Superstrings '87
Subtitle: proceedings of the Trieste Spring School, 1-11 April 1987
By: edited by L. Alvarez-Gaume ... [et al.].
Contributors: Alvarez-Gaumé, Luis.; Trieste Spring School (1987 : International Centre for Theoretical Physics)
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Singapore; [Teaneck] N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
Subjects: String models -- Congresses.; Superstring theories -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
"Proceedings of the 1987 Spring School on Superstrings ... held at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics at Trieste, Italy"--Pref.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Lectures on complex manifolds / P. Candelas; title: Conformal field theory / M.T. Grisaru; title: String calculus : conformal field theory as a tool in string theory / Emil Martinec; title: Symmetry and algebras in string theory / Peter Goddard; title: Toroidal and orbifold compactification of heterotic string / K.S. Narain; title: String theory from a macroscopic point of view / Nathan Seiberg; title: Introduction to string field theory / Gary T. Horowitz; title: Lectures on closed string field theory / Andrew Strominger; title: New methods in string theory / L. Alvarez-Gaume, C. Gomez, and C. Reina.