List of string theory topics
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This is a list of string theory topics, by Wikipedia page. See also: list of mathematical topics in quantum theory.
Contents
- strings
- Nambu-Goto action
- Polyakov action
- bosonic string theory
- superstring theory
- * type I string
- * type II string
- **type IIA string theory
- **type IIB string theory
- * heterotic string
- N=2 superstring
- D-brane
- M-theory
- * matrix theory
- * M-theory (simplified explanation)
- Horava-Witten theory
- F-theory
- string field theory
- matrix string theory
- nonlinear sigma model
- tachyon condensation
- RNS formalism
- string theory landscape
- History
- * first superstring revolution
- * second superstring revolution
String dualities
- T-duality
- S-duality
- U-duality
- type I/heterotic duality
- Montonen-Olive duality
- Mysterious duality
Particles and fields
- supergravity
- superspace
- Lie superalgebra
- Lie supergroup
Geometry
- supergravity
- superspace
- Lie superalgebra
- Lie supergroup
Geometry
Geometry
- Kaluza-Klein theory
- compactification
- Why 10 dimensions?
- Kähler manifold
- Ricci-flat manifold
- * Calabi-Yau manifold
- * hyperKähler manifold
- ** K3 surface
- * G2 manifold
- * Spin(7) manifold
- orbifold
- conifold
- orientifold
- moduli
- Horava-Witten domain wall
- K-theory (physics)
- Twisted K-theory
People (partial listing)
People (partial listing)
- Ofer Aharony
- Nima Arkani-Hamed
- Michael Francis Atiyah
- Tom Banks
- David Berenstein
- Gerald Cleaver
- Robbert Dijkgraaf
- Jacques Distler
- Michael Douglas
- Willy Fischler
- Daniel Friedan
- Ori Ganor
- Michael Green
- Brian Greene
- David Gross
- Steven Gubser
- Amihay Hanany
- Jeffrey Harvey
- Petr Horava
- Gary Horowitz
- Michio Kaku
- Theodor Kaluza
- Igor Klebanov
- Oskar Klein
- David Kutasov
- Juan Maldacena
- Emil Martinec
- Shiraz Minwalla
- Gregory Moore
- Lubos Motl
- Horatiu Nastase
- Dimitri Nanopoulos
- Nikita Nekrasov
- Holger Bech Nielsen
- Joseph Polchinski
- Alexander Polyakov
- Arvind Rajaraman
- Lisa Randall
- John Schwarz
- Nathan Seiberg
- Ashoke Sen
- Steve Shenker
- Andrew Strominger
- Leonard Susskind
- Cumrun Vafa
- Gabriele Veneziano
- Erik Verlinde
- Herman Verlinde
- Edward Witten
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