String Theory: From Gauge Interactions to Cosmology: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on String Theory: From Gauge Interactions to Cos (Hardcover, 2006)

Preface.- Lectures I. Beyond The Standard Models Of Particle Physics And Cosmology; N. Arkhani-Hamed.- Strings In A Landscape; T. Banks.- Quantization Of Holomorphic Forms And N = 1 Supersymmetry On Special Manifolds; L. Baulieu.- Loewner Chains; M. Bauer And D. Bernard.- Theory Of Cosmological Perturbations And Applications To Superstring Cosmology; R.H. Brandenberger.- Towards A Topological G2 String; J. De Boer et al.- Topological Strings, Matrix Models And Integrable Hierarchies; R. Dijkgraaf.- On The ADS3 x S3 x S3 x S1 Background; S. Elitzur.- Challenges Of Matrix Models; A. Morozov.- Phenomenology Of Neutrino Oscillations; L.B. Okun.- Topological Strings, Large N Duality, And Black Holes; H. Ooguri.- Closed Strings In Misner Space: A Toy Model For A Big Bounce? B. Durin And B. Pioline.- Phenomenological Guide To Physics Beyond The Standard Model; S. Pokorski.- Introduction To Cosmic F- And D-Strings; J. Polchinski.- Long Time Scales And Eternal Black Holes; J.L.F. Barbon And E. Rabinovici.- Semiclassical Strings And ADS/CFT; A. Tseytlin.- II Seminars: Baryogenesis With Large Extra Dimensions; K. Benakli.- Braneworld Cosmology Almost Without Branes; G. Calcagni.- Chaotic Cascades For D-Branes On Singularities; S. Franco et al.- N = 1 Gauge Theory Effective Superpotentials; B. Gripaios.- Gromov-Witten Theory And Automorphic Forms; D. Grunberg.- Black Hole Instabilities And Phase Transitions; S. Hartnoll.- Probing Singularities; V.E. Hubeny.- Inflation Unloaded; M. Kleban.- D-Brane Effecive Actions; P. Koerber.- ADS2 x S2 As An Exact Heterotic String Background; D. Orlando.- Strings And D-Branes In Holographic Backgrounds; D. Israel and A. Pakman.- Cosmic Censorship In ADS/CFT; M. Rangamani.- Topics In Black Hole Production; V.S.Rychkov.- Towards The Exact Dilatation Operator Of N= 4 Super Yang-Mills Theory; A.V. Ryzhov.- Moduli Trapping And String Gas Cosmology; S. Watson.- Stringy Geometry: Generalized Complex Structure ; M. Zabzine.- Integrability Of Superconformal Field Theory ANI SUSY N=1 KDV; A.M. Zeitlin.- List Of Speakers.- List Of Participants.