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Progress in String Theory and M-Theory NATO Science Series A Series presenting the results of activities sponsored by the NATO Science Committee. The Series is published by IOS Press and Kluwer Academic Publishers, in conjunction with the NATO Scientific Affairs Division. A. Life Sciences IOS Press B. Physics Kluwer Academic Publishers C. Mathematical and Physical Sciences Kluwer Academic Publishers D. Behavioural and Social Sciences Kluwer Academic Publishers E. Applied Sciences Kluwer Academic Publishers F. Computer and Systems Sciences IOS Press 1. Disarmament Technologies Kluwer Academic Publishers 2. Environmental Security Kluwer Academic Publishers 3. High Technology Kluwer Academic Publishers 4. Science and Technology Policy IOS Press 5. Computer Networking IOS Press NATO-PCO-DATA BASE The NATO Science Series continues the series of books published formerly in the NATO ASI Series. An electronic index to the NATO ASI Series provides full bibliographical references (with keywords and/or abstracts) to more than 50000 contributions from international scientists published in all sections of the NATO ASI Series. Access to the NATO-PCO-DATA BASE is possible via CD-ROM "NATO-PCO-DATA BASE" with user-friendly retrieval software in English, French and German (WTV GmbH and DATAWARE Technologies Inc. 1989). The CD-ROM of the NATO ASI Series can be ordered from: PCO, Overijse, Belgium c£pürp Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences -Vol.564 Progress in String Theory and M-Theory edited by Laurent Baulieu CNRS and Universite Pierre & Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France Michael Green DAMTP, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Great Britain Marco Picco CNRS and Universite Pierre & Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France and Paul Windey Universite Pierre & Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Progress in String Theory and M-Theory Cargese, France May 24-June 5,1999 A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-0-7923-7034-5 ISBN 978-94-010-0852-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-010-0852-5 Printed on acid-free paper All Rights Reserved ©2001 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2001 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2001 No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface ix Lectures Scales of String/M Theory Constantin Bachas 1. Introduction 2. Supersymmetric Unification 3. Weakly Coupled Heterotic String 4. Brane World and Type-l Theory 5. Experimental Bounds 6. The Transverse Desert 7. The Puzzle of Unification On the HeteroticJF -Theory Duality in Eight Dimensions 15 Wolfgang Lerche 1. Introduction 2. BPS Saturated, exact Heterotic Amplitudes at One-Loop Order 3. Review of F-Theory 4. Geometric Determination of the Threshold Couplings 5. Solution via the Mirror Map 6. Conclusion Large N Field Theories, String Theory and Gravity 47 Juan Maldacena 1. General Introduction 2. The Correspondence 3. Tests of the ADS/CFT Correspondence 4. Correlation Functions 5. Wilson Loops 6. Theories at Finite Temperature Black Holes and the Phases of Brane Thermodynamics 117 Emil J. Martinec 1. Introduction 2. Branes and Black Holes 3. DP-Brane Examples 4. The DI-D5 System and Phases of 'Little String' Theory 5. Concluding Remarks vi Non-BPS-D-Brane Systems 147 John H Schwarz 1. Introduction 2. Review of Basics 3. D-Brane Anti-D-Brane Systems 4. K-Theory Classification ofD-Branes 5. Moduli Spaces of Theories with 16 Supercharges 6. Non-BPS D-Branes in Type I 7. Concluding Remarks Non-BPS States and Branes in String Theory 187 Ashoke Sen 1. Introduction 2. Unstable Non-BPS D-Branes in Type II String Theories 3. Stable Non-BPS D-Branes on Type II Orbifolds and Orientifolds 4. D-Branes as Tachyonic Kink Solutions 5. Stable Non-BPS Branes on the D-Brane - Orientifold Plane System 6. Some Related Developments Appendix: Conformal Field Theory of the Tachyonic Kink Solution Lectures on Superconformal Quantum Mechanics and Multi-Black Hole Moduli Spaces 235 Ruth Britto-Pacumio, Jeremy Michelson, Andrew Strominger, Anastasia Volovich 1. A Simple Example of Conformal Quantum Mechanics 2. Conformally .Invariant N-Particle Quantum Mechanics 3. Superconformal Quantum Mechanics 4. The Quantum Mechanics of a Test Particle in a Reissner-Nordstrom Background 5. Quantum Mechanics on the Black Hole Moduli Space 6. Discussion Appendix: Differential Geometry with Torsion Brane Theory Solitons 265 Paul K. Townsend 1. Preamble 2. Field Theory VS Brane Theory 3. Sigma-Model Solitons on Branes 4. Solitons and Kahler Calibrations 5. Beyond Field Theory 6. The Brane World Gong Show D-Branestrahlung 299 Mohab Abou-Zeid and Miguel S. Costa Strings on BTZ Black Holes 305 Riccardo Argurio vii A Note on non-supersymmetric Open-String Orbifolds with a quantised Bab 309 Carlo Angelantonj On the Non-Abelian Born-Infeld Action 313 Pascal Bain AdS asymptotic (super)Symmetries 319 3 Karin Bautier Anomalous couplings of Non-BPS D-Branes 323 Marco Bill6, Ben Craps and Frederik Roose From a Conformal Anomaly to a Theory of Tensionless Strings? 327 Richard A. Corrado Comments on non-supersymmetric type I vacua 331 Kristin Forger S-Matrices for Planckian Scattering 335 Sebastian de Haro K-Theory and D-Branes on NON-Commutative Tori 339 Sergei Gukov Generalized Calibrations 343 Jan Gutowski Aspects of HeteroticIM -Theory Duality in D=3 347 Michael Haack and Jan Louis Gauge Theory scattering from the ADS/CFT correspondence 353 Romuald A. Janik Flat Connections for Yang-Mills Theories on the 3-Torus 357 Arjan Keurentjes From Topological Field Theories to Covariant Matrix Strings 361 Laurent Baulieu, Celine Laroche and Nikita Nekrasov Field Theory Duals from (Non)-Crital Type 0 Strings 367 Daro Martelli Duality and Selfduality of Chiral Boson Fields in various Dimensions 373 Alexey Maznytsia, Christian R. Preitschopf, Dmitri Sorokin Anti-de Sitter Fragmentation 379 Jeremy Michelson On ADS3 String Theory 383 P. Marios Petropoulos viii Spectrum of D= 11 Supergravity on ADS2 x S2 X T7 389 Sangmin Lee Discrete U-duality groups 393 Germar Schroder Supersymmetric Worldvolume Solitons 397 loanSim6n WZ Couplings of D-Branes and O-Planes 401 Bogdan Stefanski,Jr. Holography for Coset Spaces 405 Anastasia Volovich Appendix 409 List of Speakers 411 List of Participants 413 Preface The Cargese Summer School" Progress in String Theory and M-Theory" was held from May 24th till June 5th 1999. This session focused on an exciting domain that has brought many revolution ary ideas about the structure of space and matter, and that will, hopefully, provide progress in our quest of unifying gravity and quantum mechanics. The school featured detailed lectures, topical seminars and a very successful "Gong Show" were participants made concise presentation of their current re search. Some contributions constitute a very thorough introduction to their subject and we hope them to be helpful to advanced students in the field while others address a more specialized audience. We are greatly indebted to the NATO Division for Scientific Affairs for funding and for their constant attention to our meeting and to the European Commission for a Summer School Grant ERBFMMACT970188. It is also a pleasure to thank all the people who contributed to the successful organization of the school, in particular the staff of the Cargese Institute and its director Elisabeth Dubois Violette. Finally, we would like to thank all participants for creating an excellent atmo sphere and especially the contributors of this volume for writing wonderful sets of lectures. Laurent Baulieu Michael Green Marco Picco Paul Windey ix Part I Lectures

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