| Speaker: | Jock McOrist (University of Cambridge) |
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| Title: | Linear Sigma Models and Heterotic Vacua |
| Date (JST): | Mon, Aug 15, 2011, 13:15 - 15:00 |
| Place: | Seminar Room A |
| Abstract: | Compactifications of the heterotic string on a Calabi-Yau manifold are a relatively unexplored area of string theory despite their promise in cultivating novel mathematics as well as promising phenomenology. In this talk I will summarise recent developments in understanding the worldsheet descriptions of heterotic vacua, its implications for computing physical observables (e.g. Yukawa couplings) and mathematics (e.g. mirror symmetry). |
