LisMath Seminar 

07/11/2018, 17:00 — 18:00 — Room P9, Mathematics Building
Roberto Vega, LisMath, Instituto Superior Técnico

Topological strings and mirror symmetry

Mirror Symmetry is a conjecture that suggests the connection between the structures of two mirror manifolds. In this talk, we will present an introduction to this symmetry, first through the Strominger-Yau-Zaslow conjecture and then in more general terms. Finally, we will mention the origin of Mirror Symmetry in the context of Topological Strings and we will make some comments on the topological A and B models.

Bibliography:

[1] E. Witten, Topological sigma models, Comm. Math. Phys. 118, 441-449 (1988)

[2] E. Witten, Mirror manifolds and topological field theory

[3] B. Greene, String theory on Calabi-Yau manifolds

[4] K. Hori, C. Vafa, Mirror symmetry

[5] M. Jinzenji, Classical mirror symmetry, SpringerBriefs in Math. Phys. (2018)

See also

[R. Vega] Topological Strings and Mirror Symmetry.pdf