beyond General Relativity, Beyond Cosmological Standard Model", U of Warsaw, Poland, July 2, 2019.
  41. Shinji Mukohyama, "Minimalism in Modified Gravity", invited talk at "Beyond General Relativity, Beyond Cosmological Standard Model",
    U of Warsaw, Poland, July 5, 2019.
  42. Shinji Mukohyama, "Some thoughts on entropy bounds, swampland and inflation",
    invited talk at 15th Rencontres du Vietnam "Cosmology", Quy Nhon, Vietnam, August 12, 2019.
  43. Shinji Mukohyama, "Minimalism in Modified Gravity",
    invited talk at Miami 2019, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, December 13, 2019.
  44. Shinji Mukohyama, "Black holes in Scalar-tensor theory",
    invited talk at APCTP workshop "New perspectives on cosmology", APCTP, Pohang, Korea, January 11, 2020.
  45. Marcus C. Werner, "Metric Optical Geometry and Beyond",
    Beyond 2019 Conference, University of Warsaw, Poland, 5 July 2019.
  46. Marcus C. Werner, "Optical Geometry and Constructive Gravity",
    IPM Tehran, Iran, 17 September 2019.
  47. Marcus C. Werner, "Optical Geometry and the Magnetoelectric Effect",
    Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Heidelberg University, Germany, 25 September 2019.
  48. Marcus C. Werner, "Optical Geometry and Constructive Gravity",
    Mathematics Department, Aveiro University, Portugal, 30 September 2019.
  49. Marcus C. Werner, "Optical Geometry and the Magnetoelectric Effect",
    ICTP Trieste, Italy, 8 October 2019.
  50. Antonio De Felice,
    Visiting program: NCTS visitor, NCTS, 9/9-27/9 2019, National Tsing Hua U., Hsinchu, Taiwan.
  51. Nathalie Deruelle,
    Mini-Course on the 2-body problem in General Relativity and Scalar-tensor theories of gravity, ULB University, Brussels, January 2020.
  52. Nathalie Deruelle,
    The early days of General Relativity : a dialogue between mathematicians and physicists, colloquium, Tours University, France, February 2020.
  53. Atsushi Taruya, "Intrinsic alignment of density and velocity fields as cosmological probe",
    CosKASI-ICG-NAOC-YITP workshop 2019, 23rd-27th September, KASI.
  54. Atsushi Taruya, "GridSPT: grid-based calculation for perturbation theory of large-scale structure",
    MIAPP program on Dynamics of large-scale structure formation, Garching, Germany, 1-27 July, 2019.
  55. Atsushi Taruya, "Modeling wide-angle cross-correlation function with relativistic effects at quasi-linear scales",
    CosKASI conference 2019, Jeju island, Korea, 23rd-27th April, 2019.
  56. Atsushi Naruko, "Field transformation & its applications to cosmology",
    Invited talk at "KIAS and NRF-JSPS Workshop on Particle, String and Cosmology", High1 Resort in Korea, 2/3. 2020.
  57. Takahiro Nishimichi, "Galaxy-galaxy lensing: its emulator and the prospects for HSC analyses",
    invited talk at CosKASI conference 2019 "The Correlated Universe", KAL Hotel, Seogwipo, Jeju Island, South Korea, Apr. 26, 2019.
  58. Takahiro Nishimichi, "Dark Quest & Emulator for HSC",
    invited talk at "Emulation of Dark Matter and Galaxy Clustering CCAPP", Ohio State University, Ohio, USA, May 14, 2019.
  59. Takahiro Nishimichi, "Dark Quest. I. Fast and Accurate Emulation of Halo Clustering Statistics and Its Application to Galaxy Clustering",
    invited talk at 15th Rencontre du Vietnam "Cosmology", ICISE, Quy Nhon, Vietnam, Aug. 16, 2019.
  60. Takahiro Nishimichi, "Emulating Halo Statistics for Large-Scale Structure Cosmology",
    invited talk at "The First Assembly on Cosmology and Galaxy Formation", Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Nov. 7, 2019.
  61. Takahiro Nishimichi, "Numerics and statistics for the understanding of cosmological structure formation",
    invited lectures at International KEK-Cosmo and APCosPA Winter School 2020, Jan. 21-23, 2020.
  62. Takahiro Nishimichi, "Emulating Halo Statistics for Large Scale Structure Cosmology",
    invited talk at "Emulator Day" workshop, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Heidelberg, Germany, Jan. 27, 2020.

Invited Talks (in Japan)

  1. Sinya Aoki, "Some theoretical issues in HAL QCD method",
    Invited talk at International Molecule-type Worksop "Frontier in Lattice QCD and related topics", YITP, Kyoto, Japan, April 26, 2019.
  2. A. Bhattacharyya, "Complexity for Interacting quantum field theory",
    Invited talk at quantum information theory and string theory workshop, YITP, Kyoto, Japan, May 25, 2019.
  3. S. Yokoyama, 招待講演「青木さんとの流れ」,
    研究会：場の量子論における非摂動論的手法と素粒子物理学への応用, YITP, Dec. 20, 2019.
  4. Masaki Shigemori, "Black hole microstates",
    Invited talk at workshop on recent developments in AdS/CFT, OIST, Okinawa, Japan, Apr. 2, 2019.
  5. 国友 浩, 招待講演「巡回的L無限大構造を持つII型超弦の場の理論」,
    日本物理学会2019年秋季大会, 山形大学, 2019年9月.
  6. 楠亀裕哉, 招待講演「ライトコーン極限における二次元共形ブロックとその応用」,
    日本物理学会年会，名古屋大学，2020年3月.
  7. 玉岡 幸太郎, 招待講演「混合状態の量子もつれを測る新たな量子情報量の導入」,
    日本物理学会年会, 名古屋大学, 2020年3月.
  8. "Entanglement and Information Retrieval from Black Holes", Y. Nakata,
    JAGFoS2019, Kyoto, Japan, 28 September 2019.
  9. "Information leakage from black holes with symmetry", Y. Nakata, E. Wakakuwa, and M. Koashi,
    Quantum Information and String Theory 2019, Kyoto, Japan, 12 June 2019.
  10. T. Morimae,
    Workshop on quantum algorithms and lower bounds Tokyo Institute of Technology, February 13-14, 2020.
  11. 西村信哉, "宇宙最初のrプロセス天体は何か？",
    招待講演, 「初代星・初代銀河研究会２０１９」, 名古屋大学, 2019年11月11-13日.
  12. N. Nishimura, "r-Process-jet supernovae: from explosion to remnant",
    Invited talk at "Collaborative Meeting on Supernova Remnants between Japan and USA”, Wako and Kyoto, Japan, November 7–12, 2019.
  13. 西村信哉, "r-Process-jet supernovae: from explosion to remnant",
    招待講演, 「宇宙における物質進化--原子核・原子・分子-第1回シンポジウム」, 理化学研究所、2018年8月1-2日.
  14. Hamid Hamidani, "Jet Propagation And Cocoon Emission In Neutron Star Mergers And GW170817”,
    in "Workshop to bring together experts on high energy astrophysics from Japan and Israel, 18 Jul. - 23 Jul. 2019", RIKEN Wako/Kobe Campuses, Japan.
  15. Shinji Mukohyama, "Some thoughts on entropy bounds, swampland and inflation",
    invited talk at Two-day Focus Meeting on "Quantum Entanglement in Cosmology", IPMU, U of Tokyo, Japan, May 22, 2019.
  16. Shinji Mukohyama, "Massive gravity, cosmology and gravitational waves",
    invited talk at 23rd KAGRA Face-to-Face meeting, Toyama U, Japan, August 23, 2019.
  17. Shinji Mukohyama, "Black holes in Scalar-tensor theory",
    invited talk at 6th Korea-Japan workshop on dark energy, KMI, Nagoya U, Japan, December 3, 2019.
  18. Antonio De Felice,
    6th Korea-Japan workshop on dark energy at KMI, 12/3-12/5 2019, Nagoya U., Nagoya.
  19. Nathalie Deruelle, Mini-Course on the 2-body problem in General Relativity and Scalar-tensor theories of gravity,
    Kyoto University, Yukawa Institute, November 2019.
  20. Atsushi Taruya, "Wide-angle redshift-space distortions at quasi-linear scales -- modeling relativistic dipole",
    workshop on PTchat, YITP, Kyoto, Japan, 8th April, 2019.
  21. 樽家篤史, "最新観測がもたらす宇宙論の変革",
    知の拠点セミナー, 京都大学 東京オフィス, 2019年11月15日.
  22. Atsushi Naruko, "Possible resolution of a spacetime singularity with field transformations",
    Invited talk at "The third NRF-JSPS workshop in particle physics, cosmology and gravitation", Ishigaki, 6/17, 2019.
  23. Atsushi Naruko, "Theoretical aspects of statistical anisotropy",
    Invited talk at "Theoretical aspects of non-Gaussianity from modern perspectives", YITP, 11/20, 2019.
  24. Atsushi Naruko, "Metric transformation and its applications to cosmology ",
    Invited talk at "6th Korea-Japan workshop on dark energy at KMI", Nagoya U., 12/4, 2019.
  25. 西道 啓博, 招待講演 "数値シミュレーションと機械学習による理論テンプレー ト構築：現状と展望",
    第１回科学研究部シンポジウム「銀河赤方偏移探査による宇宙論研究会」, 国立天文台, 2019年8月22日.

Others

  1. Nathalie Deruelle,
    Nomination as Professeur invité , Université Libre de Bruxelles, 2019.