Unity from duality : gravity, gauge theory and strings L'unité de la physique fondamentale : gravité, théorie de jauge et cordes : Les Houches, session LXXVI, 30 July-31 August 2001

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Unity from duality : gravity, gauge theory and strings = L'unité de la physique fondamentale : gravité, théorie de jauge et cordes : Les Houches, session LXXVI, 30 July-31 August 2001

edited by C. Bachas ... [et al.]

Springer , EDP Sciences, 2003

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"Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2003"

At head of title: École de physique des Houches-UJF & INPG-Grenoble, a Nato Advanced Study Institute

"Published in cooperation with the NATO Scientific Affair Division"

Includes bibliographical references

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The contributions to this volume of the famous summer school in Les Houches cover the recent developments in supersymmetric string theory, the gauge theory/string theory correspondence and string duality. The book is a comprehensive introduction to the recent developments in string/M-theory and quantum gravity.

Table of Contents

Supergravity.- Supersymmetric Gauge Theories.- An Introduction to Duality Symmetries in String Theory.- Les Houches Lectures on Large N Field Theories and Gravity.- D-branes on the Conifold and N = 1 Gauge/Gravity Dualities.- De Sitter Space.- String Compactification with N = 1 Supersymmetry.- Lectures on Open Strings, and Noncommutative Gauge Theories.- Condensates near the Argyres-Douglas Point in SU(2) Gauge Theory with Broken N = 2 Supersymmetry.- Quantum Field Theory with Extra Dimensions.- Special Holonomy Spaces and M-Theory.- Four Dimensional Non-Critical Strings.- U-Opportunities: Why is Ten Equal to Ten?.- Exact Answers to Approximate Questions - Noncommutative dipoles, Open Wilson Lines and UV-IR Duality.- Open-String Models With Broken Supersymmetry.- On A Field Theory of Open Strings, Tachyon Condensation and Closed Strings.- Exceptional Magic.

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