It is informed to all the readers specially based in Lahore,Pakistan ..that once again ..an interesting lecture will be going to held in Punjab University,Lahore…in the Department of Physics…
Be sure..all the offices of Jamat-e-Islami have already been destroyed by the zealosu students…:)… there after Imran Khan was tortured and kept in custody ..in the room of High Energy Physics Department..for one hour …in Punjab University,New Campus…
Khwarzimic Sceince Society presents …
THE SHAPE OF SPACE…M-Branes and 11-Dimensional Geometry…
Department OF PHYSICS PUNJAB UNIVERSITY,LAHORE
Speaker: Dr. Tasneem Zehra Husain
Assistant Professor of Physics
School of Science and Engineering (SSE),
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS),
Lahore…
**VENUE…**Department of Physics,PU,Lahore…
Date and Time…27 November,2007…11:30 am (sharp)
Abstract…
The Shape of Space…
General Relativity tells us that all massive objects deform the backgrounds into which they are placed so that the very shape of space is changed by their presence. If, in addition, these objects happen to be charged, they give rise to a flux which distorts the background still further. In the talk, we will apply these simple ideas to gather information about the elusive **11-dimensional M-theory **which gives rise to string theory. We will try to categorize some of the geometries that are allowed in M-Theory by studying what happens to a background when stable called BPS M-branhyper-dimensional objectses are brought into it.
NOTE…
There are no deadlines for registering for the lecture, no registration fee and the event is open to students, research scholars, teachers and general public.
Profile of Speaker
Dr. Tasneem Zehra Husain …
Tasneem Zehra Husain obtained a B.Sc from Kinnaird College, Lahore, an M.Sc. in Physics from Quaid-e-Azam University and spent a year doing post-graduate work in High Energy Physics at the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) before going to Stockholm University for her Ph.D. Tasneem then went on to join the High Energy Theory Group at Harvard as a post-doctoral researcher. She is currently interested in using methods of 11-dimensional supergravity to arrive at a classification of the backgrounds that arise when** M-branes wrap supersymmetric cycles**.
Tasneem has several publications in peer-reviewed journals and has presented her work at several national and international conferences. Her awards have included the Vice Chancellor’s gold medal and the Phillip’s gold medal at the Quaid-e-Azam university, the** Boswell medal** for the best graduating science student from Kinnaird College, and a couple of international awards for her writing.
Tasneem has represented Pakistan at the Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany and led the Pakistan team to the** WYP Launch Conference** in Paris.
Tasneem is keenly interested in education and science popularization. She designed Pakistan’s logo for the World Year of Physics (WYP) and was an active participant in the WYP Physics Stories project, lead by** Argonne National Laboratories.**
In an effort to make contemporary theoretical physics accessible to high-school students, Tasneem developed a series of animated presentations which she then presented in front of several audiences. She has taught at Kinnaird College, helped with training Pakistan’s team to the International Olympiads and is on the Board of Directors of the Alif Laila Book Bus Society (a non-profit educational institution catering primarily to under-privileged children).
Acknowledgements
Prof. Dr. Mujahid Kamran, Chairman Department of Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
Tayyaba Zafar, Department of Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
