Author: M. J. Duff

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9789812810328

Superstring theory and its successor, M-theory, hold promises of a deeper understanding of the Standard Model of particle physics, the unification of the four fundamental forces, the quantum theory of gravity, the mysteries of quantum black holes, Big Bang cosmology and, ultimately, their complete synthesis in a final theory of physics. This volume records the proceedings of the major annual international conference on the subject, OC Strings 2000OCO, which involved 42 talks by the world''s leading experts on string theory and M-theory. It will be of interest not only to researchers in the field but also to all those who wish to keep abreast of the latest developments and breakthroughs in this exciting area of theoretical physics. Contents: Gauge Fields, Scalars, Warped Geometry, and Strings (E Silverstein); RS Braneworlds in Type IIB Supergravity (K S Stelle); Supersymmetry in Singular Spaces and Domain Walls (R Kallosh); Overview of K -theory Applied to Strings (E Witten); N =2 Gauge-Gravity Duals (J Polchinski); The Supergravity Brane-world (J T Liu); Aspects of Collapsing Cycles (B R Greene); Covariant Quantization of the Superstring (N Berkovits); Supergravity Description of Field Theories on Curved Manifolds and a No Go Theorem (J Maldacena & C Nuez); Cosmological Breaking of Supersymmetry? (T Banks); Space-Time Uncertainty and Noncommutativity in String Theory (T Yoneya); Stable Non-BPS States and Their Holographic Duals (S Mukhi & N V Suryanarayana); Representations of Superconformal Algebras in the AdS 7/4 /CFT 6/3 Correspondence (S Ferrara & E Sokatchev); and other papers. Readership: String theorists and mathematical physicists."