Editors: J. Harvey, R. Iengo, K.S. Narain, S. Randjbar-Daemi, H. Verlinde
At head of title: International Centre for Theoretical Physics, International Atomic Energy Agency, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Includes bibliographical references
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This volume presents papers that reflect recent research in string theory and quantum gravity.
目次
Introduction to topological and conformal field theory, H.Verlinde
introduction to matrix model and liouville theory, E.Martinec
some properties of non-critical strings, D.Kutasov
instantons and solitons in heterotic string theory, J.Harvey
introduction to topological and conformal field theory, R.Dijkgraaf
introduction to W Algebras, A.Bilal
string theory in 2 dimensions, I.Klebanov
instantons and solitons in heterotic string theory, C.Callan
integrable models, L.D.Faddeev
Liouville theory and its recent developments, L.Alvarez-Gaume
target space duality symmetries and effective actions of string theory, D.Lust
geometric structures in effective superstring lagrangians, P.Fre
duality invariant effective action for supersymmetries, M.Porrati
transition from critical to non-critical string at high temperatures, C.Kounnas
correlation functions in compactified c=1 quantum gravity, I.Klebanov
the origin of the string equation, C.Gomez
quantization of Sl(2,R) Chern-Simons topological theory, C.Imbimbo
string propagation in a black hole geometry, R.Dijkgraaf
double scaling limit in the O(N) vector model, P.Di Vecchia
singular vectors in virasoro representations, M.Bauer
Schwinger-Dyson equations for 2-matrix model and Wa3 algebra, K.S.Narain
O(N) vector model in the double scaling limit, J.Zinn-Justin.