This workshop will explore the recent progress in F-theory, including the detailed structure of elliptic fibrations on Calabi-Yau manifolds, techniques inspired by duality with the heterotic string, the role of flux, the relation to orientifold constructions, and applications to string phenomenology. Participants will include both mathematicians and string theorists working on these topics of common interest.
Participants: Lara Anderson, Chris Beasley, Per Berglund, Ralph Blumenhagen, Federico Bonetti, Sergio Cecotti, Herb Clemens, Andrés Collinucci, Mirjam Cvetič, Ron Donagi, Mboyo Esole, James Fullwood, James Gray, Thomas Grimm, Jim Halverson, Johnathan Heckman, Benjamin Jurke, Sheldon Katz, Max Bromo Buenaventura Kerstan, Denis Klevers, Vijay Kumar, Miao Li, Dieter Luest, Joe Marsano, Chris Mayrhofer, Ilarion Melkinov, Maximilian Poretschkin, Natalia Saulina, Rafaelle Savelli, Washington Taylor, Daniel Vieira Lopes, Timo Weigand.
Detailed Schedule
(last update: 3/19/2012)
F-theory Schedule
| Title | Presenters | ||
| 08:30-09:00 | Breakfast | ||
| 09:00-10:00 | Challenges for Global F-theory GUTs | Joe Marsano | Video |
| 10:00-10:15 | Coffee Break | ||
| 10:15-11:45 | Discussion: Global F-theory GUTs | Video | |
| 11:45-01:00 | Lunch Break | ||
| 01:00-02:15 | Mathematical Aspects of F-theory | Dave Morrison | Video |
| 02:15-03:45 | Discussion: Mathematical Aspects of F-theory | Video | |
| 03:45 | Tea |
| Title | Presenters | ||
| 08:30-09:00 | Breakfast | ||
| 09:00-10:00 | Spectral Covers in F-Theory | Ron Donagi | Video |
| 10:00-10:15 | Coffee Break | ||
| 10:15-11:45 | Discussion: Spectral Covers in F-theory | Video | |
| 11:45-01:00 | Lunch Break | ||
| 01:00-02:15 | Instantons in Type II and F-Theory | Mirjam Cvetič | Video |
| 02:15-03:45 | Discussion: Instantons in Type II and F-theory | Video | |
| 03:45 | Tea |
| Title | Presenters | ||
| 08:30-09:00 | Breakfast | ||
| 09:00-10:00 | New Perspectives on G-flux | Andrés Collinucci | Video |
| 10:00-10:15 | Coffee Break | ||
| 10:15-11:45 | Discussion:G-Flux in F-theory | Video | |
| 11:45-01:00 | Lunch Break | ||
| 01:00-02:15 | F-theory and the 6D Landscape | Wati Taylor | Video |
| 02:15-03:45 | Discussion: F-theory and 6D Physics | Video | |
| 03:45 | Tea |
| Title | Presenters | ||
| 08:30-09:00 | Breakfast | ||
| 09:00-10:00 | Supercurrents | Nathan Seiberg | Video (Courtesy PCTS) |
| 10:00-10:15 | Coffee Break | ||
| 10:15-11:45 | Discussion:A Critical Look at Phenomenological Issues in F-theory |
led by N. Seiberg, G. Moore, and M. Dine |
Video |
| 11:45-01:00 | Lunch Break | ||
| 01:00-02:15 | From M-Theory to F-Theory: Chern– Simons Theories vs. Anomalies |
Thomas Grimm | Video |
| 02:15-03:45 | Discussion: F-Theory Effective Actions | Video | |
| 03:45 | Tea |