The Sowers Theoretical Physics Workshop 2007
“What is String Theory?”
May 14 - 18, 2007 @ Virginia Tech

Talks

Alessandro Tomasiello, Progress on the geometry of supersymmetric string vacua

I will review what is known about geometric supersymmetric string vacua that are not based on Calabi-Yau manifolds, giving both general arguments and some examples. I will also describe some new results on an improved formal characterization of such manifolds, with some application to moduli counting.

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The Sowers Theoretical Physics Workshop 2007
May 14 - 18, 2007, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA