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

Spring Fall 2008 Schedule

This semester, we will be cover working several our topics: way through the review paper by Das Sarmaet al, Non-Abelian Anyons and Topological Quantum Computation.

DateSpeakerTopic
1/23RobbinsQuantum Computation
1/30RobbinsAlgorithms
2/6PabanAnyons
2/13SadunQuantum Hall
2/20FreedChern-Simons TQFT
3/5DistlerChern-Simons and Anyons
3/12OritConformal Field Theory
3/19SpencerChern-Simons/CFT
Kaplunovskyp+ipp+i p Superconductors
GordonKnot Invariants
SadunAdiabatic Theorems
  1. Superconformal Boundary Conditions for N=4 Super Yang-Mills, and the connections with 3D Mirror Symmetry
  2. Kontsevich-Soibelman, Donaldson-Thomas Theory and Wall-Crossing Formulæ for N=2 Supersymmetric Gauge Theories
  3. Developments in Rozansky-Witten Theory
DateSpeakerTopic
9/3DistlerMirror Symmetry for 3D Gauge Theories
9/10FreedHyperKähler Manifolds
9/17??
9/24??
10/1??
10/8??
10/15??
10/22??
10/29??
11/5??
11/12??
11/19??
12/3Arkani-HamedWhat is the Simplest Quantum Field Theory?

References

Superconformal Boundary Conditions for N=4 Super Yang-Mills

Kontesevich-Soibelman

Rozansky-Witten Theory