Institute of Theoretical Physics

Chinese Academy of Sciences

State Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics

Colloquium

Title

题目

Ubi materia, Ibi geometria: Unification, superstrings & Calabi-Yau manifolds

Speaker

报告人

Prof. Yang-Hui He

Affiliation

所在单位

City University London & Nankai University

Date

日期

14:00, Jan. 12 (Tuesday), 2016

Venue

地点

Conference Hall 322, ITP/理论物理所322报告厅

Abstract

摘要

We give a bird's-eye view of string theory in the tradition of unified theory, focusing on Calabi-Yau compactifications, introducing some rudimentary constructions of Calabi-Yau threefolds.
In due course, we give attempt to give some justification, from a historical perspective, of why string theory.
* This is a colloquium talk, aimed at general audience (especially for maths and physics students). Prof. Yang-Hui He will talk about what unification is and why string theory from a mathematician’s point of view.

Contact person

所内合作者

Song He (何颂)