Superstring Construction

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Current Physics — Sources and Comments
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Pages v-vi
A.N. Schellekens

Acknowledgements
Page vii

1 - Introduction
Page 1

2 - Conformal Field Theory for String Compactifications
Pages 3-30

3 - The Birth of Superstrings
Pages 31-32

Supersymmetry, Supergravity Theories and the Dual Spinor Model
Pages 33-70
F. GLIOZZI, J. SCHERK, D. OLIVE

Supersymmetrical String Theories
Pages 71-75
Michael B. GREEN, John H. SCHWARZ

Heterotic String Theory (I). The free heterotic string
Pages 76-107
David J. GROSS, Jeffrey A. HARVEY, Emil MARTINEC, Ryan ROHM

4 - Non-Supersymmetric Ten-Dimensional Strings
Pages 109-110

String Theories in Ten Dimensions without Spacetime Supersymmetry
Pages 111-123
L.J. DIXON, J.A. HARVEY

An O(16) × O(16) Heterotic String
Pages 124-131
L. ALVAREZ-GAUMÉ, P. GINSPARG, G. MOORE, C. VAFA

Spin Structures in String Theory
Pages 132-150
N. SEIBERG, E. WITTEN

Classification of closed-fermionic-string models
Pages 151-161
H. Kawai, D.C. Lewellen, S.-H.H. Tye

Ten-Dimensional Heterotic Strings from Niemeier Lattices
Pages 162-166
W. LERCHE, D. LÜST, A.N. SCHELLEKENS

5 - Four-Dimensional Heterotic Strings
Pages 167-171

Strings on Orbifolds
Pages 172-180
L. DIXON, J.A. HARVEY, C. VAFA, E. WITTEN

Strings on Orbifolds (II)
Pages 181-210
L. DIXON, J. HARVEY, C. VAFA, E. WITTEN

Orbifolds and Wilson Lines
Pages 211-218
L.E. IBÁÑEZ, H.P. NILLES, F. QUEVEDO

Asymmetric Orbifolds
Pages 219-245
K.S. NARAIN, M.H. SARMADI, C. VAFA

New Heterotic String Theories in Uncompactified Dimensions < 10
Pages 246-251
K.S. NARAIN

Chiral Four-Dimensional Heterotic Strings from Self-Dual Lattices
Pages 252-282
W. LERCHE, D. LÜST, A.N. SCHELLEKENS

Construction of Fermionic String Models in Four Dimensions
Pages 283-358
Hikaru KAWAI, David C. LEWELLEN, S.-H. Henry TYE

Four-Dimensional Superstrings
Pages 359-380
I. ANTONIADIS, C.P. BACHAS, C. KOUNNAS

Space-Time Supersymmetry in Compactified String Theory and Superconformal Models
Pages 381-402
Doron GEPNER

Exactly Solvable String Compactifications on Manifolds of Su(N) Holonomy
Pages 403-411
Doron GEPNER

6 - Four-Dimensional Type-II Strings
Pages 413-414

On the Compactification of the Closed Supersymmetric String
Pages 415-420
L. CASTELLANI, R. D‘AURIA, F. GLIOZZI, S. SCIUTO

A New Method of Incorporating Symmetry into Superstring Theory
Pages 421-441
R. BLUHM, L. DOLAN, P. GODDARD

Four-Dimensional type ii Strings and their Extensions: Type iii Strings
Pages 442-448
Hikaru KAWAI, David C. LEWELLEN, S.-H. Henry TYE

Covariant Lattices, Superconformal Invariance and Strings
Pages 449-469
W. LERCHE, B.E.W. NILSSON, A.N. SCHELLEKENS

On Four-Dimensional Gauge Theories from Type ii Superstrings
Pages 470-509
Lance J. DIXON, Vadim S. KAPLUNOVSKY, Cumrun VAFA

References
Pages 511-514