Swedish String/Supergravity Course 2008
This is a mini-course on current topics in
in supergravity, string theory and related areas for PhD-level students in
Sweden.
Lecturers
| Lecturer |
Topic |
| Marcus Berg | String Phenomenology |
| Ulf Gran | Classification of Supergravity Solutions |
| Maxim Zabzine | Generalized Geometry |
Meetings
Meeting 1: Uppsala/Stockholm, April 25-26
Friday before dinner in Uppsala: Ångström Laboratory, building 7,
3rd floor, "Oseenska rummet".
Directions:
here,
campus map
here.
Friday evening + Saturday in Stockholm :
Albanova Campus, Nordita Seminar Room
Directions: here
| Lecturer |
Day & Time | Place | Lecture
Notes |
Problems |
|
| Marcus Berg | Fri, 11:00-13:30 | Uppsala |
PDF | PDF
|
| Ed Witten | Fri, 15:00-16:00 | Uppsala | - | - |
| Course Dinner | Fri evening | Stockholm | |
|
| Ulf Gran | Sat, 10:00-12:30 | Stockholm |
PDF | contained in lecture |
| Maxim Zabzine | Sat,
13:30-16:00 | Stockholm | PDF |
PDF |
Meeting 2: Gothenburg, May 9-10
Place: Chalmers, Room O6115 (also known as N6115)
Directions: here
| Lecturer |
Day & Time | Lecture
Notes |
Problems |
| Marcus Berg | Fri, 11:00-14:00 |
handwritten
PDF, TeX PDF |
PDF |
| Ulf Gran | Fri, 15:00-18:00 | PDF |
contained in lecture |
| | | download notebook,
GAMMA (see email) |
| Course Dinner | Fri evening | | |
| Maxim Zabzine | Sat, 10:00-13:00 |
hep-th/0605148 | PDF |
| Problem Discussions | Sat, 14:00- | | |
Note:The problem discussions will depend on there being
any questions,
so they could be anywhere
from 0 to around 2 or 3 hours.
Meeting 3: Uppsala, May 23-24
Place: Ångström Laboratory, building 8,
ground floor, room Å80115.
Directions:
here.
| Lecturer |
Day & Time | Lecture
Notes |
Problems |
| Marcus Berg | Fri, 11:00-14:00 | PDF | None |
| Ulf Gran | Fri, 15:00-18:00 | PDF | None |
| Course Dinner | Fri evening | | |
| Maxim Zabzine | Sat, 10:00-13:00 | hep-th/0605148 | None |
| Problem Discussions | Sat, 14:00- | | |
Participating students
| Gothenburg |
Stockholm |
Uppsala |
| Ling Bao | Yashar Akrami | Joel Ekstrand |
| Christoffer Petersson | Narit Pidokrajt | Valentina Giangreco Puletti |
| Fredrik Ohlsson | Stefan Sjörs | Niklas Johansson |
| Mirela Babalic | Mikael von Strauss | Magdalena Larfors |
| Josef Lindman-Hörnlund |
Erling Brynjólfsson
| Olof Ohlsson Sax |
| | Sergey Slizovskiy |
| | Malin Göteman |
| | Johan Källén |
Local housing coordinators
The coordinators have agreed to distribute lodging opportunities
with local graduate students, where available.
Stockholm: Stefan Sjörs
Gothenburg: Christoffer Petersson
Uppsala: Valentina Giangreco Puletti
Group photo (partial)
From left: ?, Mirela, Maxim, Fredrik, Erling, Marcus, Ling, Niklas,
Olof, Magdalena, Josef, Sergei, Valentina,
Christoffer, Stefan,
Joel.
Missing (in the picture but not in the course!): Ulf, Narit, Mikael, Malin, Johan
Photo credit: Joel
Contact:
Marcus Berg