High Energy Physics Journal Club

... aka Gravity Journal Club aka String Theory Journal Club aka Mathematical Physics Journal club ...
 
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Contact: Matthew Roberts
Office: 6228, Broida Hall
Phone: (805)-893-8689

 

Time change! HEPJC is now meeting Mondays at 3:45.

Apr. 14th.

Mike Gary - Anomalies I

This week I will be talking about formal aspects of anomalies. Topics to be covered include anomaly forms, descent equations, and other concepts necessary to the understanding of the Green-Schwartz and anomaly inflow methods of anomaly cancellation of importance to string theory.
References:
A. Bilal, 0802.0634
Green Schwartz Witten
J. Polchinski, String Theory vol. 2

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