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Infinite Dimensional Lie Theory and
its Applications
Workshop on Vertex Operator Algebras in Mathematics and
Physics
October 23 - 27, 2000
Overview
The workshop Vertex Operator Algebras in Mathematics and Physics will
be devoted to a variety of topics, but one special theme will be relations
between the theory of D-branes and the algebraic and geometric theory
of vertex operator algebras. The theory of vertex operator algebras
has been developing rapidly as a mathematical theory, and an increased
level of understanding of the structures of conformal field theory has
been achieved through extensive study of the geometry and representation
theory of vertex operator algebras, the motivation being both mathematical
and physical. Recent developments in string theory, in particular, the
study of mirror symmetry via Gepner models and the world-sheet approach
to D-branes, are expected to provide a rich source of problems for mathematicians,
and these developments also suggest that the theory of vertex operator
algebras might provide a mathematical foundation for a number of constructions
in the theory of D-branes through the mathematical study of boundary
conformal field theory. Since vertex operator algebra theory is formulated
without classical geometry, it might also shed light on the problem
of the meaning of space-time in string theory or M theory. It is hoped
that the workshop will promote mutually beneficial interaction between
mathematicians and physicists.
| S. Berman, University of Saskatchewan |
Y. Billig, University of New Brunswick |
| Y.-Z. Huang, Rutgers University |
J. Lepowsky, Rutgers University |
| Peter Bantay, Eotvos University, Budapest |
Robert L. Griess, University of Michigan |
| Katrina Barron, University of California - Santa Cruz |
Haisheng Li, Rutgers University |
| Chongying Dong, University of California - Santa Cruz |
Fyodor Malikov, University of Southern California |
| Michael Douglas, Rutgers University |
Geoffrey Mason, University of California - Santa Cruz |
| Boris Feigin, Landau Institute of Theoretical Physics |
Antun Milas, Rutgers University |
| Edward Frenkel, University of California at Berkeley |
Andreas Recknagel, AEI Potsdam |
| Igor Frenkel*, Yale University |
Graeme Segal, University of Cambridge |
| Juergen Fuchs, ETH Zurich |
Volker Schomerus, DESY Hamburg |
| Doron Gepner, Weizmann Institute of Science |
Christoph Schweigert, Paris VI |
| Brian R. Greene, Columbia University |
Wenhua Zhao, University of Chicago |
* These speakers are not yet confirmed.
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