Mathematical Challenges in String Phenomenology 2008

Talks (pdf files) at the

Sponsored by the

workshop on

Mathematical Challenges in String Phenomenology

October 6 - 15, 2008

at the

Erwin Schrödinger International Institute
for Mathematical Physics
in Vienna, AUSTRIA


Lara B. Anderson: An Algorithmic Approach to Heterotic Compactification
Katrin Becker: Heterotic strings and fluxes
Melanie Becker: New Heterotic Flux Compactifications
Marco Billo Aspects of the stringy instanton calculus II
Andreas Braun: D7 brane moduli and their flux stabilization via F-theory
Volker Braun: Heterotic String Model Building
Davide Cassani Dimensional reductions on SU(3)xSU(3) structures and N=1 vacuum conditions
Chris Hull Non-Geometric String Backgrounds
Hans Jockers Effective superpotentials for compact D5-brane Calabi-Yau geometries
Paul Koerber Generalized Geometry and Flux Compactifications
Alberto Lerda Aspects of the stringy instanton calculus I
Andre Lukas: Heterotic Compactifications and Phenomenology
Luca Martucci: Generalized Geometry and Flux Compactifications (part II)
Sakura Schäfer-Nameki SUSY breaking in F-theory GUTs
Maximilian Schmidt-Sommerfeld Multi D-instantons in string compactifications
Angel Uranga: D-brane model building and non-perturbative effects