String Theory Seminar, Fall 2000


Thursday, August 31, 2000, 4:30pm, String Theory Seminar at Duke
David Morrison (Duke University),
A New Perspective on Calabi-Yau Geometry

Thursday, September 7, 2000, 4:30pm, String Theory Seminar at Duke
David Morrison (Duke University),
A New Perspective on Calabi-Yau Geometry, II

Thursday, September 14, 2000, 4:30pm, String Theory Seminar at Duke
Shiraz Minwalla (Harvard University),
The Zero-Brane as a Soliton

Thursday, September 21, 2000, 4:30pm, String Theory Seminar at Duke
Duiliu-Emanuel Diaconescu (Institute for Advanced Study),
M theory and twisted K theory

Thursday September 28, 2000, 4:30 pm, String Theory Seminar at UNC
Louise Dolan (UNC)
Noncommutative Geometry and Yang Mills Theory
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Thursday, October 5, 2000--No talk today

Thursday October 12, 2000, 4:30 pm, String Theory Seminar at UNC
Katrin Wendland (UNC)
Consistency of Z_M Orbifold Conformal Field Theories on K3
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Thurday. October 26, 2000, 4:30 pm, at Duke
Sergei Gukov (Caltech & Princeton University)
Warped Compactifications on Calabi-Yau Fourfolds

Thursday, November 2, 2000, 4:30 pm, at Duke
Igor Klebanov (Princeton University)
N=1 Gauge Theory and Warped Deformed Conifold

Thursday, November 9, 2000, 4:30 pm, at Duke
Bartomeu Fiol (Rutgers University)
Elements of D-Geometry

Thursday, November 30, 2000, 4:30 pm, at UNC
Antal Jevicki (Brown University)
Fluctuations of the Giant Graviton [abstract]
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