Talk by Professor Bindusar Sahoo, School of Physics, IISER,Thiruvananthapuram at QASTM seminar
Channel: Sayantan Choudhury
Date: 24/05/2021

Title: Superconformal approach to supergravity.

Abstract: Supergravity arises as the low energy effective theory of the massless particles in string theory and holds the key to several questions in quantum gravity. Construction of supergravity theories is tedious. String theory provides on-shell methods for the construction of supergravity theories. However, for various reasons, one needs to have an off-shell formulation of supergravity. This is facilitated by the superconformal approach. In this talk we will discuss this approach in detail. We will also discuss some new developments in various extended supergravity theories in four dimensions.

Speaker: Professor Bindusar Sahoo, School of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research,Thiruvananthapuram, India.

Date and Time: 24 th May, 6.30 PM to 9 PM (Indian Time) and 3 PM to 5.30 PM (Berlin Time).

Zoominar link: https://mpi-aei.zoom.us/j/97623339163

Contact: Dr. Sayantan Choudhury (sayantan.choudhury@niser.ac.in)