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

Fall Spring 2009 2010 Schedule

DateSpeakerTopic
9/2 1/20Dan Freed K-Theory Abelian theories in 6, 5, and orientifolds 4 I dimensions
9/9 1/27Dan Freed K-Theory ? and orientifolds II
9/16 2/3Aswin Balasubramanian Hyperbolic ? monopoles and AdS/CFT
9/23 2/10Jacques Distler The ? S-Matrix for𝒩=4\mathcal{N}=4 SYM and Twistor Space, I
9/30 2/17Jacques Distler The ? S-Matrix for𝒩=4\mathcal{N}=4 SYM and Twistor Space, II
10/7 2/24Oscar Chacaltana A ? Dual Theory for the𝒩=4\mathcal{N}=4 SYM S-matrix, Twistors and Grassmannians, I
10/14 3/3Oscar Chacaltana A ? Dual Theory for the𝒩=4\mathcal{N}=4 SYM S-matrix, Twistors and Grassmannians, II
10/21 3/10Oscar Chacaltana A ? Dual Theory for the𝒩=4\mathcal{N}=4 SYM S-matrix, Twistors and Grassmannians, III
10/28 3/24?? ?? ?
3/31?
4/7?
4/14?
4/21?
4/28?
5/5?

References

K-Theory and orientifoldsN=2N=2 Gauge Theories

  • 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)