String primer

1998/10/31 by E. Alvarez, Enrique Alarcón Álvarez, Patrick Meessen +1 · 11 citations
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paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/1999/02/015

published in Journal of High Energy Physics 1999(02), 015 (Springer Nature) · Final version. Latex2e, 87 pages, 4 figures, corrected

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Abstract

This is the written version of a set of introductory lectures on string theory.

Citations

• Lectures on Supergravity p-branes
• Strong-weak coupling duality and non-perturbative effects in string theory
• Open strings in background gauge fields
• Quantum Fields in Curved Space
• Supersymmetry algebras that include topological charges
• Topological charges for N = 4 supersymmetric gauge theories and monopoles of spin 1
• Magnetic monopoles as gauge particles?
• Infinite conformal symmetry in two-dimensional quantum field theory
• Supersymmetry, supergravity theories and the dual spinor model
• The four laws of black hole mechanics
• Gravitation, gauge theories and differential geometry
• Unitary representations of some infinite dimensional groups
• Superstrings in D=10 from supermembranes in D=11
• The geometry of string perturbation theory
• STRONG–WEAK COUPLING DUALITY IN FOUR-DIMENSIONAL STRING THEORY
• Supersymmetry as a cosmic censor
• Supermembranes and eleven-dimensional supergravity