Geometry and String Theory
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This is the homepage for the UT Geometry and String Theory Seminar. At the organizational meeting we will choose flesh some out topics the details of our plans for the semester. Some Below suggestions with references are below. some Please suggestions also to come get with us your started. own suggestions.

Fall 2010 Schedule

DateSpeakerTopic
8/25 8/28The OrganizersOrganizational Meeting
9/1 9/11 Jacques ??? “Tinkertoys” ??? forN=2N=2 theories
9/8 9/18 Oscar ??? Scattering ??? amplitudes inN=4N=4 SYM
9/15 Aswin ??? Hirota ??? equations and Quantum Integrable Systems
9/22 9/25 Wilberth ??? 2D ??? TFT
9/29 10/2 Fernando ??? Rodriguez Villegas The ??? dilogarithm function
10/6 10/9 Jacob ??? Bourjaily The ??? All-Loop S-Matrix ofN=4N=4 SYM (instructions included)
10/13 10/16 Tim ??? Perutz Khovanov’s ??? link homology theory
10/20 10/23 Andy ??? Frobenius ??? manifolds
10/27 10/30 NOBODY ??? No ??? talk this week
11/3 11/6 NOBODY ??? No ??? talk this week
11/10 11/13 Anindya ??? Dey Localization ??? and 3D Mirror Symmetry
11/17 11/20 Anindya ??? Dey Localization ??? and 3D Mirror Symmetry, continued
12/1 12/4 Dan ??? Freed Quantization ??? and complexification

References

Gaiotto The Duality 6D (2,0) Theory

Super Codimension-2 Yang-Mills Defects Amplitudes

D. Gaiotto and E. Witten, Supersymmetric Boundary Conditions in 𝒩=4\mathcal{N}=4 Super Yang-Mills Theory

Pestun Reduction Localization to in 4 and Dimensions 3 ( dimensions𝒩=4\mathcal{N}=4)

4D 𝒩=2\mathcal{N}=2

TBA, CFT, Y-system, dilog identities, Hirota Equations

2-dimensional topological field theory

Renormalization of Yang-Mills

Volume conjecture for hyperbolic 3-manifolds

Quantization and complexification