KTH/Nordita/SU seminar in Theoretical Physics
Introduction to orientifolds
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Europe/Stockholm
FA31
FA31
Description
I will introduce a few ideas and concepts around the theme of
"orientifolds", a generalization of manifolds to the point of view of
unoriented extended objects probing them.
This provides an intriguing connection between spacetime geometry, the geometry of the extended object, and the geometry of moduli space.
I will speculate why the recent application of string theory techniques in condensed matter physics may evolve to involve orientifold techniques.
This provides an intriguing connection between spacetime geometry, the geometry of the extended object, and the geometry of moduli space.
I will speculate why the recent application of string theory techniques in condensed matter physics may evolve to involve orientifold techniques.