List of string theory topics - Definition and Overview

This is a list of string theory topics, by Wikipedia page. See also: list of mathematical topics in quantum theory.

String theory

• strings
  • open string
  • closed string
  • oriented string
  • world sheet
• bosonic string theory
  • Nambu-Goto action
• superstring theory
  • type I string
  • type II string
    • type IIA string theory
    • type IIB string theory
  • heterotic string
• First superstring revolution
• M-theory
  • matrix theory
  • M-theory (simplified explanation)
• F-theory
• string field theory
• matrix string theory
• first superstring revolution
• second superstring revolution
• tachyon condensation
• particles
  • graviton
  • dilaton
  • tachyon

String dualities

• T-duality
• S-duality
• U-duality
• Mysterious duality

Branes

• p-brane
• D-brane
• S-branes
• quiver diagram
• brane cosmology

Supersymmetry

• supergravity
• superspace
• Lie superalgebra
• supergroup

Conformal field theory

• Virasoro algebra
• mirror symmetry

Geometry

• Kaluza-Klein theory
  • compact dimension
  • Why 10 dimensions?
• Calabi-Yau manifold
• Kähler manifold
• hyperKähler manifold
  • K3 surface
• G₂ manifold
• orbifold
• conifold
• orientifold
• moduli

Holography

• holographic principle
• AdS/CFT
• black holes

Gauge theory

• Chern-Simons form
• anomalies
• instantons
• Bogomol'nyi Prasad Sommerfield bound
• G₂, F₄, E₆, E₇, E₈
• ADE classification
• Dirac string

People

• Michael Francis Atiyah
• Tom Banks
• Robbert Dijkgraaf
• Jacques Distler
• Michael Douglas
• Willy Fischler
• Michael Green
• Brian Greene
• David Gross
• Jeffrey Harvey
• Petr Horava
• Michio Kaku
• Juan Maldacena
• Shiraz Minwalla
• Lubos Motl
• Joseph Polchinski
• Arvind Rajaraman
• John Schwarz
• Nathan Seiberg
• Steve Shenker
• Ashoke Sen
• Andrew Strominger
• Leonard Susskind
• Cumrun Vafa
• Erik Verlinde
• Herman Verlinde
• Edward Witten
• Nima Arkani-Hamed