F-Theory - From Geometry to Physics and Back in 60 Minutes
by
Prof.Timo Weigand(CERN/Univ.Heidelberg)
→
Europe/Berlin
Auditorium (MPI Meeting rooms)
Auditorium
MPI Meeting rooms
Foehringer Ring 6
Description
Compactifications of string theory have the potential to form a bridge between what we believe is a consistent quantum theory of gravity in 10 spacetime dimensions and observed physics in four dimensions. At the same time, beautiful results from mathematics, especially algebraic geometry, are directly linked to some of the key concepts in modern particle and quantum field theories. This colloquium will illustrate some of these ideas in the context of F-theory, which provides a non-perturbative formulation of a class of string compactifications in their geometric regime. Recent applications of F-theory range from very concrete suggestions to address known challenges in physics beyond the standard model to the 'physicalization of geometry' to the construction and investigations of strongly coupled quantum field theories in various dimensions.
