For more information about this meeting, contact Mathieu Stienon, Nigel Higson, Ping Xu.
| Title: | Geometric T-duality |
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| Seminar: | GAP Seminar |
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| Speaker: | Calder Daenzer, Goettingen |
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| Abstract: |
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| T-duality is an ubiquitous duality in theoretical physics, its most well-known incarnation being the duality between type IIA string theory compactified on a circle of radius R and type IIB theory on a circle of radius 1/R. I will give an overview of T-duality, taking the perspective that it can be viewed as a transform of geometric spaces and examining its affect on latent geometric structures. In general, geometric structures will transform under T-duality in highly nontrivial ways: for example complex structures can become symplectic, topological features can become noncommutative deformations, and metrics can become flat gerbes. |
Room Reservation Information
| Room Number: | MB106 |
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| Date: | 03 / 15 / 2011 |
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| Time: | 02:30pm - 03:30pm |
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