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Strings, Branes and Dualities

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  1. Laurent Baulieu

    1. CNRS and Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France

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  2. Philippe Francesco

    1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA

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  3. Michael Douglas

    1. Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA
      Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, France

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  4. Vladimir Kazakov

    1. Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), and École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

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  5. Marco Picco

    1. CNRS and Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France

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  6. Paul Windey

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 520)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Lectures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Exact Electromagnetic Duality

      • David I. Olive
      Pages 3-31

    3. Supersymmetry and Dualities in Various Dimensions

      • Bernard de Wit, Jan Louis
      Pages 33-101

    4. Seiberg-Witten Theory and S-Duality

      • Tohru Eguchi
      Pages 103-120

    6. M-Theory from Its Superalgebra

      • P. K. Townsend
      Pages 141-177

    7. Lectures on Heterotic-Type I Duality

      • I. Antoniadis, H. Partouche, T. R. Taylor
      Pages 179-199

    8. Connections between M-Theory and Superstrings

      • Michael B. Green
      Pages 201-218

    9. Black Holes and D-Branes

      • Juan M. Maldacena
      Pages 219-240

    10. M-Theory and N = 2 Strings

      • Emil Martinec
      Pages 241-265

    11. Branes within Branes

      • Michael R. Douglas
      Pages 267-275

    12. Review of Matrix Theory

      • D. Bigatti, L. Susskind
      Pages 277-318

    13. Notes on Matrix and Micro Strings

      • R. Dijkgraaf, E. Verlinde, H. Verlinde
      Pages 319-356

  3. Seminars

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 357-357
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    2. Testing Seiberg-Witten Solution

      • A. Losev, N. Nekrassov, S. Shatashvili
      Pages 359-372

    3. Mirrors and Phases of N=4 in D=3

      • Zheng Yin
      Pages 373-386

    4. Intersection Rules and Open Branes

      • Riccardo Argurio
      Pages 387-397

    6. Aspects of D-Instantons

      • Michael Gutperle
      Pages 411-422
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About this book

As recent developments have shown, supersymmetric quantum field theory and string theory are intimately related, with advances in one area often shedding light on the other. The organising ideas of most of these advances are the notion of duality and the physics of higher dimensional objects or p-branes.
The topics covered in the present volume include duality in field theory, in particular in supersymmetric field theory and supergravity, and in string theory. The Seiberg-Witten theory and its recent developments are also covered in detail. A large fraction of the volume is devoted to the current state of the art in M-theory, in particular its underlying superalgebra as well as its connection with superstring and N = 2 strings. The physics of D-branes and its essential role in the beautiful computation of the black hole entropy is also carefully covered. Finally, the last two sets of lectures are devoted to the exciting matrix approach to non-perturbative string theory.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • CNRS and Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France

    Laurent Baulieu, Marco Picco

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA

    Philippe Francesco

  • Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA

    Michael Douglas

  • Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, France

    Michael Douglas

  • Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), and École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

    Vladimir Kazakov

  • Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France

    Paul Windey

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