Foreword |
Preface |
Notation |
Type I and type II superstrings / 10: |
The superconformal algebra / 10.1: |
Ramond and Neveu-Schwarz sectors / 10.2: |
Vertex operators and bosonization / 10.3: |
The superconformal ghosts / 10.4: |
Physical states / 10.5: |
Superstring theories in ten dimensions / 10.6: |
Modular invariance / 10.7: |
Divergences of type I theory / 10.8: |
Exercises |
The heterotic string / 11: |
World-sheet supersymmetries / 11.1: |
The SO(32) and E[subscript 8] x E[subscript 8] heterotic strings / 11.2: |
Other ten-dimensional heterotic strings / 11.3: |
A little Lie algebra / 11.4: |
Current algebras / 11.5: |
The bosonic construction and toroidal compactification / 11.6: |
Superstring interactions / 12: |
Low energy supergravity / 12.1: |
Anomalies / 12.2: |
Superspace and superfields / 12.3: |
Tree-level amplitudes / 12.4: |
General amplitudes / 12.5: |
One-loop amplitudes / 12.6: |
D-branes / 13: |
T-duality of type II strings / 13.1: |
T-duality of type I strings / 13.2: |
The D-brane charge and action / 13.3: |
D-brane interactions: statics / 13.4: |
D-brane interactions: dynamics / 13.5: |
D-brane interactions: bound states / 13.6: |
Strings at strong coupling / 14: |
Type IIB string and SL(2,Z) duality / 14.1: |
U-duality / 14.2: |
SO(32) type I-heterotic duality / 14.3: |
Type IIA string and M-theory / 14.4: |
The E[subscript 8] x E[subscript 8] heterotic string / 14.5: |
What is string theory? / 14.6: |
Is M for matrix? / 14.7: |
Black hole quantum mechanics / 14.8: |
Advanced CFT / 15: |
Representations of the Virasoro algebra / 15.1: |
The conformal bootstrap / 15.2: |
Minimal models / 15.3: |
Coset models / 15.4: |
Representations of the N = 1 superconformal algebra / 15.6: |
Rational CFT / 15.7: |
Renormalization group flows / 15.8: |
Statistical mechanics / 15.9: |
Orbifolds / 16: |
Orbifolds of the heterotic string / 16.1: |
Spacetime supersymmetry / 16.2: |
Examples / 16.3: |
Low energy field theory / 16.4: |
Calabi-Yau compactification / 17: |
Conditions for N = 1 supersymmetry / 17.1: |
Calabi-Yau manifolds / 17.2: |
Massless spectrum / 17.3: |
Higher corrections / 17.4: |
Generalizations / 17.6: |
Physics in four dimensions / 18: |
Continuous and discrete symmetries / 18.1: |
Gauge symmetries / 18.2: |
Mass scales / 18.3: |
More on unification / 18.4: |
Conditions for spacetime supersymmetry / 18.5: |
Low energy actions / 18.6: |
Supersymmetry breaking in perturbation theory / 18.7: |
Supersymmetry beyond perturbation theory / 18.8: |
Advanced topics / 19: |
The N = 2 superconformal algebra / 19.1: |
Type II strings on Calabi-Yau manifolds / 19.2: |
Heterotic string theories with (2,2) SCFT / 19.3: |
N = 2 minimal models / 19.4: |
Gepner models / 19.5: |
Mirror symmetry and applications / 19.6: |
The conifold / 19.7: |
String theories on K3 / 19.8: |
String duality below ten dimensions / 19.9: |
Conclusion / 19.10: |
Spinors and SUSY in various dimensions / Appendix B: |
Spinors in various dimensions / B.1: |
Introduction to supersymmetry: d = 4 / B.2: |
Supersymmetry in d = 2 / B.3: |
Differential forms and generalized gauge fields / B.4: |
Thirty-two supersymmetries / B.5: |
Sixteen supersymmetries / B.6: |
Eight supersymmetries / B.7: |
References |
Glossary |
Index |