Progress in String Theory and M-Theory (Hardcover)

Preface. Lectures. Scales of String/M Theory; C. Bachas. On the Heterotic/F-Theory Duality in Eight Dimensions; W. Lerche. Large N Field Theories, String Theory and Gravity; J. Maldacena. Black Holes and the Phases of Brane Thermodynamics; E.J. Martinec. Non-BPS-D-Brane Systems; J.H. Schwarz. Non-BPS States and Branes in String Theory; A. Sen. Lectures on Superconformal Quantum Mechanics and Multi-Black Hole Moduli Spaces; A. Strominger. Brane Theory Solitons; P.K. Townsend. Gong Show. D-Branestrahlung; M. Abou-Zaid, M.S. Costa. Strings on BTZ Black Holes; R. Argurio. A Note on non-supersymmetric Open-String Orbifolds with a quantised Bab; C. Angelantonj. On the Non-Abelian Born-Infeld Action; P. Bain. AdS3 asymptotic (super)Symmetries; K. Bautier. Anomalous couplings of Non-BPS D-Branes; M. Billo, et al. From a Conformal Anomaly to a Theory of Tensionless Strings? R.A. Corrado. Comments on non-supersymmetric type I vacua; K. Forger. S-Matrices for Planckian Scattering; S. de Haro. K-Theory and D-Branes on NON-Commutative Tori; S. Gukov. Generalized Calibrations; J. Gutowski. Aspects of Heterotic/M-Theory Duality in D=3; M. Haack, J. Louis. Gauge Theory scattering from the ADS/CFT correspondence; R.A. Janik. Flat Connections for Yang-Mills Theories on the 3-Torus; A. Keurentjes. From Topological Field Theories to Covariant Matrix Strings; L. Baulieu, et al. Field Theory Duals from (Non)-Crital Type 0 Strings; D. Martelli. Duality and Selfduality of Chiral Boson Fields in various Dimensions; A. Maznytsia, et al. Anti-de Sitter Fragmentation; J. Michelson. On ADS3 String Theory; P.M. Petropoulos.Spectrum of D= 11 Supergravity on ADS2 x S2 x T7; S. Lee. Discrete U-duality groups; G. Schroder. Supersymmetric Worldvolume Solitons; J. Simo;n. WZ Couplings of D-Branes and O-Planes; B. Stefański, jr. Holography for Coset Spaces; A. Volovich. Appendix. List of Speakers. List of Participants.