String theory: an update

Abstract

An overview of some of the developments in string theory over the past two years is given, focusing on four topics: realistic (standard model like) models from string theory, geometric engineering and theories with fluxes, the gauge theory-gravity correspondence, and time dependent backgrounds and string theory. Plenary talk at ICHEP'02, Amsterdam, July 24-31, 2002.

20 pages, 2 figures, uses espcrc2.sty, v2: several references added, apologies for the delay in submitting this updated version

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• Strings in Time-Dependent Orbifolds
• Orientifolds of K3 and Calabi-Yau Manifolds with Intersecting D-branes
• Time Evolution in Open String Theory
• Cosmological Spacetimes from Negative Tension Brane Backgrounds

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