Uses of String Field Theory
组织者
演讲者
Xi Yin
时间
2021年11月02日 20:30 至 22:00
地点
1120
线上
Zoom 388 528 9728
(BIMSA)
摘要
I will explain why you should care about string field theory, and a few avenues of application including RR flux, time-dependent background, open/closed duality, and D-instantons.
演讲者介绍
Xi Yin got his PhD at Harvard University in 2006. He was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and a visiting member at the Institute for Advanced Study. He joined Harvard faculty in 2008, and now is a Professor of Physics. Xi Yin received a lot of awards including the NSF career award, Sloan Research Fellowship, and New Horizons Physics Prize. He is also a Simons Investigator, and a principal investigator of the Simons Bootstrap Collaboration.