18.01.2008 (Friday)

The master space of N=1 gauge theories

Exceptional Seminar Alberto Zaffaroni (Milano (Bicocca) and INFN)

at:
14:30 IC
room Blackett 630
abstract:

I discuss some aspects of the full moduli space of N=1 supersymmetric gauge theories, focusing on those arising on D-branes at Calabi-Yau singularities. Of particola importance is the full moduli space for one brane, called the master space. I discuss its geometrical properties and its relation with the uncovering of hidden symmetries and the counting of BPS states of the gauge theory.