Quantum Aspects of Gauge Theories, Supersymmetry and Unification: Proceedings of the Second International Conference Held in Corfu, Greece, 20–26 September 1998

John H. Schwarz (auth.), A. Ceresole, C. Kounnas, D. Lüst, S. Theisen (eds.)3540660054, 9783540660057

The articles in this book are written versions of talks presented at a conference organized by the TMR network in Corfu. The main theme of the conference was the interconnection between string theory and gauge theory. These very recent developments draw from many aspects of string theory, supergravity and supersymmetric gauge field theory. For students starting their research there is a great deal of background material that they have to absorb in order to be able to follow current developments. With this in mind the editors have included pedagogical lectures on background material and recent developments. Extensive lecture notes by Bernard de Witt, Renate Kallosh, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Michael Green, Eliezer Rabinovici and John Schwarz make these proceedings a valuable reference for a long time to come. The book addresses researchers as well as students.

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Table of contents :
Introduction to M theory and AdS/CFT duality….Pages 1-21
Interconnections between type II superstrings, M theory and N =4 Yang-Mills….Pages 22-96
Supermembranes and super matrix models….Pages 97-137
Black holes, branes and superconformal symmetry….Pages 138-168
Old and new approaches to non-perturbative gauge dynamics….Pages 169-199
Strings, matrices and black holes….Pages 200-263
Orbifolds of AdS 3 and fixpoints of the CFT….Pages 264-270
Holography and the Weyl anomaly….Pages 271-278
The QCD string and generalized wave equation….Pages 279-292
On supergravity duals of N =1 SCFT in four dimensions….Pages 293-302
On (Multi-)Center branes and exact string vacua….Pages 303-312
2 D Yang-Mills theory as a Matrix String theory….Pages 313-322
Interacting strings in matrix string theory….Pages 323-332
Graviton scattering in matrix theory and supergravity….Pages 333-338
The Osp (8|4) singleton action from the super membrane….Pages 339-347
Non-perturbative corrections in N =2 strings….Pages 348-355
Brane actions and string dualities….Pages 356-364
On heterotic/type I duality in d =8….Pages 365-374
Near horizon supergravity superspace….Pages 375-381
On higher order α ′ corrections to black brane geometries….Pages 382-387
D3-Brane dynamics and black holes….Pages 388-397
The M five brane on a torus….Pages 398-405
Branes and the WDVV equation….Pages 406-415
Action for IIB supergravity in 10 dimensions….Pages 416-423
U-duality and M-theory, an algebraic approach….Pages 424-433
Supersymmetric 3-cycles for N =1 brane box models….Pages 434-445
Duality in string cosmology….Pages 446-455
Spin dependent D-brane interactions and scattering amplitudes in matrix theory….Pages 456-465
Prescriptions for off-shell bosonic string amplitudes….Pages 466-474
On Wilson loops and Q $$bar Q$$ -potentials from the AdS/CFT relation at T ≥0….Pages 475-482
Topological strings, contact terms and the holomorphic anomaly….Pages 483-492
Equivalence of geometric engineering and Hanany-Witten….Pages 493-498
Ramond-ramond (boundary) states….Pages 499-508
An effective supergravity for the thermal phases of N =4 strings….Pages 509-518
Universal N =4 non-perturbative thermal instabilities; the high- T string phases….Pages 519-532
Corrections to macroscopic supersymmetric black-hole entropy….Pages 533-534