Superalgebras in String Theory

Mathematisches Institut, Universität Bonn

24th-27th February, 2002

Programme

All talks will take place in the "Großer Hörsaal", Wegelerstr. 10, Mathematisches Institut, Universität Bonn
 


Monday, 25th February, 2002


 
9:30 - 10:30 Peter West Symmetries in M theory
10:30 - 11:15 Coffee
11:15 - 12:15 Maria Lledo Super Higgs mechanism in Supergravity
12.15 - 14.30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:30 Arkadiy Onishchik On classification of complex flag supermanifolds
15:30 - 16:10 Coffee
16:10 - 17:10 Pietro Fre Solvable Lie algebras in Supergravity and Superstrings
17:15 - 18:15 Dimitry Leites Simple "stringy" Lie superalgebras and their central extensions (over C and R) and invariant differential operators


 

Tuesday, 26th February, 2002


 
9:30 - 10:30 Itzhak Bars OSp(1|64) and M-Theory
10:30 - 11:15 Coffee
11:15 - 12:15 Vladimir Rittenberg Alternating sign matrices, Temperley Lieb algebras and fluctuating surfaces, conformal invariance, all in one model
12.15 - 14.30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:30 Antoine Van Proeyen Hypermultiplets and hypercomplex geometry
15:30 - 16:10 Coffee
16:10 - 17:10 José de Azcárraga Superspaces, old and new: from the abelian, odd supertranslation group to superbrane actions
17:15 - 18:15 Chand Devchand Partially-flat connections in superspace and a superfield approach to self-duality


 

Wednesday, 27th February, 2002


 
9:30 - 10:30 Dmitri Alekseevsky Extension and superextension of Lie algebras
10:30 - 11:15 Coffee
11:15 - 12:15 Mikhail Olshanetsky Lie algebroid symmetries and the BRST approach to W-gravity
12.15 - 14.30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:30 Said Benayadi On the quadratic solvable Lie superalgebras
15:30 - 16:15 Coffee
16:15 - 17:15 Peter Teichner Spinor bundles on loop space


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