Geometry and String Theory
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Fall 2009 Schedule

DateSpeakerTopic
9/2Dan FreedK-Theory and orientifolds I
9/9Dan FreedK-Theory and orientifolds II
9/16Aswin BalasubramanianHyperbolic monopoles and AdS/CFT
9/23Jacques DistlerThe S-Matrix for 𝒩=4\mathcal{N}=4 SYM and Twistor Space
9/30Oscar ChacaltanaA Dual Theory for the 𝒩=4\mathcal{N}=4 SYM S-matrix, Twistors and Grassmannians
10/7????
10/14????
10/21????
10/28????

References

K-Theory and orientifolds

  • Distler, Freed and Moore, Orientifold Precis (arXiv:0906.0795)

Hyperbolic monopoles

  • M. Atiyah, Magnetic monopoles in hyperbolic spaces. (Bombay 1984, Proceedings)
  • A. Chakrabarti, Construction Of Hyperbolic Monopoles, J.Math.Phys.27:340,1986.

S-matrix for 𝒩=4\mathcal{N}=4 SYM in twistor space

  • Arkani-Hamed, Cachazo and Cheung, The Grassmannian Origin Of Dual Superconformal Invariance (arXiv:0909.0483)
  • Arkani-Hamed, Cachazo, Cheung and Kaplan, A duality for the S-matrix (arXiv:0907.5418)
  • Arkani-Hamed, Cachazo, Cheung and Kaplan, The S-matrix in twistor space (arXiv:0903.2110)
  • Arkani-Hamed, Cachazo and Kaplan, What is the Simplest Quantum Field Theory? (arXiv:0808.1446)