Geometric and topological methods for quantum field theory

Location

VILLA DE LEYVA
,
Colombia

Dates

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Presentation

This school is the third of a series of summer schools to take place in Colombia (the two previous ones took place in July 1999 and 2001) on topics on the boarder line between geometry, topology and quantum field theory. The courses are addressed to both physicists and mathematicians with a masters level in either of the fields. The lectures will therefore serve as an introduction to some active areas of research around the following topics.

Administrative and scientific coordinators

Sergio Adarve (Universidad de Los Andes,
Colombia
,
sadarve@uniandes.edu.co
)
Sylvie Paycha (Université Blaise Pascal,
France
,
Sylvie.Paycha@math.univ-bpclermont.fr
)

Scientific program

Course 1: "Knot invariants and configuration space integrals ", Christine Lescop (Univ. Grenoble, France)

Course 2: "Equivariant index theory ", Moulay Benameur (Univ. Lyon, France)

Course 3: "Local index theorem in non commutative geometry ", Thierry Fack (Univ. Lyon, France)

Course 4: "New dynamics in non commutative field and string theories ", Schiraz Minwalla (Harvard, U.S.A.)

Course 5: "Euclidean quantum field theory on commutative and non‑commutative spaces ", Raimar Wulkenhaar (Univ. Leipzig, Germany)

Course 6: "String compactifications on orbifolds and orientifolds ", Anamaria Font (Univ. Caracas, Venezuela)

Course 7: "Introduction to Calabi Yau manifolds ", Stefan Theisen (Univ. Potsdam, Germany)

Website of the school

http://www.cimpa.info/anciensite/Anglais/AnciensProg/2003/Colombia03.html

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