BPS states from geometry and geometry from BPS states
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Some of the most-studied vacua of string theory are obtained by compactification of the 10d perturbative theories on a compact Calabi-Yau manifold. Such vacua play a central role in our understanding of string dualities, have provided a setting for the development of black hole statistical mechanics, and provide starting points for quasi-realistic string phenomenology. However, in spite of the importance of these manifolds, their defining characteristic -- their Ricci-flat metrics -- has never been determined (except for tori). This is the case even for the simplest of these manifolds -- K3 -- and until recently this provided a significant obstacle to the study of black hole statistical mechanics for many 4d string vacua with half-maximal (N=4) supersymmetry. I explain how the phenomenon of wall crossing can be exploited to solve these problems. I also describe other contexts that naturally relate string theory, geometry, and BPS state counting problems. A recurring theme will be the utility of approaching problems from a number of perspectives.
Description
Type of resource | text |
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Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
Extent | 1 online resource. |
Place | California |
Place | [Stanford, California] |
Publisher | [Stanford University] |
Copyright date | 2019; ©2019 |
Publication date | 2019; 2019 |
Issuance | monographic |
Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
Author | Zimet, Maxwell Jordan | |
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Degree supervisor | Kachru, Shamit, 1970- | |
Thesis advisor | Kachru, Shamit, 1970- | |
Thesis advisor | Raghu, Srinivas, 1978- | |
Thesis advisor | Shenker, Stephen Hart, 1953- | |
Degree committee member | Raghu, Srinivas, 1978- | |
Degree committee member | Shenker, Stephen Hart, 1953- | |
Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Physics. |
Subjects
Genre | Theses |
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Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
Statement of responsibility | Maxwell Zimet. |
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Note | Submitted to the Department of Physics. |
Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2019. |
Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2019 by Maxwell Jordan Zimet
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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