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SUMMARY:Towards a string field theory for supergravity - Ron Reid-Edwards 
 - Hull
DTSTART:20170615T120000Z
DTEND:20170615T130000Z
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CONTACT:Kai Roehrig
DESCRIPTION:A number of recent advances have overcome a many of the obstru
 ctions to the construction of superstring field theory - an attempt at a s
 econd-quantised description of string theory. In separate developments\, t
 he great progress made in the study and simplification of scattering ampli
 tudes in field theory have led to novel `string-like' descriptions of supe
 rgravity. I will give a brief overview of some of these developments and s
 how how they lead towards a string field description for supergravity.\n\n
 No prior knowledge of string field theory will be needed and only a passin
 g familiarity with conventional string theory will be assumed.
LOCATION:Potter Room (first floor\, Pav. B)
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