LACES 2020

Lezioni Avanzate di Campi E Stringhe

Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Arcetri Italy
November, 30^th - December, 18^th

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Geometry and Compactifications Alessandro Tomasiello - Università di Milano Bicocca

	Syllabus 1. Basics of differential geometry. Spinors in general relativity; Exterior calculus; G-structures. 2, 3. Calabi-Yau compactifications. Special holonomy; Yau's theorem; moduli spaces; effective theories; world-sheet; mirror symmetry. 4. Minkowski vacua. NS-flux; F-theory; The conformal Kähler class. 5. AdS vacua. Freund--Rubin; Near-horizon limits; Maldacena--Nuñez; Classification results. 6. Pure spinor methods. Generalized complex geometry; calibrations. 7. De Sitter. KKLT construction; swampland conjectures.

Organisers:
Alice Bernamonti
Davide Cassani
Carlo Maccaferri
Sara Pasquetti

Secretary:
Annalisa Anichini
Alessandra Gentili
Mauro Morandini
Housing:
Mirella Ridi
Computer assistance:
Alessio Attardi