Speaker
Gerben Oling
Description
It has been known for some time that there exists a self-consistent limit of string theory with a non-relativistic spectrum. Over the last few years, many aspects of the resulting non-relativistic string theory have been developed, including its coupling to curved non-Lorentzian backgrounds. In this talk, by means of the analogous constructions for non-relativistic point particles, I will attempt to give an accessible introduction to some of the foundations of these recent developments in non-relativistic string theory. I will also summarize related results on the bulk interpretation of Spin Matrix limits in terms of strings on AdS, which give rises to strings with non-Lorentzian worldsheets.
