Talk by Elena Castellani at MCMP (Jan 28)

[Dardashti, Radin]

Speaker: Elena Castellani (Florence)
Date: Wed., January 28
Location: Ludwigstr. 31, ground floor, room 021
Time: 18:15 - 19:45

Title: Dual Objects

Abstract:
The talk elaborates on Ashoke Sen's view that the discovery of physical 
dualities in the context of quantum field theory and string theory has 
radically changed our understanding of the ultimate constituents of 
matter “by bringing in a sort of democracy between all particles, 
elementary and composite” (Sen, 1996). I argue that such apparently 
puzzling ontological features of dualities can be better understood by 
following a structural approach to the objects of physics. The 
background is the current discussion on structuralist stances in 
physics.