List of string theory topics

This is a list of string theory topics.

String theory

• Strings
• Nambu–Goto action
• Polyakov action
• Bosonic string theory
• Superstring theory
  • Type I string
  • Type II string
    • Type IIA string theory
    • Type IIB string theory
  • Heterotic string
• N=2 superstring
• M-theory
  • Matrix theory
  • Introduction to M-theory
• F-theory
• String field theory
• Matrix string theory
• Nonlinear sigma model
• Tachyon condensation
• RNS formalism
• String theory landscape
• History of string theory
  • First superstring revolution
  • Second superstring revolution

String duality

• T-duality
• S-duality
• U-duality
• Montonen–Olive duality
• Mysterious duality

Particles and fields

• Graviton
• Dilaton
• Tachyon
• Ramond–Ramond field
• Kalb–Ramond field
• Magnetic monopole

Branes

• D-brane
• S-brane
• Black brane
• Black holes
• Black string
• Brane cosmology
• Quiver diagram
• Hanany–Witten transition

Supersymmetry

• Supergravity
• Superspace
• Lie superalgebra
• Lie supergroup

Conformal field theory

• Two-dimensional conformal field theory
• Virasoro algebra
• Mirror symmetry
• Conformal anomaly
• Conformal algebra
• Superconformal algebra
• Vertex operator algebra
• Loop algebra
• Kac–Moody algebra
• Wess–Zumino–Witten model
• Monstrous moonshine

Geometry

• Kaluza–Klein theory
• Compactification
• Why 10 dimensions?
• Kähler manifold
• Ricci-flat manifold
  • Calabi–Yau manifold
  • Hyperkähler manifold
    • K3 surface
  • G₂ manifold
  • Spin(7) manifold
• Generalized complex manifold
• Orbifold
• Conifold
• Orientifold
• Moduli space
• Hořava–Witten domain wall
• K-theory (physics)
• Twisted K-theory

Holography

• Holographic principle
• AdS/CFT correspondence

Gauge theory

• Anomalies
• Instantons
• Chern–Simons form
• Bogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield bound
• Exceptional Lie groups
  • G₂, F₄, E₆, E₇, E₈
• ADE classification
• Dirac string
• P-form electrodynamics

People

See also

• Glossary of string theory