Name: International Conference on String Field Theory and Related Aspects VII
Start: 2015-05-11T08:00:00+08:00
End: 2015-05-15T19:25:00+08:00
Location: ChengDu, China

International Conference on String Field Theory and Related Aspects VII

from Monday, 11 May 2015 (08:00) to Friday, 15 May 2015 (19:25)

Monday, 11 May 2015

09:00 Registration
Registration
09:00 - 09:30

09:30 Opening and Welcome address
Opening and Welcome address
09:30 - 09:45
09:45 New Cosmological Background with Dynamical String Tension - Itzhak Bars (USC, Los Angeles, USA)
New Cosmological Background with Dynamical String Tension
- Itzhak Bars (USC, Los Angeles, USA)
09:45 - 10:45
10:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 Symmetries and Feynman Rules for Ramond Sector in WZW-type Superstring Field Theory - Hiroshi Kunitomo (YITP, Kyoto U., Kyoto, Japan)
Symmetries and Feynman Rules for Ramond Sector in WZW-type Superstring Field Theory
- Hiroshi Kunitomo (YITP, Kyoto U., Kyoto, Japan)
11:15 - 12:15
14:00 Dimensional regularization of light-cone gauge superstring field theory and multiloop amplitudes - Nobuyuki Ishibashi (Tsukuba U., Tsukuba, Japan)
Dimensional regularization of light-cone gauge superstring field theory and multiloop amplitudes
- Nobuyuki Ishibashi (Tsukuba U., Tsukuba, Japan)
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 Ramond equations of motion in superstring field theory - Theodore Erler (ASC, Munich U., Munich, Germany)
Ramond equations of motion in superstring field theory
- Theodore Erler (ASC, Munich U., Munich, Germany)
15:00 - 16:00
16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 Multibrane Solutions and Chan-Paton Factors - Tomohiko Takahashi (Nara Women's U., Nara, Japan)
Multibrane Solutions and Chan-Paton Factors
- Tomohiko Takahashi (Nara Women's U., Nara, Japan)
16:30 - 17:30
17:30 Black Holes and Tachyon Condensation - Huiquan Li (Yunnan Observ.-CAS, Kunming, China)
Black Holes and Tachyon Condensation
- Huiquan Li (Yunnan Observ.-CAS, Kunming, China)
17:30 - 18:10
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
09:30 1PI effective string field theory - Ashoke Sen (HRI, Allahabad, India)
1PI effective string field theory
- Ashoke Sen (HRI, Allahabad, India)
09:30 - 10:30
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 The $A_\infty$ structure from the Berkovits formulation of open superstring field theory - Yuji Okawa (Tokyo U., Tokyo, Japan)
The $A_\infty$ structure from the Berkovits formulation of open superstring field theory
- Yuji Okawa (Tokyo U., Tokyo, Japan)
11:00 - 12:00
14:00 Defects in OSFT - Martin Schnabl (Inst. Phys. ASCR, Prague, Chech Republic)
Defects in OSFT
- Martin Schnabl (Inst. Phys. ASCR, Prague, Chech Republic)
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 Tachyon vacuum on a separated brane/anti-brane system - Carlo Maccaferri (Turin U. and INFN, Turin, Italy)
Tachyon vacuum on a separated brane/anti-brane system
- Carlo Maccaferri (Turin U. and INFN, Turin, Italy)
15:00 - 16:00
16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 Towards UV complete SFT based theory of gravity - Alexei Koshelev (VUB, Brussel, Belgium)
Towards UV complete SFT based theory of gravity
- Alexei Koshelev (VUB, Brussel, Belgium)
16:30 - 17:30
17:30 L-infinity relations in WZW-like string field theory - Hiroaki Matsunaga (YITP, Kyoto U., Kyoto, Japan)
L-infinity relations in WZW-like string field theory
- Hiroaki Matsunaga (YITP, Kyoto U., Kyoto, Japan)
17:30 - 18:10
Wednesday, 13 May 2015

08:00 FULL-DAY EXCURSION
FULL-DAY EXCURSION
08:00 - 18:00
Thursday, 14 May 2015
09:30 Aspects of Abelian and Discrete Gauge Symmetries in F-Theory Compactifications - Mirjam Cvetic (UPenn, Philadelphia, USA)
Aspects of Abelian and Discrete Gauge Symmetries in F-Theory Compactifications
- Mirjam Cvetic (UPenn, Philadelphia, USA)
09:30 - 10:30
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 What is string theory? - Soo-Jong Rey (SNU, Seoul, Korea)
What is string theory?
- Soo-Jong Rey (SNU, Seoul, Korea)
11:00 - 12:00
14:00 Invariant Functionals in Higher-Spin Theory - Mikhail Vasiliev (LPI, Moscow, Russia)
Invariant Functionals in Higher-Spin Theory
- Mikhail Vasiliev (LPI, Moscow, Russia)
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 Partition function of free conformal higher spin theory - Xavier Bekaert (Tours U., Tours, France)
Partition function of free conformal higher spin theory
- Xavier Bekaert (Tours U., Tours, France)
15:00 - 16:00
16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 Mixed-symmetry multiplets and higher-spin curvatures - Dario Francia (SNS, Pisa, Italy)
Mixed-symmetry multiplets and higher-spin curvatures
- Dario Francia (SNS, Pisa, Italy)
16:30 - 17:30
17:30 Generalized Higher Spin Algebras - Karapet Mkrtchyan (SNU, Seoul, Korea)
Generalized Higher Spin Algebras
- Karapet Mkrtchyan (SNU, Seoul, Korea)
17:30 - 18:10
18:30 BANQUET
BANQUET
18:30 - 20:30
Friday, 15 May 2015
09:30 Renyi entropy in AdS3/CFT2 correspondence - Bin Chen (Peking U., Beijing, China)
Renyi entropy in AdS3/CFT2 correspondence
- Bin Chen (Peking U., Beijing, China)
09:30 - 10:30
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 $\phi^3$ theory on the lattice - Michael Kroyter (Tel Aviv U., Tel Aviv, Israel)
$\phi^3$ theory on the lattice
- Michael Kroyter (Tel Aviv U., Tel Aviv, Israel)
11:00 - 12:00
14:00 Asymptotic symmetries of higher-spin gauge theories: the metric approach - Andrea Campoleoni (ULB, Brussels, Belgium)
Asymptotic symmetries of higher-spin gauge theories: the metric approach
- Andrea Campoleoni (ULB, Brussels, Belgium)
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 Higher Spins and Matter Interactions in Dimension Three - Massimo Taronna (AEI, Potsdam, Germany)
Higher Spins and Matter Interactions in Dimension Three
- Massimo Taronna (AEI, Potsdam, Germany)
15:00 - 16:00
16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 Equivalence of the open/close string descriptions - Haitang Yang (Sichuan U., Chengdu, China)
Equivalence of the open/close string descriptions
- Haitang Yang (Sichuan U., Chengdu, China)
16:30 - 17:30
17:30 Exact Supersymmetric Renyi entropy of 3d and 4d SCFTs and its precise holographic dual - Yang Zhou (Tel Aviv U., Tel Aviv, Israel)
Exact Supersymmetric Renyi entropy of 3d and 4d SCFTs and its precise holographic dual
- Yang Zhou (Tel Aviv U., Tel Aviv, Israel)
17:30 - 18:10
18:10 Thanks and Concluding Remarks
Thanks and Concluding Remarks
18:10 - 18:25