Triangle Seminars
Monday, 14 Feb 2005
Kac-Moody Symmetries of (super) Gravity Theories
📍 London
Igor Schnakenburg
(KCL)
Abstract:
(Note: this talk will have a great overlap with the April 5, 2004 talk by the same speaker.)
The talk will give a fairly basic introduction to the evidence
why a special class of Kac-Moody algebras, called very-extended algebras,
might play a role in the formulation of supergravity theories. This
evidence will contain a natural understanding of the field contents of
some (super)gravity theories as well as the known dualities that usually
are expected to arrive only after dimensional reduction.
(Note: this talk will have a great overlap with the April 5, 2004 talk by the same speaker.)
The talk will give a fairly basic introduction to the evidence
why a special class of Kac-Moody algebras, called very-extended algebras,
might play a role in the formulation of supergravity theories. This
evidence will contain a natural understanding of the field contents of
some (super)gravity theories as well as the known dualities that usually
are expected to arrive only after dimensional reduction.
Posted by: KCL
Wednesday, 16 Feb 2005
More curiosities at c=1
📍 London
Volker Schomerus
(Saclay)
Thursday, 17 Feb 2005
Perturbative approaches to Quantum Gravity and Yang-Mills
David Dunbar
(Swansea)
Time-dependent spacetimes in AdS-CFT
Simon Ross
(Durham)
Abstract:
I will discuss the relation between bulk and boundary for the smooth 'bubble of nothing' solution in AdS, and for the locally AdS black hole. I will explain the relation between horizons and thermodynamics in bulk and boundary, and discuss vacuum ambiguities.
I will discuss the relation between bulk and boundary for the smooth 'bubble of nothing' solution in AdS, and for the locally AdS black hole. I will explain the relation between horizons and thermodynamics in bulk and boundary, and discuss vacuum ambiguities.
Posted by: IC