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Forthcoming events in this series
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The Cosmology of Modified Theories of Gravity
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M-Theory on the Orbifold C^2/Z_N
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Duality, geometry of renormalization and holomorphic anomalies in the quantum Hall system
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Twistor diagrams for all tree amplitudes in gauge theory : a helicity-independent formalism
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Topological membranes
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It is suggested that topological membranes play a fundamental role
in the recently proposed topological M-theory. We formulate a topological theory
of membranes wrapping associative three-cycles in a seven-dimensional target
space with G_2 holonomy. The topological BRST rules and BRST invariant action
are constructed via the Mathai-Quillen formalism. We construct a set of local
and non-local observables for the topological membrane theory. As the BRST
cohomology of local operators turns out to be isomorphic to the de Rham
cohomology of the G_2 manifold, our observables agree with the spectrum of
d=4, N=1 G_2 compactifications of M-theory.
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Generalised geometries and supergravity
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I aim to give some review of how generalised geometries provide a natural
framework for describing supersymmetric string backgrounds. In particular I
will focus on a rewriting of type II supergravity in terms of generalised
structures. Hitchin functions appear naturally along with generalised
extensions of the Gukov-Vafa-Witten superpotential.
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The Geometry of Particle Physics
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Tree amplitudes for six, seven and eight gluons.
Abstract: New calculations in the twistor diagram formalism show that non-MH
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Unitarity, cut constructibility and MHV diagrams in the twistor-inspired approach to gauge theory.
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