| Foreword | p. xiii |
| Preface | p. xv |
| Notation | p. xviii |
| Type I and type II superstrings | p. 1 |
| The superconformal algebra | p. 1 |
| Ramond and Neveu-Schwarz sectors | p. 5 |
| Vertex operators and bosonization | p. 10 |
| The superconformal ghosts | p. 15 |
| Physical states | p. 20 |
| Superstring theories in ten dimensions | p. 25 |
| Modular invariance | p. 31 |
| Divergences of type I theory | p. 37 |
| Exercises | p. 43 |
| The heterotic string | p. 45 |
| World-sheet supersymmetries | p. 45 |
| The SO(32) and E[subscript 8] x E[subscript 8] heterotic strings | p. 49 |
| Other ten-dimensional heterotic strings | p. 55 |
| A little Lie algebra | p. 59 |
| Current algebras | p. 66 |
| The bosonic construction and toroidal compactification | p. 73 |
| Exercises | p. 82 |
| Superstring interactions | p. 84 |
| Low energy supergravity | p. 84 |
| Anomalies | p. 94 |
| Superspace and superfields | p. 103 |
| Tree-level amplitudes | p. 110 |
| General amplitudes | p. 118 |
| One-loop amplitudes | p. 126 |
| Exercises | p. 134 |
| D-branes | p. 136 |
| T-duality of type II strings | p. 136 |
| T-duality of type I strings | p. 138 |
| The D-brane charge and action | p. 146 |
| D-brane interactions: statics | p. 152 |
| D-brane interactions: dynamics | p. 158 |
| D-brane interactions: bound states | p. 164 |
| Exercises | p. 175 |
| Strings at strong coupling | p. 178 |
| Type IIB string and SL(2,Z) duality | p. 179 |
| U-duality | p. 187 |
| SO(32) type I-heterotic duality | p. 190 |
| Type IIA string and M-theory | p. 198 |
| The E[subscript 8] x E[subscript 8] heterotic string | p. 205 |
| What is string theory? | p. 208 |
| Is M for matrix? | p. 211 |
| Black hole quantum mechanics | p. 219 |
| Exercises | p. 226 |
| Advanced CFT | p. 228 |
| Representations of the Virasoro algebra | p. 228 |
| The conformal bootstrap | p. 233 |
| Minimal models | p. 236 |
| Current algebras | p. 243 |
| Coset models | p. 250 |
| Representations of the N = 1 superconformal algebra | p. 254 |
| Rational CFT | p. 255 |
| Renormalization group flows | p. 259 |
| Statistical mechanics | p. 266 |
| Exercises | p. 271 |
| Orbifolds | p. 274 |
| Orbifolds of the heterotic string | p. 275 |
| Spacetime supersymmetry | p. 281 |
| Examples | p. 283 |
| Low energy field theory | p. 292 |
| Exercises | p. 300 |
| Calabi-Yau compactification | p. 302 |
| Conditions for N = 1 supersymmetry | p. 302 |
| Calabi-Yau manifolds | p. 305 |
| Massless spectrum | p. 312 |
| Low energy field theory | p. 315 |
| Higher corrections | p. 321 |
| Generalizations | p. 324 |
| Physics in four dimensions | p. 327 |
| Continuous and discrete symmetries | p. 327 |
| Gauge symmetries | p. 335 |
| Mass scales | p. 343 |
| More on unification | p. 351 |
| Conditions for spacetime supersymmetry | p. 356 |
| Low energy actions | p. 359 |
| Supersymmetry breaking in perturbation theory | p. 362 |
| Supersymmetry beyond perturbation theory | p. 366 |
| Exercises | p. 373 |
| Advanced topics | p. 375 |
| The N = 2 superconformal algebra | p. 375 |
| Type II strings on Calabi-Yau manifolds | p. 379 |
| Heterotic string theories with (2,2) SCFT | p. 386 |
| N = 2 minimal models | p. 390 |
| Gepner models | p. 394 |
| Mirror symmetry and applications | p. 402 |
| The conifold | p. 409 |
| String theories on K3 | p. 415 |
| String duality below ten dimensions | p. 421 |
| Conclusion | p. 429 |
| Exercises | p. 429 |
| Spinors and SUSY in various dimensions | p. 430 |
| Spinors in various dimensions | p. 430 |
| Introduction to supersymmetry: d = 4 | p. 439 |
| Supersymmetry in d = 2 | p. 449 |
| Differential forms and generalized gauge fields | p. 450 |
| Thirty-two supersymmetries | p. 452 |
| Sixteen supersymmetries | p. 457 |
| Eight supersymmetries | p. 461 |
| Exercises | p. 466 |
| References | p. 467 |
| Glossary | p. 488 |
| Index | p. 518 |
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