The parameters controlling string theory also parametrize manifolds, called moduli spaces of string vacua. In this talk, I will give some examples of such manifolds, and discuss how the spectrum of particles and branes, as well as string dualities, can be viewed in light of such manifolds.
Speaker: Muldrow Etheredge
Institution: Umass Physics
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