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.
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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) |
Eugene CREMMER (École normale supérieure, Paris) : cremmer@lpt.ens.fr
Kellogg STELLE (Imperial College, Londres) : k.stelle@ic.ac.uk
| 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 |