Status of Superstring and M-Theory

Abstract

The first lecture gives a colloquium-level overview of string theory and M-theory. The second lecture surveys various attempts to construct a viable model of particle physics. A recently proposed approach, based on F-theory, is emphasized.

Lectures presented at the Erice 2008 International School of Subnuclear Physics; v2: one paragraph revised and references added

References in corpus (8)

• Viscosity in Strongly Interacting Quantum Field Theories from Black Hole Physics
• Four-dimensional String Compactifications with D-Branes, Orientifolds and Fluxes
• Flux Compactification
• Toward an AdS/cold atoms correspondence: a geometric realization of the Schroedinger symmetry
• Gravity duals for non-relativistic CFTs
• An SU(5) Heterotic Standard Model
• New Aspects of Heterotic--F Theory Duality
• D-branes at Singularities and String Phenomenology