Lectures on D-branes, Gauge Theories and Calabi-Yau Singularities
arXiv:hep-th/0408142
Abstract
These lectures, given at the Chinese Academy of Sciences for the BeiJing/HangZhou International Summer School in Mathematical Physics, are intended to introduce, to the beginning student in string theory and mathematical physics, aspects of the rich and beautiful subject of D-brane gauge theories constructed from local Calabi-Yau spaces. Topics such as orbifolds, toric singularities, del Pezzo surfaces as well as chaotic duality will be covered.
arXiv commentLectures at the BeiJing/HangZhou International Summer School in Mathematical Physics; 49+1 pages, 26 figures and sprinkled anecdotes
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