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Supergravity, Strings and DualitiesA Meeting in Celebration of Chris Hull’s 60th Birthday
George Papadopoulos
King’s College London
28-29 April 2017Imperial College
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1980’s
I String Theory
I Sigma model approach to Strings
I Geometry of 2-dimensionalsupersymmetric sigma models
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1980’s
I String Theory
I Sigma model approach to Strings
I Geometry of 2-dimensionalsupersymmetric sigma models
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1980’s
I String Theory
I Sigma model approach to Strings
I Geometry of 2-dimensionalsupersymmetric sigma models
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1980’s
I String Theory
I Sigma model approach to Strings
I Geometry of 2-dimensionalsupersymmetric sigma models
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At Queen Mary College
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Later in 1990’s
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Classification
I Classification of supergravitybackgrounds that preserve a fraction ofspacetime superymmetry
I Initial focus on the maximallysupersymmetric solutions
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Classification
I Classification of supergravitybackgrounds that preserve a fraction ofspacetime superymmetry
I Initial focus on the maximallysupersymmetric solutions
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IIB plane wave
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Theorem [Figueroa-O’Farrill, GP]: The maximally supersymmetricbackgrounds of IIB supergravity are locally isometric to one of thefollowing; Minkowski space, AdS5×S5 or the maximallysupersymmetric plane wave
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From Plato to M-theory
I Ancient Greek Mythology
I Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and mereHumans
I All locked in a battle for recognition,excellence and lasting immortality
I For millennia laboratory forunderstanding human nature
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From Plato to M-theory
I Ancient Greek Mythology
I Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and mereHumans
I All locked in a battle for recognition,excellence and lasting immortality
I For millennia laboratory forunderstanding human nature
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From Plato to M-theory
I Ancient Greek Mythology
I Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and mereHumans
I All locked in a battle for recognition,excellence and lasting immortality
I For millennia laboratory forunderstanding human nature
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From Plato to M-theory
I Ancient Greek Mythology
I Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and mereHumans
I All locked in a battle for recognition,excellence and lasting immortality
I For millennia laboratory forunderstanding human nature
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From Plato to M-theory
I Ancient Greek Mythology
I Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and mereHumans
I All locked in a battle for recognition,excellence and lasting immortality
I For millennia laboratory forunderstanding human nature
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Crete Meeting in String Theory 2003
I Relate the tsunami from Thera to Crete in1,550BC with the plane wave solutions
I First recorded application of string theory(1, 550BC>): The suggestion of Ariadneto Theseus to use an open string to findhis way out of the Knossos maze.
I Allegory for using string theory to findour way out of the maze of theoreticalphysics
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Crete Meeting in String Theory 2003
I Relate the tsunami from Thera to Crete in1,550BC with the plane wave solutions
I First recorded application of string theory(1, 550BC>): The suggestion of Ariadneto Theseus to use an open string to findhis way out of the Knossos maze.
I Allegory for using string theory to findour way out of the maze of theoreticalphysics
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Crete Meeting in String Theory 2003
I Relate the tsunami from Thera to Crete in1,550BC with the plane wave solutions
I First recorded application of string theory(1, 550BC>): The suggestion of Ariadneto Theseus to use an open string to findhis way out of the Knossos maze.
I Allegory for using string theory to findour way out of the maze of theoreticalphysics
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Crete Meeting in String Theory 2003
I Relate the tsunami from Thera to Crete in1,550BC with the plane wave solutions
I First recorded application of string theory(1, 550BC>): The suggestion of Ariadneto Theseus to use an open string to findhis way out of the Knossos maze.
I Allegory for using string theory to findour way out of the maze of theoreticalphysics
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Crete Meeting in String Theory 2003
I Chris explained the myth of Ariadne andTheseus
I Suggested M-theory fits well into themyth!
I Called for a modern Theseus to slain thebeast of Minotaur theory!
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Crete Meeting in String Theory 2003
I Chris explained the myth of Ariadne andTheseus
I Suggested M-theory fits well into themyth!
I Called for a modern Theseus to slain thebeast of Minotaur theory!
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Crete Meeting in String Theory 2003
I Chris explained the myth of Ariadne andTheseus
I Suggested M-theory fits well into themyth!
I Called for a modern Theseus to slain thebeast of Minotaur theory!
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Crete Meeting in String Theory 2003
I Chris explained the myth of Ariadne andTheseus
I Suggested M-theory fits well into themyth!
I Called for a modern Theseus to slain thebeast of Minotaur theory!
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M-theory
I M-(embrane)
I M-(atrix)
I M-(ega)
I M-(inotaur)
as a reminder of the challenge ahead.
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M-theory
I M-(embrane)
I M-(atrix)
I M-(ega)
I M-(inotaur)
as a reminder of the challenge ahead.
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M-theory
I M-(embrane)
I M-(atrix)
I M-(ega)
I M-(inotaur)
as a reminder of the challenge ahead.
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M-theory
I M-(embrane)
I M-(atrix)
I M-(ega)
I M-(inotaur)
as a reminder of the challenge ahead.
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M-theory
I M-(embrane)
I M-(atrix)
I M-(ega)
I M-(inotaur)
as a reminder of the challenge ahead.
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M-theory
I M-(embrane)
I M-(atrix)
I M-(ega)
I M-(inotaur)
as a reminder of the challenge ahead.
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Happy Birthday Chris-Many Happy Returns