INTER-UNIVERSITY  CENTRE  FOR  ASTRONOMY  AND  ASTROPHYSICS
(An Autonomous Institution of the University Grants Commission)

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  SEMINAR

 

PROFESSOR JNAN MAHARANA

Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar
 
DUALITY SYMMETRY AND EXCITED STRINGY STATES
 
 

String theory is very rich in symmetries. The Target-space duality (T-duality) plays an important role in our understanding of string dynamics. The speaker shall first introduce T-duality in the historical context and then provide some examples of T-duality in string theory. He shall also pedagogically introduce this symmetry in the context of massive excited states of string theory.

 
IUCAA Lecture Hall, Bhaskara 3
July 16, 2013, 11:30 hrs.