On the gravity duals of N=2 superconformal field theories

On the gravity duals of N=2 superconformal field theories

Mon, 25/10/2010
12:00 		Ron Reid-Edwards (Oxford) String Theory Seminar Add to calendar L3
On the gravity duals of N=2 superconformal field theories
In 2009 Gaiotto and Maldacena demonstrated that the challenge of finding gravitational descriptions of N=2 superconformal field theories could, under certain circumstances, be reduced to a simple two-dimensional electrostatics problem. In this talk I will review their work and discuss recent progress in finding and interpreting such solutions in string and M-theory.