Mathematical Aspects Of String Theory - Proceedings Of The Conference On Mathematical Aspects Of String Theory
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Mathematical Aspects Of String Theory - Proceedings Of The Conference On Mathematical Aspects Of String Theory

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Mathematical Aspects Of String Theory - Proceedings Of The Conference On Mathematical Aspects Of String Theory

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Contents:

  • Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, Path Integrals and String (B Hatfield)
  • From Polyakov to Moduli (J Polchinski)
  • Geometry of Quantum Strings (E D'Hoker & D H Phong)
  • BRST Quantization and BRST Cohomology (N Marcus & A Sagnotti)
  • Analytic Structure of Two-Dimensional Quantum Field Theories (P Nelson)
  • Geometrical Meaning of Currents in String Theory (O Alvarez & P Windey)
  • String Field Theory and the Geometry of Moduli Space (S Giddings)
  • String Theory Without a Background Spacetime Geometry (G Horowitz)
  • Holomorphic Curves on Manifolds of SU(3) Holonomy (E Witten)
  • Vertex Operator Calculus (I Frenkel et al.)
  • On Determinant Line Bundles (D Freed)
  • h -Invariant and the Index (I Singer)
  • Action Principles and Global Geometry (G Zuckerman)
  • Introduction to Moduli Space of Curves (J Harris)
  • Moduli Space of Punctured Surfaces (R Penner)
  • Geometric Complex Coordinates for Teichmüller Space (A Marden)
  • Asymptotics of the Selberg Zeta Function and the Polyakov Bosonic Integrand (S Wolpert)
  • Super Riemann Surfaces (J Rabin)
  • Divisors on Mg and the Cosmological Constant (M Chang & Z Ran)
  • Severi Problem: A Post-Mortem (?) (Z Ran)
  • Slope of Subvarieties of M 15 (6 2/3 ≤ S 15 ≤ 6 3/4) (M Chang & Z Ran)
  • Arithmetic Intersections (G Faltings)
  • Deformation Theory for Cohomology of Analytic Vector Bundles on Kähler Manifolds (M Green & R Lazarsfeld)
  • Topology and Geometry in Superstring-Inspired Phenomenology (B Greene et al.)
  • Yukawa Couplings between (2, 1)-Forms (P Candelas)
  • Three-Dimensional Algebraic Maniforlds with C 1 =0 and x=-6 (G Tian & S T Yau)
  • Hermitian-Yang-Mills Connection on Non-Kähler Manifolds (J Li & S T Yau)
  • Existence of Kähler-Einstein Metrics on Complete Kähler Manifolds (G Tian & S T Yau)
  • Smoothness of the Universal Deformation Space of Compact Calabi-Yau Manifolds and its Peterson-Weil Metric (G Tian)
  • Critical Phenomena (S Shenker)


Readership: Mathematical and high energy physicists.

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Table of contents

  1. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  2. PREFACE
  3. Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, Path Integrals, and Strings
  4. FROM POLYAKOV TO MODULI
  5. GEOMETRY OF QUANTUM STRINGS*+
  6. BRST QUANTIZATION AND BRST COHOMOLOGY
  7. ANALYTIC STRUCTURE OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM FIELD THEORIES
  8. The Geometrical Meaning of Currents in String Theory
  9. STRING FIELD THEORY AND THE GEOMETRY OF MODULI SPACE*
  10. String Theory Without a Background Spacetime Geometry*
  11. HOLOMORPHIC CURVES ON MANIFOLDS OF SU(3) HOLONOMY
  12. VERTEX OPERATOR CALCULUS
  13. On Determinant Line Bundles
  14. THE Ρ-INVARIANT AND THE INDEX
  15. ACTION PRINCIPLES AND GLOBAL GEOMETRY
  16. An Introduction to the Moduli Space of Curves
  17. The Moduli Space of Punctured Surfaces
  18. Geometric Complex Coordinates for TeichmĂźller Space
  19. ASYMPTOTICS OF THE SELBERG ZETA FUNCTION AND THE POLYAKOV BOSONIC INTEGRAND
  20. ASYMPTOTICS OF THE SELBBRG ZETA FUNCTION AND THE POLYAKOV BOSONIC INTEGRAND
  21. Super Riemann Surfaces*
  22. DIVISORS ON Mg‾ AND THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT
  23. THE SEVERI PROBLEM: A Post-Mortem (?)
  24. A NOTE ON THE SLOPE OF SUBVARIETIES OF M15( 6 2/3 ≤ S15 ≤ 6 3/4 )
  25. Report on arithmetic intersections
  26. A DEFORMATION THEORY FOR COHOMOLOGY OF ANALYTIC VECTOR BUNDLES ON KAHLER MANIFOLDS, WITH APPLICATIONS
  27. Topology and Geometry in Superstring-Inspired Phenomenology
  28. Yukawa Couplings Between (2,1)-Forms
  29. Three dimensional algebraic manifolds with C1 = 0 and X = -6
  30. He rmitian-Yang-Mills Connection on Non-Kähler Manifolds
  31. Existence of Kähler-Einstein metrics on complete Kählerm manifolds and their applications to algebraic geometry
  32. Smoothness of the Universal Deformation Space of Compact Calabi-Yau Manifolds and Its Peterson-Weil Metric
  33. AN ELEMENTARY INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL PHENOMENA
  34. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS