REMINDER High Energy Theory Colloquium STARTING AT 2 - Barton Zwiebach

[HECAP - Margherita Di Giovannantonio]

*_HECAP THEORY COLLOQUIUM
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*Wednesday, 26*th*March* 2025, at *14:00* - *Budinch Lecture Hall- 
https://indico.ictp.it/event/10969
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Barton Zwiebach (MIT)


*"The First 40 Years of String Field Theory"
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_Abstract_
All the dynamics in the Standard Model of Particle Physics and in 
General Relativity is described in the framework of relativistic quantum 
field theory.  String field theory, a quantum gauge theory of string 
fields, was developed with the goal of giving a complete self-consistent 
framework to string theory.  As of 2024 we finally have string field 
theories for all known versions of string theory.
I will describe these theories and the challenges surmounted to achieve 
their construction.  We will also look at lessons learned and future 
directions.



_Biosketch:
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Barton Zwiebach is Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute 
of Technology. He obtained his Doctorate from Caltech in 1983, working 
under the supervision of Murray Gell-Mann.  His central contributions 
have been in the area of string field theory, where he did the early 
work in the construction of the field theory of open strings and then 
developed the field theory of closed strings.  He has also made 
contributions to the subjects of D-branes with exceptional symmetry, 
tachyon condensation, and double field theory.

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*To join via Zoom:*
https://zoom.us/j/91218504697

Meeting ID: 912 1850 4697
Passcode: 254591