Twistor strings and AdS-CFT

• Grant number: 20/15902-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: January 01, 2021
• End date: November 30, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Principal Investigator: Nathan Jacob Berkovits
• Grantee: Ulisses Marques Portugal
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/01343-7 - ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research: a regional center for theoretical physics, AP.ESP

Abstract

The student will study the twistors of Penrose and apply these variables in string theory and superstring theory to study the AdS-CFT correspondence. (AU)

Scientific publications

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BERKOVITS, NATHAN; JULIATTO, VILSON FABRICIO; PORTUGAL, ULISSES M.. Instanton solutions in open superstring field theory. Journal of High Energy Physics, v. N/A, n. 9, p. 22-pg., 2022-09-01. (19/21281-4, 19/24277-8, 20/15902-3, 16/01343-7)