21.05.2025 (Wednesday)

D-instanton amplitudes in string theory

Regular Seminar Ashoke Sen (ICTS, Bangalore)

at:
15:30 IC
room BLKT LT2
abstract:

D-instantons give non-perturbative contribution to string amplitudes. While world-sheet theory gives a formal expression for these amplitudes, they are often divergent. We review how string field theory can be used to systematically extract unambiguous, finite results from these divergent expressions.