Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Cargèse, Corsica, France, from 27 May to 8 June 2002
The NATO Advanced Study Institute and EC Summer School "Progress in String Field and Particle Theory" was held in Cargse from June 25th till July 11th 2002. The main focus of the school was the recent progress in the very ac tive areas of superstring theory, quantum gravity and the theory of elementary particles. It covered topical problems in domains such as duality between gravity and gaugeinteractions, string field theory, tachyon condensation, non-commutative field theory, string cosmology and string phenomenology. The School featured daily introductory lectures and topical seminars. An informal Gong Show session allowed young post-doctoral researchers and senior graduate students to make a concise presentation oftheir current work. The School gave an excellent opportunity to the youngest researchers to establish a close relationship with their seniors and with the lecturers. These proceedings will further serve in fixing the acquired knowledge, and hopefully, become a useful reference for anyone working in this fascinating do main of physics. Some of the contributions provide an elementary introduction to their subject, while other ones are more geared to the specialist. We are deeply indebted to the NATO Division for Scientific Affairs for funding, and for their constant attention for our meetings, and to the European Commission for a High-Level Scientific Conference grant HPCFCT 2001-00298.
Preface. I: Lectures. The non-ADS / non-CFT correspondence, or three different paths to QCD; O. Aharony. Physics of low scale string models; I. Antoniadis. Supergravityversus topological gravity; L. Baulieu. The holographic principle; R. Bousso. Two talks on a tentative theory of large distance physics; D. Friedan. A toy model for the M5-brane; J. Harvey. D-branes on the conifiold and Nu = 1 gauge/gravity dualities; C.P. Herzog, et al. Defects, decay, and dissipated states; E.J. Martinec. String dynamics on PP-waves from Yang Mills theory; S. Minwalla. Seiberg Witten prepotential, higher Casimirs, and free fermions; N.A. Nekrasov. Aspects of string motion in time-dependent backgrounds; E. Rabinovici. On the geometry of higher-spin gauge fields; D. Francia, A. Sagnotti. Open string creation by S-branes; A. Strominger. Topics in gauge theory/string theory duality; E. Verlinde. Open string star algebra and rolling tachyons; B. Zwiebach. II: Gong Show. Appendix. List of speakers. List of participants.
The NATO Advanced Study Institute and EC Summer School "Progress in String Field and Particle Theory" was held in Cargse from June 25th till July 11th 2002. The main focus of the school was the recent progress in the very ac tive areas of superstring theory, quantum gravity and the theory of elementary particles. It covered topical problems in domains such as duality between gravity and gaugeinteractions, string field theory, tachyon condensation, non-commutative field theory, string cosmology and string phenomenology. The School featured daily introductory lectures and topical seminars. An informal Gong Show session allowed young post-doctoral researchers and senior graduate students to make a concise presentation oftheir current work. The School gave an excellent opportunity to the youngest researchers to establish a close relationship with their seniors and with the lecturers. These proceedings will further serve in fixing the acquired knowledge, and hopefully, become a useful reference for anyone working in this fascinating do main of physics. Some of the contributions provide an elementary introduction to their subject, while other ones are more geared to the specialist. We are deeply indebted to the NATO Division for Scientific Affairs for funding, and for their constant attention for our meetings, and to the European Commission for a High-Level Scientific Conference grant HPCFCT 2001-00298.
The Non-Ads/ Non-CFT Correspondence,or Three Different Paths to Qcd.- PHYSICS OF LOW SCALE STRING MODELS.- THE HOLOGRAPHIC PRINCIPLE.- TWO TALKS ON A TENTATIVE THEORY OF LARGE DISTANCE PHYSICS.- D-BRANES ON THE CONIFOLD AND N = 1 GAUGE/GRAVITY DUALITIES.- DEFECTS, DECAY, AND DISSIPATED STATES.- SEIBERG-WITTEN PREPOTENTIAL, HIGHER CASIMIRS, AND FREE FERMIONS.- ASPECTS OF STRING MOTION IN TIME-DEPENDENT BACKGROUNDS.- ON THE GEOMETRY OF HIGHER-SPIN GAUGE FIELDS.- OPEN STRING CREATION BY S-BRANES.- Superconformal Boundary Conditions of the N=1 Nonlinear Sigma Model.- Backgrounds of 2d String Theory From Matrix Models.- The D3?D1-Brane Intersection And Monopole Scattering.- Holography and infrared Conformality in Two Dimensions.- Stabilization of D-Branes in General Group Manifolds.- Orientifolds and K-Theory.- A Resolution of the Cosmological Singularity with Orientifolds.- D-Branes and Orientifolds of S3 AND RP3.- Boundary States in Rational CFT.- Quasilocalization Monodromy in Brane World Models and on D-Branes.- S-Charges Monodromy Mechanish in N=2 SYM From Semiclassical Point of View.- Singular and Smooth Time-Dpendent Orbifolds.- Type IIB 7 Brane Solutions From Nine-Dimensional Domain Walls.- ??-Corrections to Flux Induced Potentials in Type IIB.- Noncommutative Multi-Solitons.- Symmetries in M Theory: Monsters, Inc..- Spacetime Differmorphisms and the Geodesic Approximation.- Gepner Model Boundary States From Geometry.- Instanton Eexpansions in 5D N = 2 Prepotentials.- Yang-Mills Theory from String Field Theory on D-Branes.- Magnetize Type I Orbifolds in Four Dimensions.- De Sitter Space in Non-Critical String Theory.- Ribbon Graphs and Surfaces.- A Mysterious Duality: M-Theory and Del Pezzo Surfaces.- Super Yang-Mills Matrix Iintegrals For an Arbitrary GaugeGroup.- On ADS3 String Theory.- Cubic Free Field Theory.- On the Covariant Quantization of Superstrings.- Open Strings and 3D Topological Field Theory.- Observer Complementarity in De Sitter Space.- Remarks on Surface States and Derivations in Stringfield Theory.- Multiple Trace Deformations, Boundary Conditions anmd ADS/CFT.- Moduli Stabilization From Fluxes.- Time Dependent Background From Nonsupersymmetric Strings.- The NS Five-Brane Partition Sum.- Gravitational Approach to Tachyon Matter.- D-Branes From N=2 Sigma Models.- List of Speakers.- List of Participants.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface.
I: Lectures.
The non-ADS / non-CFT correspondence, or three different paths to QCD; O. Aharony. Physics of low scale string models; I. Antoniadis. Supergravityversus topological gravity; L. Baulieu. The holographic principle; R. Bousso. Two talks on a tentative theory of large distance physics; D. Friedan. A toy model for the M5-brane; J. Harvey. D-branes on the conifiold and Nu = 1 gauge/gravity dualities; C.P. Herzog, et al. Defects, decay, and dissipated states; E.J. Martinec. String dynamics on PP-waves from Yang Mills theory; S. Minwalla. Seiberg Witten prepotential, higher Casimirs, and free fermions; N.A. Nekrasov. Aspects of string motion in time-dependent backgrounds; E. Rabinovici. On the geometry of higher-spin gauge fields; D. Francia, A. Sagnotti. Open string creation by S-branes; A. Strominger. Topics in gauge theory/string theory duality; E. Verlinde. Open string star algebra and rolling tachyons; B. Zwiebach.
II: Gong Show.
Appendix. List of speakers. List of participants.
Klappentext
The NATO Advanced Study Institute and EC Summer School "Progress in String Field and Particle Theory" was held in Cargse from June 25th till July 11th 2002. The main focus of the school was the recent progress in the very ac tive areas of superstring theory, quantum gravity and the theory of elementary particles. It covered topical problems in domains such as duality between gravity and gaugeinteractions, string field theory, tachyon condensation, non-commutative field theory, string cosmology and string phenomenology. The School featured daily introductory lectures and topical seminars. An informal Gong Show session allowed young post-doctoral researchers and senior graduate students to make a concise presentation oftheir current work. The School gave an excellent opportunity to the youngest researchers to establish a close relationship with their seniors and with the lecturers. These proceedings will further serve in fixing the acquired knowledge, and hopefully, become a useful reference for anyone working in this fascinating do main of physics. Some of the contributions provide an elementary introduction to their subject, while other ones are more geared to the specialist. We are deeply indebted to the NATO Division for Scientific Affairs for funding, and for their constant attention for our meetings, and to the European Commission for a High-Level Scientific Conference grant HPCFCT 2001-00298.
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