Add up to intersecting branes

Signed-off-by: Riccardo Finotello <riccardo.finotello@gmail.com>

thesis.tex

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-  \vspace*{-\baselineskip}\setlength\belowdisplayshortskip{0pt}
+  \vspace*{-0.75\baselineskip}\setlength\belowdisplayshortskip{0.25\baselineskip}
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@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@
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+%       \includegraphics[width=\paperwidth]{img/torino.png}
+%     }
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@@ -315,7 +320,7 @@
   \begin{frame}{Extra Dimensions and Compactification}
     \begin{block}{Compactification}
       \begin{columns}
-        \begin{column}{0.6\linewidth}
+        \begin{column}{0.7\linewidth}
           \begin{equation*}
             \mathscr{M}^{1,\, 9}
             =
@@ -330,9 +335,9 @@
           \end{itemize}
         \end{column}
 
-        \begin{column}{0.4\linewidth}
+        \begin{column}{0.3\linewidth}
           \centering
-          \includegraphics[width=0.7\columnwidth]{img/cy}
+          \includegraphics[width=0.9\columnwidth]{img/cy}
         \end{column}
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@@ -372,7 +377,7 @@
 
     \pause
 
-    \begin{block}{T-duality}
+    \begin{equationblock}{T-duality}
       \begin{equation*}
         X( z, \overline{z} )
         =
@@ -386,7 +391,7 @@
         =
         Y( z ) + \overline{Y}( \overline{z} )
       \end{equation*}
-    \end{block}
+    \end{equationblock}
 
     \pause
 
@@ -408,8 +413,7 @@
 
     \pause
 
-    \begin{block}{Spectrum}
-      At massless level (\emph{irrep} of \textbf{little group} $\mathrm{SO}( D - 2 )$):
+    \begin{equationblock}{Massless Spectrum (\emph{irrep} of \textbf{little group} $\mathrm{SO}( D - 2 )$}
       \begin{equation*}
         \mathcal{A}^{\upmu}
         \quad \leftrightarrow \quad
@@ -435,7 +439,7 @@
           $a = 1,\, 2,\, \dots,\, D - p - 1$
         \end{tabular}
       \end{equation*}
-    \end{block}
+    \end{equationblock}
 
     \pause
 
@@ -457,10 +461,27 @@
         \pause
         \highlight{Build gauge bosons, fermions and scalars.}
       \end{column}
-
     \end{columns}
   \end{frame}
 
+  \begin{frame}{Standard Model-like Scenarios}
+    \centering
+    \resizebox{0.8\linewidth}{!}{\import{img}{smbranes.pgf}}
+  \end{frame}
+
+
+  \subsection[D-branes at Angles]{D-branes Intersecting at Angles}
+
+  \begin{frame}{Intersecting D-branes}
+    Consider \highlight{$N$ intersecting $D6$-branes} filling $\mathscr{M}^{1,3}$ and \textbf{embedded in} $\mathds{R}^6$
+
+    \begin{equationblock}{Twist Fields Correlators}
+      \begin{equation*}
+        \left\langle \prod\limits_{t = 1}^N \upsigma_{\mathrm{M}_{(t)}}\qty( x_{(t)} ) \right\rangle
+      \end{equation*}
+    \end{equationblock}
+  \end{frame}
+
   \section[Time Divergences]{Cosmological Backgrounds and Divergences}
 
   \begin{frame}{BBB}