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SUMMARY:Non-geometric Calabi-Yau Backgrounds in String Theory - Chris Hull
  (Imperial)
DTSTART:20180614T120000Z
DTEND:20180614T130000Z
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CONTACT:Dr. Carl Turner
DESCRIPTION:String theory duality symmetries can be used to glue together 
 different patches of a solution to construct what have been called ‘non-
 geometric spaces’\; these can be good solutions of string theory even th
 ough they would not be allowed in supergravity. In this talk\, some recent
  work with Israel and Sarti will be described that constructs non-geometri
 c analogues of Calabi-Yau manifolds in which patches are glued together wi
 th mirror symmetry transformations to construct a ‘mirrorfold'. These so
 lutions preserve the same amount of supersymmetry as Calabi-Yau spaces\, b
 ut typically have far fewer light moduli and so lead to models with far fe
 wer light particles.
LOCATION:Potter Room (first floor\, Pav. B)
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