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String theory provides our most developed framework for unifying quantum mechanics and gravity, but connecting it to the physics of our Universe requires a detailed understanding of how ten-dimensional geometry gives rise to four-dimensional cosmology. In this talk, I will discuss recent progress toward this goal using a combination of new analytic techniques and large-scale computational tools. I will highlight our recent construction of explicit candidate de Sitter solutions, as well as new mechanisms for generating hierarchies of scales.
Bio:
Andreas Schachner is a postdoctoral researcher in theoretical physics at Cornell University. He obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge, working with Fernando Quevedo, after studying physics in Heidelberg and mathematics at Cambridge. His research focuses on string phenomenology and string compactifications, in particular flux vacua, moduli stabilisation, axions, and quantum corrections, as well as the development of computational and machine learning methods for exploring the string landscape.
Prof. Yinan Wang