Recent developments in superstring theory
Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)
There have been many remarkable developments in our understanding of superstring theory in the past few years, a period that has been described as ``the second superstring revolution. In particular, what once appeared to be five distinct theories is now recognized to be different manifestions of a single (unique) underlying theory. Some of the evidence for this, based on dualities and the appearance of an eleventh dimension, is presented. Also, a specific proposal for the underlying theory, called ``matrix theory, is described. The presentation is aimed at scientists who are not experts in string theory, but who are interested in hearing about recent developments. Where possible, the references cite review papers rather than original sources.
- Dirichlet Branes and Ramond-Ramond Charges
- Dyon-monopole bound states, self-dual harmonic forms on the multi-monopole moduli space, and \(\text{SL}(2, \mathbb Z)\) invariance in string theory.
- Electric-magnetic duality in supersymmetric non-abelian gauge theories
- Electric-magnetic duality, monopole condensation, and confinement in \(N=2\) supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory
- Geometry of \(N=1\) dualities in four dimensions
- Introduction to Seiberg-Witten theory and its stringy origin
- Microscopic origin of the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy
- Monopoles, duality and chiral symmetry breaking in N=2 supersymmetric QCD
- Solutions of four-dimensional field theories via M-theory
- String theory dynamics in various dimensions
- Strong-weak coupling duality in four-dimensional string theory
- Superstring theory
- Progress in physical concepts of string and superstring theory---thirty years of string theory
- Proving superstring theory using loop quantum mechanics
- Superstrings and the unification of the physical forces
- A layman's guide to M-theory
- The status of string theory.
- Status of superstring and M-theory
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