Five years after the untimely death of his colleague and friend Dr. Yassen Stanislavov Stanev, the research group in string theory and physics of fundamental interactions, together with the Department of Physics University of Roma "Tor Vergata" and the INFN Rome 2 section, organized a day dedicated to warm memories of this unusual researcher.

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Program:

11.00 Welcome

11.15; 11.45 Augusto Sagnotti "Physics with Yassen (and Gianfranco) in Rome and Paris"

Break

12.00 - 12.45 Bert Schellekens "Tracing my memories of Yassen"

Lunch

14:15 - 14:45 Carlo Angelantonj “Comments on Gepner Models and Type I Vacua in String Theory with a Twist”


14:45 - 15:15 Congkao Wen “Integrated four-point correlators in N=4 SYM theory”

 

15.15 - 15.45 Massimo Bianchi "Yassen, CFT and the spherical cow (horse?),"

Break

16:00 Recollections, starting with Galen Sotkov “Yassen's first steps in CFTs and conformal QED” ...

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