Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies DIAS Courses

Are Entropy Bounds Epistemic?

Explore interpretations of covariant entropy bounds in quantum gravity, examining ontological vs epistemic perspectives and their implications for gravitational phenomena.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Thermodynamics as a Tool for Quantum Gravitational Dynamics

Explore how thermodynamics of local causal horizons encodes gravitational dynamics and its implications for understanding quantum gravity effects.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Decoding the Physics of the Early Universe Through Primordial Black Holes, Dark Matter and GWs

Explore the complex physics of primordial black holes, their role in universe reheating, dark matter production, and gravitational waves through advanced theoretical concepts and recent observational data.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Non-Linear Dynamics of Frustrated Magnets - Probing Many-Body Systems Through Non-Linear Spectroscopy

Delve into advanced quantum physics concepts, exploring non-linear spectroscopy techniques and their applications in studying frustrated quantum magnets and many-body systems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Defects and Interfaces in the O(N) Model

Explore theoretical aspects of defects in O(N) critical models, examining line and surface defects, interfaces with localized cubic interactions, and their impact on symmetry breaking and fixed points.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Quantum Effects in Gravity Beyond the Newton Potential From a Delocalised Quantum

Explore quantum effects in gravity beyond the Newton potential, focusing on experimental proposals that could prove gravity's nonclassical nature through quantum source interactions and field-momentum commutators.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Naturalness, Near-Criticality and Future Colliders

Explore the concept of near-criticality in the Higgs potential as an alternative to technical naturalness, examining how this perspective could address the Electroweak hierarchy problem through specific Beyond Standard Model physics scenarios.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

RG-Stable Parameter Relations of a Scalar Field Theory in Absence of a Symmetry

Explore the stability of tree-level parameter relations in quantum field theory without symmetry, examining a toy model of real scalar fields and challenging previous explanations through complexification analysis.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Holographic Derivation of BMS Flux-Balance Laws in Four-Dimensional Asymptotically Flat Space-Time

Delve into the holographic derivation of BMS flux-balance laws in asymptotically flat space-time, exploring Carrollian nature of null infinity and geometric implementation of radiative degrees of freedom.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Dynamics of Black Holes and Scalar Fields

Explore the interaction between black holes and scalar fields, focusing on how these fundamental fields could form dark matter structures and influence black hole dynamics and gravitational wave emission.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

L^2 Geometry of Hyperbolic Monopoles

Delve into the mathematical exploration of hyperbolic monopoles, focusing on Manton's metric, hyperkähler geometry, and a new solution to the divergent integral problem in hyperbolic space.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Breaking Translations in Non-Perturbative QFT with Holography

Explore holography as a classical gravitational description of strongly coupled QFTs, focusing on supersymmetric gauge theory with broken translational symmetry and resulting low-energy defects.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Non-modal Effects: Transient Superradiance

Explore the fascinating phenomenon of transient superradiance in black hole perturbations, examining how non-normal operators can cause temporary amplitude growth despite eventual decay.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Science as Culture - A Historian's Perspective

Explore how science functions as culture through a historian's lens, examining the social and cultural dimensions that shape scientific knowledge and practice.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

What is the School of Celtic Studies with Prof. Ruairí Ó hUiginn

Discover the rich history and current activities of the School of Celtic Studies at DIAS, from 19th-century Celtic scholarship to modern digital projects and research.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video