SUPERGRAVITY, SUPERSTRINGS & M-THEORY

September 18th, 2000 - February 9th, 2001

The semester has presented the state of the art in theories of supergravity, superstrings, and in possible extensions, in particular the conjectured M-theory in 11 dimensions.

Courses given at the CEB(*) ((*) Marie Curie Training Site of the EC)


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K. STELLE Bosonic string theory(28h) (Sep. 19-Oct. 31)
G. GIBBONS General relativity(8h) (Sep. 20-Sept. 27)
C. SCHWEIGERT Conformal and superconformal theories for superstrings(12h) (Sep. 25-Oct. 6)
M. DUFLO Lie superalgebras(8h) (Sep. 25.-Oct. 2)
P.C. WEST Global supersymmetry(8h) (Sep. 26-Sep. 28)
G. HOROWITZ Black holes, de Sitter and anti de Sitter spaces(8h) (Oct. 4-Oct. 11)
R. GRIMM Superspace geometry(12h) (Oct. 5-Oct. 19)
D. MORRISON Basics of algebraic geometry for string theorists(16h) (Oct. 9-Nov. 6)
P. VAN NIEUWENHUIZEN N=1 supergravity and couplings to matter(16h) (Oct. 10-Oct. 18)
P. CANDELAS Calabi-Yau manifolds and mirror symmetry(8h) (Oct. 20-Oct. 27)
A. SCHWIMMER Intoduction to anomalies(4h) (Oct. 25)
E. SOKATCHEV Harmonic superspace(8h) (Oct. 26-Nov. 2)
J.-B. BOST Introduction to theory of algebraic curves and Riemann surfaces(8h) (Nov. 3-Nov. 10)
P. FAYET Introduction to physics of supersymmetry(4h) (Nov. 6-Nov. 7)
B. JULIA Eleven dimensional supergravity and its exceptional duality symmetries(8h) (Nov. 7-Nov. 14)
C. POPE Kaluza-Klein theories(8h) (Nov. 8-Nov. 17)
A. VAN PROEYEN N=2 supergravity and couplings to matter(12h) (Nov. 9-Nov. 23)
D.Z. FREEDMAN The AdS/CFT correspondance(8h) (Nov. 13-Nov. 21)
E. D'HOKER & D. PHONG Superstring perturbation theory(16h) (Nov. 13-Nov. 28)
S. FERRARA Aspects of supersymmetry and supergravity in higher dimensions(8h) (Nov. 15-Nov. 22)
C. ANGELANTONJ Open string spectra(10h) (Nov. 24-Dec. 6)
K. STELLE BPS branes in supergravity(10h) (Nov. 27-Nov. 29)
C. KOUNNAS Closed superstrings vacua and string-string dualities(8h) (Nov. 30-Dec. 7)
C. BACHAS D-branes(8h) (Dec. 4-Dec. 11)
A. CONNES Non commutative geometry(4h) (Dec.5)
C. HULL Duality and M-theory(8h) (Dec. 6-Dec. 18)
M. KONTSEVICH Mathematical aspects of mirror symmetry(6h) (Dec. 6-Dec. 13)
M. DOUGLAS Branes, gauge theory and instantons(8h) (Dec. 12-Dec. 19)
M. CVETIC Physics of four-dimensional solutions of string theory(6h) (Dec. 13-Dec. 14)
P.K. TOWNSEND Intertecting branes in field theories(6h) (Dec. 15-Dec. 20)
J.H. SCHWARZ Non BPS D-brane systems(6h) (Dec. 18-Dec. 21)
S. SHENKER Perspectives in M-theory(4h) (Dec. 18-Dec.19)
G. VENEZIANO String cosmology: the pre-big bang scenario(6h) (Jan. 5-Jan. 9)
P. BINETRUY Brane cosmology/ Some aspects of the cosmological constant(6h) (Jan. 8-Jan. 10)
A. BILAL Duality in N=2 SUSY gauge theories(4h) (Jan. 11)
B. OVRUT Heterotic M-theory: a fundamental brane universe theory(8h) (Jan. 12-Jan. 16)
I. KLEBANOV D-branes on cones and gravity duals of large N field theories(4h) (Jan. 15)
I. ANTONIADIS Strings and D-branes physics at low energy(6h) (Jan. 15-Jan. 22)
G. PAPADOPOULOS Intersecting M-branes and calibrations(6h) (Jan. 17-Jan. 19)
E. KIRITSIS Heterotic/type II duality, conifold transitions and Seiberg-Witten geometry(8h) (Jan. 18-Jan.25)
A. HANANY Branes and gauge theories dynamics(8h) (Jan. 23-Jan. 30)
S.-J. REY Non commutative gauge theories and supergravity duals(4h) (Jan. 24-Jan. 26)
S. SHATASHVILI On field theory of open strings, tachyon condensation and closed strings(4h) (Jan. 29)

Organizers

Ignatios ANTONIADIS (École polytechnique, Palaiseau) : antoniad@cpht.polytechnique.fr

Eugene CREMMER (École normale supérieure, Paris) : cremmer@lpt.ens.fr

Kellogg STELLE (Imperial College, Londres) : k.stelle@ic.ac.uk


European Network School IHP 2001

Latest developments in M-theory (February 1-8, 2001)

Organizing committee:Eric BERGSHOEFF, Anna CERESOLE, Eugene CREMMER, Kellogg STELLE

C. JOHNSON Gauge-theory/gravity duals: a ten-dimensional perspective  
P. FRE Supergravity tools for string theory  
L. ALVAREZ-GAUME Non-commutative field theories  
G. MOORE RR-flux, K-theory and D-branes  
R. GREGORY Braneworlds  
M. BIANCHI (Non)-perturbative field theory tests of the AdS/CFT correspondance