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This is the homepage for the UT Geometry and String Theory Seminar.

Spring Fall 2009 Schedule

~~This semester, we will cover a motely collection of topics with no obvios relation between them.~~

Date	Speaker	Topic
9/2	Dan Freed	K-Theory and orientifolds I
9/9	Dan Freed	K-Theory and orientifolds II
9/16	Aswin Balasubramanian	Hyperbolic monopoles and AdS/CFT
9/23	Jacques Distler	The S-Matrix for $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM and Twistor Space
9/30	??	??
10/7	??	??
10/14	??	??
10/21	??	??
10/28	??	??

Date	Speaker	Topic
1/28	Jacob Lurie	Discussion with Lurie about ETQFT and the Cobordism Hypothesis
2/4	Distler	Recursion relations for scattering amplitudes in gauge theory and gravity
2/11	Jaume Gomis	M2 branes
2/18	David Ben-Zvi	Factorization and OPE
2/25	Eric Sharpe	Non-birational twisted derived equivalences and Gauged Linear σ-models
3/4	Sean Keel	K3 surfaces and torus fibrations (part I)
3/11	Sean Keel	K3 surfaces and torus fibrations (part II)
3/25	Anindya Dey	Modular Differential Equations and Null Vectors (part I)
4/1	Xi Yin	Partition Functions for 3D Gravity
4/8	Graeme Segal	?
4/15	Graeme Segal	?
4/22	Anindya Dey	Modular Differential Equations and Null Vectors (Part II)
4/29	?	?
5/6	?	?

Date Speaker Topic
1/28 Jacob Lurie Discussion with Lurie about ETQFT and the Cobordism Hypothesis

2/4 Distler Recursion relations for scattering amplitudes in gauge theory and gravity

2/11 Jaume Gomis M2 branes

2/18 David Ben-Zvi Factorization and OPE

2/25 Eric Sharpe Non-birational twisted derived equivalences and Gauged Linear σ-models

3/4 Sean Keel K3 surfaces and torus fibrations (part I)

3/11 Sean Keel K3 surfaces and torus fibrations (part II)

3/25 Anindya Dey Modular Differential Equations and Null Vectors (part I)

4/1 Xi Yin Partition Functions for 3D Gravity

4/8 Graeme Segal ?

4/15 Graeme Segal ?

4/22 Anindya Dey Modular Differential Equations and Null Vectors (Part II)

4/29 ? ?

5/6 ? ?

References

Chiral K-Theory or and Factorization orientifolds Algebras

~~Frenkel~~ Distler, Freed and ~~Ben-Zvi,~~ Moore, ~~Vertex~~ Orientifold ~~Algebras~~ Precis ~~and~~ (arXiv:0906.0795) ~~Algebraic~~ ~~Curves~~ ~~(2nd~~ ~~edition)~~

~~Gaitsgory, Notes on Factorizable Sheaves~~

~~Lurie, On the classification of topological field theories~~

~~Beilinson and Drinfeld, Chiral Algebras~~

~~2d CFTs and 2+1 AdS gravity~~

Hyperbolic monopoles

~~Aswin’s talk (moved to theory brown bag on Mar 12) :~~

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

~~Modular Differential Equations and Null Vectors~~

Reconstruction of conformal field theories from modular geometry on the torus, Mathur et al, Nucl. Phys. B 318(1989) 483

Vertex operator algebra,elliptic functions and modular forms, Y.Zhu,J. Amer. Math. Soc. 9(1996) 237

Constraints on extremal self-dual CFTS, M.R. Gaberdiel, arxiv:0707.4073[hep-th]

Modular differential equations and null vectors, Gaberdiel et al, arxiv: 0804.0489[hep-th]

Revision from August 28, 2009 11:54:29 by Jacques Distler

Geometry and String Theory HomePage (Rev #31, changes)

Spring Fall 2009 Schedule

References

Chiral K-Theory or and Factorization orientifolds Algebras

2d CFTs and 2+1 AdS gravity

Hyperbolic monopoles

Modular Differential Equations and Null Vectors

Geometry and String Theory
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