List Of String Theory Topics

String theory

• strings
• open string
• closed string
• oriented string
• world sheet
• nonlinear sigma model
• bosonic string theory
• Nambu-Goto action
• Polyakov action
• superstring theory
• type I string
• type II string
• type IIA string theory
• type IIB string theory
• heterotic string
• M-theory
• matrix theory
• M-theory (simplified explanation)
• F-theory
• string field theory
• matrix string theory
• first superstring revolution
• second superstring revolution
• tachyon condensation
• particles
• graviton
• dilaton
• tachyon

String dualities

• T-duality
• S-duality
• U-duality
• Mysterious duality

Branes

• p-brane
• D-brane
• S-branes
• quiver diagram
• brane cosmology

Supersymmetry

• supergravity
• superspace
• Lie superalgebra
• supergroup

Conformal field theory

• Virasoro algebra
• mirror symmetry

Geometry

• Kaluza-Klein theory
• compact dimension
• Why 10 dimensions?
• Calabi-Yau manifold
• Khler manifold
• hyperKhler manifold
• K3 surface
• G₂ manifold
• orbifold
• conifold
• orientifold
• moduli

Holography

• holographic principle
• AdS/CFT
• black holes

Gauge theory

• Chern-Simons form
• anomalies
• instantons
• Bogomol'nyi Prasad Sommerfield bound
• G₂, F₄, E₆, E₇, E₈
• ADE classification
• Dirac string

People

• Michael Francis Atiyah
• Tom Banks
• Robbert Dijkgraaf
• Jacques Distler
• Michael Douglas
• Willy Fischler
• Michael Green
• Brian Greene
• David Gross
• Jeffrey Harvey
• Petr Horava
• Michio Kaku
• Juan Maldacena
• Shiraz Minwalla
• Lubos Motl
• Joseph Polchinski
• Arvind Rajaraman
• John Schwarz
• Nathan Seiberg
• Steve Shenker
• Ashoke Sen
• Andrew Strominger
• Leonard Susskind
• Cumrun Vafa
• Erik Verlinde
• Herman Verlinde
• Edward Witten
• Nima Arkani-Hamed

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