Lectures on superstring and M theory dualities

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Schwarz, JH
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[1] California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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10.1016/S0920-5632(97)00070-4
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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These lectures begin by reviewing the evidence for S duality of the toroidally compactified heterotic string in 4d that was obtained in the period 1992-94. Next they review recently discovered dualities that relate all five of the 10d superstring theories and a quantum extension of 11d supergravity called M theory. The study of p-branes of various dimensions (some of which are D-branes) plays a central role. The final sections survey supersymmetric string vacua in 6d and some of the dual constructions by which they can be obtained. Special emphasis is given to a class of N = 1 models that exhibit ''heterotic-heterotic duality.''
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