Events

Diploma thesis presentations

Vít Bulín: Study of the Higgs boson at the ATLAS experiment at the LHC
Ludvík Vízdal: Perturbative aspects of unified models of particles and their interactions

Tomáš Sýkora (IPNP)

Messengers from Imaginary Time: Instantons and the Complex Universe

The universe we observe is real — but the path integral that governs it runs over complex field configurations. Perturbation theory, mostly the default tool of quantum field theory, is blind to this complexity. Instantons are the exact classical solutions that see it: by minimizing the Euclidean action within each topological sector, they dominate the path integral between distinct vacua and act as messengers from imaginary time, t → −iτ, carrying news from the complex domain into observable, real-world physics.
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Dr. Pauline Gagnon (CERN)

From Collaboration to Oblivion:
The Tragedy of Mileva Marić Einstein


What if Einstein’s 1905 “miracle year” wasn’t a solo achievement? Letters and biographical evidence reveal that Mileva Marić—Einstein’s first wife and fellow physicist—was far more than a supportive spouse. She was his intellectual equal, his study partner, and his collaborator on some of his most famous work. This talk examines the documented evidence of their partnership, placed in its personal and historical context. Through facts rather than speculation, we’ll explore why this talented physicist has been largely erased from history—and what her story reveals about how we remember scientific achievement.

The seminar will exceptionally take place in the lecture room T1!