Closed superstrings vacua and string-string dualities

November 30 - December 7

Institut Henri Poincare

Costas Kounnas (LPTENS)

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Part 1 10-DIMENSIONAL SUPERSTRINGS

• Heterotic superstring

• Type IIA superstring

• Type IIB superstring

Part 2 LOWER DIMENSIONAL SUPERSTRING CONSTRUCTIONS

• Partition functions

• Moduli space and T-dualities

• Partial breaking of supersymmetry: N=8 N=4 N=2 N=1

• String effective supergravities in D=4

Part 3 HETEROTIC/TYPE IIA, IIB STRING DUALITIES

• R^2 and R^4 gravitational corrections as a test of the non-perturbative string dualities

• (Non-) perturbative spontaneous breaking of supersymmetry. Freely acting orbifolds, strings at finite temperature and type II0 strings