Speakers
Fabio Apruzzi
(UNC, Chapel Hill)
Michele Del Zotto
(Harvard University)
Description
6D theories are in between the most elusive and interesting supersymmetric systems whose existence is predicted by string theory. The main aim of the first part of these lectures is to convince the audience that this is the case, and to review their geometric engineering in M-theory and F-theory, with emphasis on the recent results obtained by means of the latter. In the second part of the lectures, we will focus on the brane constructions in type IIA, involving NS5, D6, and D8 branes. We will then link holographically these brane configurations to the AdS_7 gravity dual solutions of massive IIA supergravity.
