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Title:
T-branes: Going beyond the geometric McKay correspondence

Speaker:
Andres Collinucci

Abstract:
There is a longstanding correspondence between ADE surface singularities, and ADE Lie algebras, which comes to life when considering IIA/M-theory on such spaces. The mantra goes:”Show me the geometry, and I’ll realize a Lie algebra physically”.

Link:
http://scgp.stonybrook.edu/video_portal/video.php?id=4066

Workshop:
Simons- Workshop: A Workshop on Challenges at the Interface of Hitchin Systems and String Theory