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 flesh out the details of our plans for the semester. Below are some suggestions to get us started.

Fall Spring 2014 2015 Schedule

DateSpeakerTopic
8/27 1/21Organizational Meeting
9/3 1/28 Eric Tudor Zaslow Dimofte Legendrian A Knots three-dimensional bridge between physics and Constructible mathematics Sheaves
9/10 2/4 Andy Jacques Trimm Distler Aharony-Seiberg-Tachikawa Super Riemann Surfaces
9/17 2/11Andy NeitzkeDessins and Seiberg-Witten curves
9/24 2/18Andy Roystonsingular monopole moduli spaces
10/1 2/25Aaron Fenyessemiclassical quantization of classical field theory
10/8 3/4Eric KormanBranes and Quantization (Gukov-Witten)
10/15 3/11
10/22 3/25Tom MainieroAlgebraic equations and BPS states
10/29 4/1Bei JiaBranes and Flag Manifolds
11/5 4/8Chan ParkA stroll along the walls
11/12 4/15Chris BeemChiral algebras from four dimensions
11/19 4/22Wenbin YanTBA
12/3 4/29Jacques DistlerTBA
5/6

References

The (2,0) theory reduced to 3 dimensions

4D 𝒩=2\mathcal{N}=2

Extended operators in topological field theory

Generalities on field theory

Resurgence, TQFTs

(1,0)(1,0) SCFTs in 6 Dimensions

Costello-style QFT

Miscellany

Old classics

  • E. Witten, Supersymmetry and Morse theory

  • Mirzakhani on Witten conjecture