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SUMMARY:Topological String Theory and Related Topics
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DESCRIPTION:Short description\n\nThe first week of the Institute will prim
 arily focus on non-perturbative topological string theory\, refinement\, e
 xact quantisation and matrix models\, while the second week will deal with
  B-type topological string theory\, open-closed mirror symmetry and catego
 ries of matrix factorisations. One of the goals of the second week is to 
 bring together researchers in both Mathematics and Physics.\n\nThis inform
 al workshop will have just 2-3 talks per day to allow for extensive discu
 ssions and collaboration. It is supported jointly by CERN and by the Korea
 n government under the CERN-Korea Collaboration agreement.\n\nOrganisers:
  Ahmad Zein Assi\, Alba Grassi\, Cheol-Hyun Cho\, Calin Lazaroiu\,  Wolf
 gang Lerche\, Marcos Marino\, Nikita Nekrasov\, Yong-Geun Oh and Johannes
  Walcher.\n\nKey speakers: \n\n1st week: A. Klemm\, K. S. Narain\, R. Sch
 iappa and C. Vafa*.\n\n2nd week: N. Carqueville*\, C.-H. Cho\, J.-S. Park 
 and J. Solomon.\n\n*To be confirmed.\n\nPractical information: There is no
  registration fee\, and participation is open except for limited desk spac
 e.  A limited number of rooms have already been pre-booked at CERN hotel
 s\, please contact THworkshops.secretariat@cern.ch (after registration) i
 f you want to stay there during the meeting.\n\nRegistration:  Online reg
 istration is open now and will close when the maximum number of particip
 ants\, which is about 25 at any given time\, is reached.\n\nExtended descr
 iption\n\nTopological string theory has played an important role in the pa
 st decades in inducing a deeper understanding of string theory\, but has a
 lso led to a plethora of new results and applications both in mathematics 
 and physics.\n\nFrom the mathematical point of view\, this theory is deepl
 y related to matrix models\, arithmetic and integrability\, spectral theor
 y\, supersymmetric gauge theories\, Painlevé equations\, knot theory and
  homological mirror symmetry. These relations have been exploited in recen
 t years leading to important developments in these fields. For instance it
  has been possible to compute exactly and explicitly the spectrum of a new
  class of operators and integrable systems or to analyse in detail certain
  non-perturbative effects in supersymmetric gauge and string theories\, an
 d matrix models. Important progress has also been made in understanding to
 pological open string invariants via mirror symmetry.\n\nOn the other hand
 \, from the physical point of view\, topological string theory has had a d
 irect impact on the understanding of the physical string theory from whi
 ch it can be constructed. Indeed\, it can be viewed as a toy model for str
 ing theory probing its BPS sector only. For example\, it has been shown th
 at the partition function of topological string theory computes a class of
  higher derivative gravitational couplings in the string effective action.
  At low energies\, this connection has led to new insights into Seiberg-Wi
 tten theory and its deformations. In a similar vein\, there is still a num
 ber of interesting problems and challenges\, one of which is to provide a 
 clear worldsheet definition of the refined topological string and its appl
 ications to the physics of black holes.\n\nThe goal of the institute is to
  bring together mathematicians and physicists working on topics related to
  topological string theory and to give an overview of the recent developme
 nts over the last years. This will help in fostering new collaborations by
  providing a stimulating environment to make further advancements in the f
 ield.\n\nhttps://indico.cern.ch/event/793420/
LOCATION:CERN 4-3-006 - TH Conference Room
URL:https://indico.cern.ch/event/793420/
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