Shamit Kachru (Stanford University), K3 Metrics from Little String Theory

Schedule Apr 08, 2019 K3 Metrics from Little String Theory Shamit Kachru (Stanford University)

I explain how one can find formulae for Ricci flat metrics on K3 surfaces by using data about the BPS spectrum of an auxiliary (compactified) little string theory. Well known approximations to such metrics, like the semi-flat approximation and the Gross-Wilson metric, arise as limits of this formalism.

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