Preface |
An elementary introduction to branes in string theory / Alberto LerdaPart 1: |
Introduction / 1: |
Branes in string theory / 2: |
The superstring effective actions of type II / 2.1: |
Type IIA / 2.1.1: |
Type IIB / 2.1.2: |
General construction / 2.2: |
Explicit solutions / 2.3: |
Fundamental string / 2.3.1: |
NS 5-brane / 2.3.2: |
D p-branes / 2.3.3: |
The geometry of the D3-brane of type IIB / 2.3.4: |
The boundary state description of D-branes / 3: |
The boundary state with an external field / 3.1: |
The effective action of D-branes / 4: |
Classical D-branes from the boundary state / 5: |
References |
Physical aspects / Yassen Stanev ; Cesar Gomez ; Pedro RescoPart 2: |
Two-dimensional conformal field theory on open and unoriented surfaces / 6: |
General properties of two-dimensional CFT / 6.1: |
The stress-energy tensor in two dimensions / 6.2.1: |
Rational conformal field theories / 6.2.2: |
Non-Abelian conformal current algebras / 6.2.3: |
Partition function, modular invariance / 6.2.4: |
Correlation functions in current algebra models / 6.3: |
Properties of the chiral conformal blocks / 6.3.1: |
Regular basis of 4-point functions in the SU (2) model / 6.3.2: |
Matrix representation of the exchange algebra / 6.3.3: |
Two-dimensional braid invariant Green functions / 6.3.4: |
CFT on surfaces with holes and crosscaps / 6.4: |
Open sector, sewing constraints / 6.4.1: |
Closed unoriented sector, crosscap constraint / 6.4.2: |
Partition functions / 6.5: |
Klein bottle projection / 6.5.1: |
Annulus partition function / 6.5.2: |
Mobius strip projection / 6.5.3: |
Solutions for the partition functions / 6.5.4: |
Acknowledgments |
Topics in string tachyon dynamics / 7: |
Why tachyons? / 7.1: |
Tachyons in AdS: The c = 1 barrier / 7.3: |
Tachyon [sigma]-model beta-functions / 7.4: |
Open strings and cosmological constant: the Fischler-Susskind mechanism / 7.5: |
Fischler-Susskind mechanism: closed-string case / 7.5.1: |
Open-string contribution to the cosmological constant: the filling brane / 7.5.2: |
The effective action / 7.6: |
A warming-up exercise / 7.6.1: |
Non-critical dimension and tachyon condensation / 7.6.2: |
D-branes, tachyon condensation and K-theory / 7.7: |
Extended objects and topological stability / 7.7.1: |
A gauge theory analogue for D-branes in type II strings / 7.7.2: |
K-theory version of Sen's conjecture / 7.7.3: |
Type IIA strings / 7.7.4: |
Some final comments on gauge theories / 7.8: |
Mathematical developments / Kenji Fukaya ; Antonella Grassi ; Michele RossiPart 3: |
Deformation theory, homological algebra and mirror symmetry / 8: |
Classical deformation theory / 8.1: |
Holomorphic structure on vector bundles / 8.2.1: |
Families of holomorphic structures on vector bundles / 8.2.2: |
Cohomology and deformations / 8.2.3: |
Bundle valued harmonic forms / 8.2.4: |
Construction of a versal family and Feynman diagrams / 8.2.5: |
The Kuranishi family / 8.2.6: |
Formal deformations / 8.2.7: |
Homological algebra and deformation theory / 8.3: |
Homotopy theory of A[subscript infinity] and L[subscript infinity] algebras / 8.3.1: |
Maurer-Cartan equation and moduli functors / 8.3.2: |
Canonical model, Kuranishi map and moduli space / 8.3.3: |
Superspace and odd vector fields--an alternative formulation of L[subscript infinity] algebras / 8.3.4: |
Application to mirror symmetry / 8.4: |
Novikov rings and filtered A[subscript infinity], L[subscript infinity] algebras / 8.4.1: |
Review of a part of global symplectic geometry / 8.4.2: |
From Lagrangian submanifold to A[subscript infinity] algebra / 8.4.3: |
Maurer-Cartan equation for filtered A[subscript infinity] algebras / 8.4.4: |
Homological mirror symmetry / 8.4.5: |
Large N dualities and transitions in geometry / 9: |
Geometry and topology of transitions / 9.1: |
The local topology of a conifold transition / 9.1.1: |
Transitions of Calabi-Yau threefolds / 9.1.2: |
Transitions and mirror symmetry / 9.1.3: |
Transitions, black holes etc / 9.1.4: |
Chern-Simons theory / 9.2: |
Chern-Simons' form and action / 9.2.1: |
The Hamiltonian formulation of the Chern-Simons QFT (following Witten's canonical quantization) / 9.2.2: |
Computability and link invariants / 9.2.3: |
The Gopakumar-Vafa conjecture / 9.3: |
Matching the free energies / 9.3.1: |
The matching of expectation values / 9.3.2: |
Lifting to M-theory / 9.4: |
Riemannian Holonomy, G[subscript 2] manifolds and Calabi-Yau, revisited / 9.4.1: |
The geometry / 9.4.2: |
Branes and M-theory lifts / 9.4.3: |
M-theory lift and M-theory flop / 9.4.4: |
Appendix: Some notation on singularities and their resolutions / 9.5: |
Appendix: More on the Greene-Plesser construction / 9.6: |
Appendix: More on transitions in superstring theory / 9.7: |
Appendix: Principal bundles, connections etc / 9.8: |
Appendix: More on Witten's open-string theory interpretation of QFT / 9.9: |
Index |
Preface |
An elementary introduction to branes in string theory / Alberto LerdaPart 1: |
Introduction / 1: |