BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Data::ICal 0.22 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Lara Anderson\, Virginia Tech\n\n
\n In this talk\, I will ou tline recent progress in constructing heterotic string compactifications w ith realistic particle spectra and couplings in their low energy effective theories. This will involve an exploration of string "\;compactificat ion"\; -- the process of describing very small extra spatial dimension s and how their shape and properties could effect observable physics. I wi ll discuss new results on two long-standing challenges in string construct ions. \; The first is a large scale\, algorithmic approach to geometri cally realizing the Standard Model of particle physics in string theory.&n bsp\; The second is a presentation of new tools to address the problem of moduli stabilization (i.e the removal of unphysical massless particles fro m arising in the low energy physics of a string solution).
\n DTSTART:20150325T193000Z LOCATION:Physics Building\, Room 204 SUMMARY:An algorithmic approach to string compactification END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR