2004/11/11 by David R. Morrison, Morrison, David R. · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Algebra and Geometry #Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0411120
67 pages; lectures at TASI 99
arxiv created 2004/11/11 · openalex publication_date 2004/11/11 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We describe the moduli spaces of theories with 32 or 16 supercharges, from several points of view. Included is a review of backgrounds with D-branes (including type I' vacua and F-theory), a discussion of holonomy of Riemannian metrics, and an introduction to the relevant portions of algebraic geometry. The case of K3 surfaces is treated in some detail.