DISCRETE '08: Symposium on Prospects in the Physics of Discrete Symmetries

Strings, Symmetries and Holography

12 Dec 2008, 11:00

45m

Valencia, Spain

PLENARY-IV

Speaker

Prof. Jose L. F. Barbon (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)

Description

I will review the impact of symmetry principles on the conceptual development of string theory, from the early days to the recent emphasis on duality and holography.

Presentation materials

Paper

http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/171/1/012009

Slides

Discrete08_Barbon.pdf