Progress in String, Field and Particle Theory

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Lectures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Non-Ads/Non-CFT Correspondence, Or Three Different Paths To Qcd

      • Ofer Aharony

      Pages 3-24

   3. Physics Of Low Scale String Models

      • Ignatios Antoniadis

      Pages 25-74

   4. The Holographic Principle

      • Raphael Bousso

      Pages 75-166

   5. Two Talks On A Tentative Theory Of Large Distance Physics

      • Daniel Friedan

      Pages 167-188

   6. D-Branes On The Conifold And N = 1 Gauge/Gravity Dualities

      • Christopher P. Herzog, Igor R. Klebanov, Peter Ouyang

      Pages 189-223

   7. Defects, Decay, And Dissipated States

      • Emil J. Martinec

      Pages 225-262

   8. Seiberg-Witten Prepotential, Higher Casimirs, And Free Fermions

      • Nikita A. Nekrasov

      Pages 263-274

   9. Aspects Of String Motion In Time-Dependent Backgrounds

      • Eliezer Rabinovici

      Pages 275-318

   10. On The Geometry Of Higher-Spin Gauge Fields

       • Dario Francia, Augusto Sagnotti

       Pages 319-334

   11. Open String Creation By S-Branes

       • Andrew Strominger

       Pages 335-344

3. Gong Show

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 345-345

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   2. Superconformal Boundary Conditions Of The N=1 Nonlinear Sigma Model

      • Cecilia Albertsson

      Pages 347-350

   3. Backgrounds Of 2D String Theory From Matrix Models

      • Serguei Alexandrov

      Pages 351-355

   4. The D3┴D1-Brane Intersection and Monopole Scattering

      • Jessica Barrett, Peter Bowcock

      Pages 357-360

   5. Holography And Infrared Conformality In Two Dimensions

      • Marcus Berg

      Pages 361-364

   6. Stabilization Of D-Branes In General Group Manifolds

      • Pedro Bordalo

      Pages 365-368

   7. Orientifolds And K-Theory

      • Volker Braun

      Pages 369-372

   8. A Resolution Of The Cosmological Singularity With Orientifolds

      • Lorenzo Cornalba, Miguel Costa

      Pages 373-376

The NATO Advanced Study Institute and EC Summer School "Progress in String Field and Particle Theory" was held in Cargse from June 25th till July 11th 2002. The main focus of the school was the recent progress in the very ac­ tive areas of superstring theory, quantum gravity and the theory of elementary particles. It covered topical problems in domains such as duality between gravity and gaugeinteractions, string field theory, tachyon condensation, non-commutative field theory, string cosmology and string phenomenology. The School featured daily introductory lectures and topical seminars. An informal Gong Show session allowed young post-doctoral researchers and senior graduate students to make a concise presentation oftheir current work. The School gave an excellent opportunity to the youngest researchers to establish a close relationship with their seniors and with the lecturers. These proceedings will further serve in fixing the acquired knowledge, and hopefully, become a useful reference for anyone working in this fascinating do­ main of physics. Some of the contributions provide an elementary introduction to their subject, while other ones are more geared to the specialist. We are deeply indebted to the NATO Division for Scientific Affairs for funding, and for their constant attention for our meetings, and to the European Commission for a High-Level Scientific Conference grant HPCFCT 2001-00298.

• Potential
• cosmology
• elementary particle
• field theory
• gauge theory
• geometry
• gravity
• quantum gravity
• string theory
• supergravity

• CNRS and Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France

  Laurent Baulieu, Boris Pioline, Paul Windey

• Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

  Eliezer Rabinovici

• Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A.

  Jeff Harvey

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