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Title:
On the physics of Joyce-Karigiannis manifolds

Speaker:
Daniel Baldwin

Abstract:
We will discuss the physics of M-theory compactifications onto G2-orbifolds of the type that can be resolved via the method of Joyce and Karigiannis, i.e., orbifolds where one has a singular locus of A1 singularities that admits a nowhere-vanishing (Z2-twisted) harmonic 1-form. We also discuss natural generalisations of these orbifolds (not currently resolvable by the method of Joyce-Karigiannis) and give proposals for the physics in these cases too.

Link:
http://scgp.stonybrook.edu/video_portal/video.php?id=5432

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