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.

There is a mailing list. To subscribe, send an email to sympa@utlists.utexas.edu with subject
“subscribe math-gst Your Name”.

At least for the Fall, the seminar will take place online.

Fall 2020 Schedule

Spring 2021 Schedule

References

Fractons

• R. Nandkishore and M. Hermele, “Fractons”
• N. Seiberg and S-H. Shao, “Exotic Symmetries, Duality, and Fractons in 2+1-Dimensional Quantum Field Theory”
• K. Slagle, “Foliated Quantum Field Theory of Fracton Order”
• A. Karch and A. Raz, “Reduced Conformal Symmetry”

Matrix models and JT gravity

• P. Saad, S. H. Shenker, D. Stanford, “JT gravity as a matrix integral”
• E. Witten, “Volumes and random matrices”
• D. Stanford, E. Witten, “JT gravity and the ensembles of random matrix theory”
• C. McMullen, “The work of Maryam Mirzakhani”
• A. Wright, “A tour through Mirzakhani’s work on moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces”
• M. Mirzakhani, “Simple geodesics and Weil–Petersson volumes of moduli spaces of bordered Riemann surfaces”
• R. Dijkgraaf, E. Witten, “Developments in topological gravity”

Twisted supergravity and Koszul duality

• K. Costello, N. M. Paquette, “Twisted supergravity and Koszul duality: a case study in AdS₃”

Wick rotation and the positivity of energy

• M. Kontsevich, G. Segal, “Wick rotation and the positivity of energy in quantum field theory”

Swampland Cobordism Conjecture

• J. McNamara and C. Vafa, “Cobordism Classes and the Swampland”
• M. Montero and C. Vafa, “Cobordism Conjecture, Anomalies, and the String Lamppost Principle”