Theoretical physics ULB-VUB-KUL-Mons seminars  

(Joint seminars organized by the Service de Physique Théorique et Mathématique of the ULB, the Theoretical Particle Physics Group of the VUB,  the International Solvay Institutes ULB-VUB and the High Energy Physics and Relativistic Field Theory group of the KUL and the Service de Mécanique de Gravitation of the University of Mons.)

Academic year: September 2010 - September 2011

Nonabelian (2,0) Tensor Multiplets and 3-algebras
Costis Papageorgakis (King's College London)

Using 3-algebras we obtain a nonabelian system of equations that furnish a representation of the (2,0)-supersymmetric tensor multiplet. The on-shell conditions are quite restrictive so that the system can be reduced to five-dimensional super-Yang-Mills theory along with six-dimensional abelian (2,0) tensor multiplets. We discuss possible applications to D4-branes and M5-branes.

Place:VUB/ULB, Campus Plaine, building NO, 9th floor, Rm906, Salle des Professeurs
Time:Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 10:30

Veronika Hubeny (Durham)

Place:VUB/ULB, Campus Plaine, building NO, 9th floor, Rm906, Salle des Professeurs
Time:Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 13:00

Giuseppe Policastro (LPTENS Paris)

Place:Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D 05.11
Time:Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 10:30

Place:Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D 05.11
Time:Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 13:00

Place:VUB/ULB, Campus Plaine, building NO, 5th floor, Salle Solvay
Time:Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 10:30

Place:VUB/ULB, Campus Plaine, building NO, 5th floor, Salle Solvay
Time:Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 13:00

Alessandro Tomasiello (Milano Bicocca University)

Place:Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D 05.11
Time:Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 10:30

Place:Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D 05.11
Time:Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 13:00

Place:VUB/ULB, Campus Plaine, building NO, 9th floor, Rm906, Salle des Professeurs
Time:Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 10:30

Place:VUB/ULB, Campus Plaine, building NO, 9th floor, Rm906, Salle des Professeurs
Time:Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 13:00

Place:Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D 05.11
Time:Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 10:30

Place:Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D 05.11
Time:Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 13:00

Place:VUB/ULB, Campus Plaine, building NO, 5th floor, Salle Solvay
Time:Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 10:30

Place:VUB/ULB, Campus Plaine, building NO, 5th floor, Salle Solvay
Time:Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 13:00

Place:Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D 05.11
Time:Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at 10:30

Place:Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D 05.11
Time:Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at 13:00

Place:VUB/ULB, Campus Plaine, building NO, 5th floor, Salle Solvay
Time:Wednesday, December 01, 2010 at 10:30

Place:VUB/ULB, Campus Plaine, building NO, 5th floor, Salle Solvay
Time:Wednesday, December 01, 2010 at 13:00

Andrea Campoleoni (Golm)

Place:UMons
Time:Wednesday, December 08, 2010 at 10:30
Superembedding approach to M-waves and Matrix model interaction with eleven dimensional supergravity
Igor Bandos (Bilbao)

After a brief and elementary introduction to superfield methods and, particularly, to superembedding approach to supersymmetric extended objects, super-p-branes, we apply this latter to search for equations of motion for the system of multiple M0-branes (multiple M-waves or eleven dimensional massless superparticles) in an arbitrary curved 11D supergravity superspace. In such a way we obtain the covariant equations describing Matrix model interaction with an arbitrary supergravity background. Superembedding approach also allows to find the BPS conditions for the supersymmetric solutions of the multiple M-wave equations. We discuss the 1/2 supersymmetric solution modeling M2-brane (11D supermembrane) by a multiple M-wave configuration and show that the famous Nahm equations appear as a particular case of the 1/4 BPS conditions.

Place:UMons
Time:Wednesday, December 08, 2010 at 13:00

Vijay Balasubramanian (University of Pennsylvania)

Place:VUB/ULB, Campus Plaine, building NO, 5th floor, Salle Solvay
Time:Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at 10:30

Place:VUB/ULB, Campus Plaine, building NO, 5th floor, Salle Solvay
Time:Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at 13:00

Place:Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D 05.11
Time:Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 10:30

Place:Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D 05.11
Time:Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 13:00