Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies DIAS Courses

Newgrange and JWST: Humanity's Enduring Quest to Understand the Universe

Explore humanity's cosmic quest through Newgrange and JWST, bridging ancient and modern astronomy to unravel our place in the universe.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 19 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

New Physics: Where Do We Stand? - A Decade After the Higgs Discovery

Explore the current state of High-Energy Physics, examining past theories, ongoing research, and future prospects in the search for new phenomena.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Dark Energy with a Little Help from its Friends - Why It Might Need Somebody

Explore string theory's insights into dark energy, quantum gravity, and coupled dark sectors, with potential observable consequences.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Green Functions for Black Hole Spacetimes - Wave Propagation, Self-Force, Stability, and Quantum Properties

Explore Green functions in black hole spacetimes, examining wave propagation, self-force, stability, and quantum properties. Gain insights into crucial mathematical and physical concepts.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Three-dimensional Massive Gravity and the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect

Explore massive spin-2 modes in Fractional Quantum Hall effect and quantum field theory, comparing observations with Fierz-Pauli description and discussing higher-spin generalizations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Non-Relativistic Gravity: 1/c Expansion of General Relativity

Explore the 1/c expansion of general relativity, Newton-Cartan gravity, and non-relativistic gravity's applications in quantum mechanics and fluid dynamics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Entanglement Resolution and Boundary Conformal Field Theory

Explore entanglement spectra and symmetry-resolved entanglement in conformal field theory, focusing on U(1) Kac-Moody and Virasoro algebra symmetries.

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

Maxwell Theory of Fractons

Explore the generalized covariant Maxwell-like action for fractons, their relation to gravitons, and the derivation of fracton properties from field equations and symmetries.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Monopoles and Baryons from Sphalerons and Instantons

Explore non-perturbative quantum field theory phenomena in particle physics, focusing on sphalerons and instantons, their role in baryon number violation, and implications for cosmology and magnetic monopoles.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Physics Opportunities of CEvNS Experiments

Explore CEvNS experiments for precise SM measurements and new physics searches, including solar neutrinos, DM detectors, and ALPs from nuclear reactors.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Staggered Bosons - Novel Field Theories with Half Boson Degrees of Freedom

Explore novel field theories with half-boson degrees of freedom per lattice site, examining gapless systems, topological properties, and connections to critical spin chains.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Spin-resolved Topology in Quantum Materials

Explore spin-resolved topology in quantum materials, focusing on bulk properties of spinful 3D insulators and their distinct responses using advanced characterization tools.

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

Freeze-in: Problems and Opportunities in Dark Matter Production

Explore FIMP dark matter production, challenges in detection, and solutions involving matter-dominated epochs and low reheating temperatures. Discover implications for direct detection and freeze-out transitions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Tragic Destiny of Mileva Marić Einstein

Uncover the forgotten story of physicist Mileva Marić Einstein through love letters, publications, and biographical insights from Dr. Pauline Gagnon.

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