Triangle Seminars
Monday, 29 Apr 2013
Scanning for Swiss Cheese Calabi-Yau Threefolds
Vishnu Jejjala
(Witwatersrand)
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Exploring the 4d Superconformal Zoo
Brian Wecht
(Queen Mary University of London)
Abstract:
**Polygon Seminar**
Over the past several years, it has become increasingly apparent that many interesting and tractable superconformal field theories (SCFTs) can be realized without resorting to a UV Lagrangian description. Although many of these theories have N=2 supersymmetry, these is an even larger class of N=1 theories that can be studied, certain aspects of which remain calculable despite the reduced amount of supersymmetry. In this talk, I will give an introduction to these N=1 theories, how they can be realized via M-theory and F-theory, and which tools we can use to explore them.
**Polygon Seminar**
Over the past several years, it has become increasingly apparent that many interesting and tractable superconformal field theories (SCFTs) can be realized without resorting to a UV Lagrangian description. Although many of these theories have N=2 supersymmetry, these is an even larger class of N=1 theories that can be studied, certain aspects of which remain calculable despite the reduced amount of supersymmetry. In this talk, I will give an introduction to these N=1 theories, how they can be realized via M-theory and F-theory, and which tools we can use to explore them.
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Thursday, 2 May 2013
TBA
Jerome Gauntlett
(Imperial College London)