Singular Geometry and Higgs Bundles in String Theory

@article{Anderson2017SingularGA,
  title={Singular Geometry and Higgs Bundles in String Theory},
  author={Lara B. Anderson and Laura Fredrickson and Mboyo Esole and Laura P. Schaposnik},
  journal={Symmetry Integrability and Geometry-methods and Applications},
  year={2017},
  volume={14},
  pages={037}
}
This brief survey aims to set the stage and summarize some of the ideas under discussion at the Workshop on Singular Geometry and Higgs Bundles in String Theory, to be held at the American Institute of Mathematics from October 30th to November 3rd, 2017. One of the most interesting aspects of the duality revolution in string theory is the understanding that gauge fields and matter representations can be described by intersection of branes. Since gauge theory is at the heart of our description… 
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