num_pages: 450
description: One of the weaknesses of the otherwise elegant string theories has been convincing anything in the real world to abide by them. Here 23 papers look at recent developments in establishing a link between experiment and the formal theoretical structure in order to select from the alternative versions of superstring theory. They include discussions of non-perturbative effects from orbifold constructions, supersymmetry breaking effects by analytic continuation into superspace, chiral gauge theories and D-branes, and new perspectives in string phenomenology from dualities. Some of the reproduced typescripts are double spaced. There is no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Phenomenological Aspects of Superstring Theories (Past '97): Proceedings of the Workshop Ictp, Trieste, Italy 2-4 October 1997
titlecomplete: Phenomenological Aspects of Superstring Theories (Past '97): Proceedings of the Workshop Ictp, Trieste, Italy 2-4 October 1997
publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc