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String Theory
This page contains a collection of papers and lecture notes on String Theory, M-Theory and AdS/CFT.
String Theory and M-Theory
String Theory in \(\mathrm{AdS}_3\)
AdS/CFT Correspondence and Holography
E. Alvarez and P. Meessen, String Primer
Carlo Angelantonj and Augusto Sagnotti, Open Strings
Anamaría Font, Stefan Theisen, Introduction to String Compactification
L. Bonora, C. Maccaferri, D. Mamone, and M. Salizzoni, Topics in String Field Theory
Briane Greene, String Theory on Calabi-Yau Manifolds
Freddy Cachazo and Peter Svrcek, Lectures on Twistor Strings and Perturbative Yang-Mills Theory
Eric D'Hoker and D.H. Phong, Lectures on Two-Loop Superstrings
Steven B. Giddings, Gravity and Strings
Mariana Graña, Flux Compactifications in String Theory:a Comprehensive Review
Steven S. Gubser, TASI Lectures: Special Holonomy in String Theory and M-Theory
Clifford Johnson, D-Brane Primer
Elias Kiritsis, Introduction to Non-perturbative String Theory
Elias Kiritsis, Introduction to Superstring Theory
Wolfgang Lerche, Special Geometry and Mirror Symmetry for Open String Backgrounds with N=1 Supersymmetry
Thomas Mohaupt, Introduction to String Theory
David R. Morrision, TASI Lectures on Compactification and Duality
Hirosi Ooguri and Zheng Yin, TASI Lectures on Perturbative String Theories
J. G. Russo, Large N Field Theories from Superstrings
Ashoke Sen, An Introduction to Non-perturbative String Theory
Warren Siegel, Introduction to String Field Theory
Eva Silverstein, TASI/PiTP/ISS Lectures on Moduli and Microphysics
Richard J. Szabo, BUSSTEPP Lectures on String Theory
Richard J. Szabo, Strings, Gauge Fields and Membranes
Washington Taylor, Perturbative Computations in String Field Theory
Itzhak Bars, Ghost-Free Spectrum of a Quantum String in SL(2,R) Curved Spacetime
Itzhak Bars, Solution of the SL(2,R) string in Curved Spacetime
I. Bars, C. Deliduman, D. Minic, String Theory on \(\mathrm{AdS}_3\) Revisited
Jan de Boer, Hirosi Ooguri, Harlan Robins, Jonathan Tannenhauser, String Theory on \(\mathrm{AdS}_3\)
H. J. de Vega, A. L. Larsen, N. Sánchez, Quantum String Dynamics in the Conformal Invariant SL(2,R) WZWN Background: Anti-de Sitter Space with Torsion
J. M. Evans, M. R. Gaberdiel, M. J. Perry,, The No-ghost Theorem and Strings on \(\mathrm{AdS}_3\)
J. M. Evans, M. R. Gaberdiel, M. J. Perry,, The No-ghost Theorem for \(\mathrm{AdS}_3\) and the Stringy Exclusion Principle
Krzysztof Gawedzki, Non-Compact WZW Conformal Field Theories
Gastón Giribet, Carmen Núñez, Interacting Strings on \(\mathrm{AdS}_3\)
Stephen Hwang, Cosets as Gauge Slices in SU(1,1) Strings
Stephen Hwang, Unitarity of Strings and Non-Compact Hermitian Symmetric Spaces
Stephen Hwang, Patrick Roberts, Interaction and Modular Invariance of Strings on Curved Manifolds
A. Giveon, D. Kutasov, Notes on \(\mathrm{AdS}_3\)
A. Giveon, D. Kutasov, A. Schwimmer, Comments on D-Branes in \(\mathrm{AdS}_3\)
A. Giveon, D. Kutasov, N. Seiberg, Comments on String Theory on \(\mathrm{AdS}_3\)
D. Kutasov, N. Seiberg, More Comments on String Theory on \(\mathrm{AdS}_3\)
A.L. Larsen, N. Sánchez, From the WZWN Model to the Liouville Equation: Exact String Dynamics in Conformally Invariant AdS Background
Juan Maldacena, Hirosi Ooguri, Strings in \(\mathrm{AdS}_3\) and the SL(2,R) WZW Model. Part 1: The Spectrum
Juan Maldacena, Hirosi Ooguri, John Son, Strings in \(\mathrm{AdS}_3\) and the SL(2,R) WZW Model. Part 2: Euclidean Black Hole
Juan Maldacena, Hirosi Ooguri, Strings in \(\mathrm{AdS}_3\) and the SL(2,R) WZW Model. Part 3: Correlation Functions
P. Marios Petropoulos (Ecole Polytechnique, France), On \(\mathrm{AdS}_3\) String Theory
P. Marios Petropoulos (Ecole Polytechnique, France), String Theory on \(\mathrm{AdS}_3\): Some Open Questions
P. M. Petropoulos, S. Ribault (CPHT, Ecole Polytechnique), Some Comments on Anti-de Sitter D-Branes
B. Ponsot, V. Schomerus, J. Teschner, Branes in the Euclidean \(\mathrm{AdS}_3\)
J. Teschner, The Mini-Superspace Limit of the SL(2,C)/SU(2)-WZNW Model
J. Teschner, Operator Product Expansion and Factorization in the \(H_3^+\)-WZNW Model
J. Teschner, On Structure Constants and Fusion Rules in the SL(2,C)/SU(2) WZNW Model
O. Aharony, S. S. Gubser, J. Maldacena, H. Ooguri, Y. Oz, Large N Field Theories, String Theory and Gravity
E. T. Akhmedov, Introduction to the AdS/CFT Correspondence
E. Alvarez, J. Conde, L. Hernandez, Rudiments of Holography
M. Bertolini, Four Lectures on the Gauge/Gravity Correspondence
D. Bigatti, L. Susskind, TASI Lectures on the Holographic Principle
M. Bianchi, Higher Spins and Stringy \(\mathrm{AdS}_5\times S^5\)
F. Bigazzi, A. L. Cotrone, M. Petrini, A. Zaffaroni, Supergravity Duals of Supersymmetric Four Dimensional Gauge Theories
R. Bousso, The Holographic Principle
M. Caselle, Lattice Gauge Theories and the AdS/CFT Correspondence
J. de Boer, L. Maoz, A. Naqvi, Some Aspects of the AdS/CFT Correspondence
E. D'Hoker, D. Z. Freedman, Supersymmetric Gauge Theories and the AdS/CFT Correspondence
P. Di Vecchia, Large N Gauge Theories and AdS/CFT Correspondence
M. R. Douglas, S. Randjbar-Daemi, Two Lectures on the AdS/CFT Correspondence
A. Gorsky, Gauge Theories as String Theories: the First Results
C. P. Herzog, I. R. Klebanov, P. Ouyang, D-Branes on the Conifold and N=1 Gauge/Gravity Dualities
I. R. Klebanov, TASI Lectures: Introduction to the AdS/CFT Correspondence
D. Klemm, L. Vanzo, Aspects of Quantum Gravity in de Sitter Spaces
J. M. Maldacena, TASI 2003 Lectures on AdS/CFT
J. L. Petersen, Introduction to the Maldacena Conjecture on AdS/CFT
J. Plefka, Lectures on the Plane-Wave String/Gauge Theory Duality
J. Plefka, Spinning Strings and Integrable Spin Chains in the AdS/CFT Correspondence
K.-H. Rehren, QFT Lectures on AdS-CFT
R. Russo, A. Tanzini, The Duality between IIB String Theory on PP-wave and N=4 SYM: a Status Report
D. Sadri, M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari, The Plane-Wave/Super Yang-Mills Duality
J. H. Schwarz, Introduction to M Theory and AdS/CFT Duality
K. Skenderis, Lecture Notes on Holographic Renormalization
A. A. Tseytlin, Semiclassical Strings and AdS/CFT