---------------------------------------------------------------------- FOURTH IRISH QUANTUM FIELD THEORY MEETING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY 23 AND 24 MAY 1997 AT SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS HAMILTON BUILDING TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN 2 IRELAND ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFERENCE DETAILS AVAILABLE ON WORLD WIDE WEB AT: www.thphys.may.ie AND CONFERENCE FORUM OF:http://xxx.lanl.gov/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOURTH IRISH QUANTUM FIELD THEORY MEETING

SPEAKERS:
R. DIJKGRAAF (AMSTERDAM)
H. VERLINDE (AMSTERDAM)
M. BOWICK (SYRACUSE)
C. MONTONEN (HELSINKI)
C. BACHAS (ECOLE POLY. PALAISEAU)
G. VITIELLO (SALERNO)
F. FREIRE (MAYNOOTH)
C. CHRYSSOMALAKOS (DIAS)
R. KENNA (TCD)
C. HOUGHTON (CAMBRIDGE)
K. ARTHUR (DCU)

Venue for all talks----Trinity College: Hamilton Building
Lecture theatre 5

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

FRIDAY 23 MAY

10:00-10:50 C. BACHAS-------- STRING DUALITIES AND D-BRANES

CHAIR: S. SEN

11:00-11:15 TEA/COFFEE

11:15-11:55 R. KENNA-----PARTITION FUNCTION ZERO ANALYSIS OF FIRST ORDER PHASE TRANSITIONS
CHAIR: J. SEXTON

11:55-12:45 H. VERLINDE---------STRINGS, D-BRANES AND MATRIX THEORY
CHAIR: D. BIRMINGHAM

12:45-2:15 LUNCH

2:15-3:00 C. CHRYSSOMALAKOS:---QUANTUM INTEGRATION
CHAIR: M. FRY

3:00-3:50 R. DIJKGRAAF:-----STRINGS, D-BRANES AND MATRIX THEORY
CHAIR: N. BUTTIMORE

4:00-4:15 TEA/COFFEE

4:15-5:00 C. HOUGHTON:---FIXED MONOPOLE SPACES
CHAIR: M. P. TUITE
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6:00----------EVENING MEAL: COMMONS (see also note just below about commons and parking)
7:30---AFTER DINNER TALK
BY
C. MONTONEN
HAS MATHEMATICS BECOME THE EXPERIMENTAL
PLAYGROUND OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS

COMMONS AND PARKING
Commons:
Please note that commons is the evening meal served in Trinity College.
If you wish to have this meal you must send 6:50 (six pounds fifty) to
payable to S. Sen on or before May 20.
Please note too that numbers are very limited as there happens to be a big
dinner taking place in Trinity College on the same night.

Parking:
Note that because of the large amount of construction work
currently under way in Trinity College parking space
is scarce. No one can be guaranteed a parking space
during the conference.
However those who wish to try to park must send their
car registration number, make and colour to S. Sen before May 20;
they will also be charged a daily fee of 2 pounds at the gate.

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SATURDAY 24 MAY

10:00-10:50 R. DIJKGRAAF--------STRINGS, D-BRANES AND MATRIX THEORY

CHAIR: L. O RAIFEARTAIGH

11:00-11:15 TEA/COFFEE

11:15-12:05 C. MONTONEN---------CONDITIONS ON CENTRAL CHARGE IN EXTENDED SUPERSYMMETRY
CHAIR: C. NASH

12:05-12:45 F. FREIRE------------SCHEME DEPENDENCE AND FINITE TEMPERATURE PHASE TRANSITIONS
CHAIR: C. NASH

12:45-2:15 LUNCH

2:15-3:05 M. BOWICK:-----FRACTAL STRUCTURE IN 2D-QUANTUM GRAVITY
CHAIR: S. SEN

3:05-3:55 H. VERLINDE:-------STRINGS, D-BRANES AND MATRIX THEORY
CHAIR: D. BIRMINGHAM

4:00-4:15 TEA/COFFEE

4:15-4:45 G. VITIELLO---QUANTUM GROUP FORMULATION OF FINITE TEMPERATURE QFT
CHAIR: T. TCHRAKIAN

4:45--5:15 K. ARTHUR---INTERACTION ENERGIES IN VORTEX SYSTEMS
CHAIR: T. TCHRAKIAN
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S. SEN (TCD)

C. NASH (MAYNOOTH)