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Title:
String duality and G2 manifolds

Speaker:
Shing-Tung Yau

Abstract:
In this talk, I will begin by reviewing the mirror construction of G2 manifolds motivated by string duality (Gukov-Zaslow-Yau) and then discuss the physical interpretation of K stability of 3-dimensional Ricci-flat conical metrics (equivalently, Sasaki-Einstein metric and Kahler-Einstein metrics on Fano orbifolds) and how such metrics can be used to construct non-compact G2-manifolds.

Link:
http://scgp.stonybrook.edu/video_portal/video.php?id=4246

Workshop:
Simons- Special Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis, and Physics: Progress and Open Problems