Triangle Seminars
Tuesday, 31 May 2005
Probing the Higgs sector at the LHC
Alan Martin
(University of Durham)
Thursday, 2 Jun 2005
Numerical Ricci flat metrics on K3
Toby Wiseman
(Harvard)
Abstract:
Compact Calabi-Yau manifolds are a key ingredient for dimensional reduction in string theory. For this, one requires the Ricci-flat metric on these manifolds. Whilst Yau proved this metric exists, no explicit smooth examples are known, essentially as it is very difficult (impossible?) to find them analytically as they have no continuous isometries. Taking a new approach, I will discuss numerical methods to solve the Einstein equation on these manifolds. I will pedagogically describe the construction, and give results, for a particular one
parameter family of metrics on K3 (the unique 4-dimensional Calabi-Yau manifold). I will discuss possible applications of these methods, and generalizations to geometries with matter such as those relevant for flux
compactifications. There will be some nice pictures.
Compact Calabi-Yau manifolds are a key ingredient for dimensional reduction in string theory. For this, one requires the Ricci-flat metric on these manifolds. Whilst Yau proved this metric exists, no explicit smooth examples are known, essentially as it is very difficult (impossible?) to find them analytically as they have no continuous isometries. Taking a new approach, I will discuss numerical methods to solve the Einstein equation on these manifolds. I will pedagogically describe the construction, and give results, for a particular one
parameter family of metrics on K3 (the unique 4-dimensional Calabi-Yau manifold). I will discuss possible applications of these methods, and generalizations to geometries with matter such as those relevant for flux
compactifications. There will be some nice pictures.
Posted by: IC