Scientific Calendar Event



Starts 27 Feb 2017
Ends 2 Mar 2017
Central European Time
ICTP
Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)
Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
The goal of this conference is to bring together the experts in the field of F-theory from around the globe, both from the physics and the mathematics community, in order to exchange ideas about recent progress and future endeavours.  F-theory is a non-perturbative realisation of string theory that is written in the language of algebraic geometry, and has always benefitted greatly from interdisciplinary interactions such as this conference.


TOPICS:

  • Phenomenological aspects of F-theory particle physics, including Grand Unification, proton decay, selection rules, Yukawa couplings
  • Analysis of effective theories arising from F-theory compactifications to various dimensions
  • Dualities to other string theories
  • New mathematical advances including geometrical aspects of elliptic fibrations, Matrix Factorisation, resolution of singular manifolds, Calabi-Yau four-folds and five-folds.
**DEADLINE: 27/01/2017**
Organizer(s)
Andres Collinucci (Universite Libre de Bruxelles), Simone Giacomelli (ICTP), Local Organiser: Roberto Valandro (University of Trieste)
Cosponsor(s)
Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)infn, International Solvay Institutessolvay
Secretary
Nadia van Buuren

Organizers

Andres Collinucci (Universite Libre de Bruxelles), Simone Giacomelli (ICTP), Local Organiser: Roberto Valandro (University of Trieste)

Co-sponsors