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String and M-Theory: The New Geometry of the 21st Century

Date change from 3 - 7 Dec 2018

(10 - 14 Dec 2018)


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General Enquiries: ims(AT)nus.edu.sg
Scientific Aspects Enquiries: mctan(AT)nus.edu.sg

Overview

In this 5-day workshop, we aim to bring together pure and string mathematicians who work on the mathematical foundations of string/M-theory and string mathematics, respectively, to further investigate and explore the mathematical underpinnings and implications of string/M-theory, so as to gain a better understanding of the “new kind of geometry” that it embodies. Apart from bringing us closer to obtaining our sought-after “Theory of Everything”, this effort will also help advance pure mathematics and theoretical physics in a nontrivial way, as a better understanding of the “new kind of geometry” that string/M-theory embodies, would mean that new mathematics can be formulated, while current physical models which can be realized within the framework of string/M-theory can also be more deeply understood.

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String and M-Theory: The New Geometry of the 21st Century: 10 - 14 Dec 2018
The 5-day workshop will consist of introductory lectures and research talks, with some afternoons free for informal discussions involving all participants. The topics that will be discussed revolve around four sub-themes as follows:

Sub-theme 1: The SQFTs along the M-branes
  • Little string theory formulation of the M5-brane worldvolume theory.
  • Non-abelian gerbes and the higher gauge theory formulation of M5-brane worldvolume theory.
  • Three-Lie algebra/ABJM formulation of M2-brane worldvolume theory
Sub-theme 2: The role of homotopy super Lie-n algebras in M-theory and EFT
  • Homotopy super Lie-n algebras and higher WZW models of branes.
  • Homotopy super Lie-n algebras and string dualities.
  • Exceptional Field Theory.
Sub-theme 3: The mathematics of string dualities and stringy objects

Sub-theme 4: String Mathematics
  • The mathematical implications of string theory and its associated QFTs.
IMS Distinguished Visitor Lecture Series Speakers
  • David Berman, Queen Mary University of London, UK
  • Peter Bouwknegt, Australian National University, Australia
  • Martin Cederwall, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
  • Qingtao Chen, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • Chong-Sun Chu, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  • Ori Ganor, University of California, Berkeley, USA
  • Sergei G. Gukov, California Institute of Technology, USA
  • Fei Han, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • Yang-Hui He, City, University of London, UK
  • Noriaki Ikeda, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
  • Branislav Jurco, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
  • Neil Lambert, King's College London, UK
  • Kimyeong Lee, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Korea
  • Si Li, Tsinghua University, China
  • Joseph Minahan, Uppsala University, Sweden
  • Samuel Monnier, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Christian Saemann, Heriot-Watt University, UK
  • Hisham Sati, New York University, UAE
  • Urs Schreiber, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic and New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • Ashoke Sen, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, India
  • Eric Sharpe, Virginia Tech, USA
  • Hai Siong Tan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • Meng-Chwan Tan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • Guo Chuan Thiang, The University of Adelaide, Australia
  • Mathai Varghese, The University of Adelaide, Australia
  • Matthew Wheeler, The University of Arizona, USA
  • Martin Wolf, University of Surrey, UK
  • Junya Yagi, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada
  • Maxim Zabzine, Uppsala University, Sweden
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