U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Symmetries of String Theory and Higher Dimensional Integrable Systems

这个为期三年的奖项支持美国-法国合作研究 布朗大学的Antal Jevicki在理论物理学上 和理论高能实验室的让·阿文 物理学，巴黎大学 研究人员建议， 解决了弦理论和量子引力中的一系列问题。 目标是理解两个对称性 三维弦理论，并探讨其关系，以更高的 维数可积理论特别是研究 包括奇异矩阵模型，量子对称性，相互作用 快子理论，拓扑场和w的性质， 无穷代数，它出现在整个矩阵模型和 拓扑场 美国调查员为这一合作带来了以下方面的专业知识： 理论物理学 这是法国人的补充 研究人员在数学物理方面的经验。 的 调查人员已经在一些关键方面取得了进展， 弦理论和w-无穷代数的性质。 这个项目 将使他们能够扩大他们的努力，并最终适用于 他们的研究结果对黑洞物理学、早期宇宙学， 超高能物理

This three-year award supports U.S.-France cooperative research in Theoretical Physics between Antal Jevicki of Brown University and Jean Avan of the Laboratory for Theoretical High Energy Physics, University of Paris VI. The investigators propose to solve a series of problems in string theory and quantum gravity. The objectives are to understand the symmetries of two dimensional string theory and explore its relationship to higher dimensional integrable theories. Specifically the research involves exotic matrix models, quantum symmetries, interacting theory of tachyons, topological fields and the nature of w- infinity algebra, which appears throughout matrix models and topological fields. The U.S. investigator brings to this collaboration expertise in theoretical physics. This is complemented by the French investigators experience in mathematical physics. The investigators have already progressed on some key aspects of string theory and the nature of w-infinity algebra. This project will enable them to expand their efforts and ultimately apply their results to the physics of black holes, early cosmology, and ultra high energy physics.