John Henry Schwarz: Some Basic Superstring Theory

John Henry Schwarz

Part 1

• T-duality
• D-Brane
• Bosonic string
• D=26
• Degrees of freedom
• World sheet
• Covariant
• Wave equation
• Multi-value coordinate
• Winding number
• Center of mass
• Alpha prime
• String tension
• String length scale
• Commutation relation
• Sigma
• Tau
• Left mover
• Right mover
• String excitation
• Dp-brane
• D25-n-brane
• Type IIA
• Type IIB
• D0-brane
• Self dual
• Dirac quantization
• O9- plane
• O9+ plane
• Anti D9-brane
• USp(32)

Part 2

• Heterotic string
• Non perturbative string theory
• Dilaton field
• Majorana
• Gauge group
• M-theory
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