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| ===Books===
| | see also [[Branes]], [[The AdS/CFT correspondence]] |
| *''D-Branes'' by Clifford Johnson (CUP, 2003)
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| *''String Theory'' by Joe Polchinski (two volumes, CUP, 1998): There are [http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/~joep/errata.html corrections] listed on the [http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/~joep/bigbook.html Big Book of String homepage] on [http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/~joep/ Polchinski's homepage]. Some of these corrections were made to the reprinting in 2000.
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| **''Volume 1: An Introduction to the Bosonic String''
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| **''Volume 2: Superstring Theory and Beyond''
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| ===Reviews=== | | ===books=== |
| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9806199 Lectures on D-branes]'' by Constantin P. Bachas (hep-th/9806199, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9806199 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/9806199 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9806199 pdf], 61 pages, 8 figures)
| | '''D-Branes'''<br> |
| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0007170 D-Brane Primer]'' by Clifford V. Johnson (hep-th/0007170, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0007170 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/0007170 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0007170 pdf], 222 pages)
| | by Clifford Johnson (CUP, 2003)<br> |
| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9611050 TASI Lectures on D-Branes]'' by Joseph Polchinski (hep-th/9611050, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9611050 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/9611050 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9611050 pdf], 63 pages, 13 figures)
| | This begins with a pedagogical quantization of a |
| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9912161 D branes in string theory, I]'' by Paolo Di Vecchia, Antonella Liccardo (hep-th/9912161, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9912161 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/9912161 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9912161 pdf], 58 pages)
| | single string and moves on to address many modern topics such as |
| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9912275 D branes in string theory, II]'' by Paolo Di Vecchia, Antonella Liccardo (hep-th/9912275, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9912275 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/9912275 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9912275 pdf], 43 pages)
| | fractional branes, the enhancon mechanism, and dielectric branes. |
| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0307104 Gauge Theories from D Branes]'' by Paolo Di Vecchia, Antonella Liccardo (hep-th/0307104, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0307104 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/0307104 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0307104 pdf], 46 pages): A condensed summary of the above two papers.
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| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0303072 Nonabelian Phenomena on D-branes]'' by (hep-th/0303072, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0303072 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/0303072 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0303072 pdf], Robert C. Myers )
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| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9611214 Scattering of Strings from D-branes]'' by Akikazu Hashimoto, Igor Klebanov (hep-th/9611214, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9611214 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/9611214 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9611214 pdf], 16 pages, 4 figures)
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| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9812196 Etudes on D-Branes]'' by Clifford V. Johnson (hep-th/9812196, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9812196 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/9812196 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9812196 pdf], 56 pages, 12 figures)
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| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9802067 Brane Dynamics and Gauge Theory]'' by A. Giveon, D. Kutasov (hep-th/9802067, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9802067 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/9802067 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9802067 pdf], 291 pages, 52 figures)
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| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0210249 Worldvolume Dynamics of Branes]'' by J. M. Camino (hep-th/0210249, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0210249 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/0210249 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0210249 pdf], 196 pages)
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| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0209230 On Algebraic Singularities, Finite Graphs and D-Brane Gauge Theories: A String Theoretic Perspective]'' by Yang-Hui He (hep-th/0209230, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0209230 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/0209230 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0209230 pdf], 513 pages, 71 figures)
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| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0201113 D-branes from conformal field theory]'' by Matthias R Gaberdiel (hep-th/0201113, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0201113 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/0201113 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0201113 pdf], 19 pages, 4 figures)
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| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0010015 A Brief History of the Stringy Instanton]'' by Nick Dorey, Timothy J. Hollowood, Valentin V. Khoze (hep-th/0010015, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0010015 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/0010015 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0010015 pdf], 17 pages)
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| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9708078 Introduction to D-branes]'' by Larus Thorlacius (hep-th/9708078, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9708078 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/9708078 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9708078 pdf], 13 pages, 4 figures)
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| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9701019 (Half) a Lecture on D-branes]'' by C. Bachas (hep-th/9701019, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9701019 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/9701019 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9701019 pdf], 20 pages)
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| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9610041 Superstring Dualities, Dirichlet Branes and the Small Scale Structure of Space]'' by Michael R. Douglas (hep-th/9610041, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9610041 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/9610041 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9610041 pdf], 29 pages)
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| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9606196 Introduction to D-Branes]'' by Clifford V. Johnson (hep-th/9606196, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9606196 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/9606196 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9606196 pdf], 6 pages, 6 figures)
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| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9602052 Notes on D-Branes]'' by Joseph Polchinski, Shyamoli Chaudhuri, Clifford V. Johnson (hep-th/9602052, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9602052 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/9602052 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9602052 pdf], 45 pages)
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| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0004198 D-branes and boundary states in closed string theories]'' by Ben Craps (hep-th/0004198, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0004198 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/0004198 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0004198 pdf], 210 pages, 24 figures)
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| ===Papers=== | | ===reviews=== |
| *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9510017 Dirichlet-Branes and Ramond-Ramond Charges]'' by Joseph Polchinski (hep-th/9510017, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9510017 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/9510017 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9510017 pdf])
| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9806199 Lectures on D-branes]<br> |
| | by Constantin P. Bachas (hep-th/9806199, 61 pages, 8 figures) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0007170 D-Brane Primer]<br> |
| | by Clifford V. Johnson (hep-th/0007170, 222 pages) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9611050 TASI Lectures on D-Branes]<br> |
| | by Joseph Polchinski (hep-th/9611050, 63 pages, 13 figures) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9912161 D branes in string theory, I]<br> |
| | by Paolo Di Vecchia, Antonella Liccardo (hep-th/9912161, 58 pages) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9912275 D branes in string theory, II]<br> |
| | by Paolo Di Vecchia, Antonella Liccardo (hep-th/9912275, 43 pages) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0307104 Gauge Theories from D Branes]<br> |
| | by Paolo Di Vecchia, Antonella Liccardo (hep-th/0307104, 46 pages)<br> |
| | a condensed summary of the above two papers |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0303072 Nonabelian Phenomena on D-branes]<br> |
| | by Robert C. Myers (hep-th/0303072) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9611214 Scattering of Strings from D-branes]<br> |
| | by Akikazu Hashimoto, Igor Klebanov (hep-th/9611214, 16 pages, 4 figures) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9812196 Etudes on D-Branes]<br> |
| | by Clifford V. Johnson (hep-th/9812196, 56 pages, 12 figures) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9802067 Brane Dynamics and Gauge Theory]<br> |
| | by A. Giveon, D. Kutasov (hep-th/9802067, 291 pages, 52 figures) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0210249 Worldvolume Dynamics of Branes]<br> |
| | by J. M. Camino (hep-th/0210249, 196 pages) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0209230 On Algebraic Singularities, Finite Graphs and D-Brane Gauge Theories: A String Theoretic Perspective]<br> |
| | by Yang-Hui He (hep-th/0209230, 513 pages, 71 figures) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0201113 D-branes from conformal field theory]<br> |
| | by Matthias R Gaberdiel (hep-th/0201113, 19 pages, 4 figures) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0010015 A Brief History of the Stringy Instanton]<br> |
| | by Nick Dorey, Timothy J. Hollowood, Valentin V. Khoze (hep-th/0010015, 17 pages) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9708078 Introduction to D-branes]<br> |
| | by Larus Thorlacius (hep-th/9708078, 13 pages, 4 figures) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9701019 (Half) a Lecture on D-branes]<br> |
| | by C. Bachas (hep-th/9701019, 20 pages) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9610041 Superstring Dualities, Dirichlet Branes and the Small Scale Structure of Space]<br> |
| | by Michael R. Douglas (hep-th/9610041, 29 pages) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9606196 Introduction to D-Branes]<br> |
| | by Clifford V. Johnson (hep-th/9606196, 6 pages, 6 figures) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9602052 Notes on D-Branes]<br> |
| | by Joseph Polchinski, Shyamoli Chaudhuri, Clifford V. Johnson (hep-th/9602052, 45 pages) |
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| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0004198 D-branes and boundary states in closed string theories]<br> |
| | by Ben Craps (hep-th/0004198, 210 pages, 24 figures) |
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| | ===papers=== |
| | [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9510017 Dirichlet-Branes and Ramond-Ramond Charges]<br> |
| | by Joseph Polchinski (hep-th/9510017) |
see also Branes, The AdS/CFT correspondence
books
D-Branes
by Clifford Johnson (CUP, 2003)
This begins with a pedagogical quantization of a
single string and moves on to address many modern topics such as
fractional branes, the enhancon mechanism, and dielectric branes.
reviews
Lectures on D-branes
by Constantin P. Bachas (hep-th/9806199, 61 pages, 8 figures)
D-Brane Primer
by Clifford V. Johnson (hep-th/0007170, 222 pages)
TASI Lectures on D-Branes
by Joseph Polchinski (hep-th/9611050, 63 pages, 13 figures)
D branes in string theory, I
by Paolo Di Vecchia, Antonella Liccardo (hep-th/9912161, 58 pages)
D branes in string theory, II
by Paolo Di Vecchia, Antonella Liccardo (hep-th/9912275, 43 pages)
Gauge Theories from D Branes
by Paolo Di Vecchia, Antonella Liccardo (hep-th/0307104, 46 pages)
a condensed summary of the above two papers
Nonabelian Phenomena on D-branes
by Robert C. Myers (hep-th/0303072)
Scattering of Strings from D-branes
by Akikazu Hashimoto, Igor Klebanov (hep-th/9611214, 16 pages, 4 figures)
Etudes on D-Branes
by Clifford V. Johnson (hep-th/9812196, 56 pages, 12 figures)
Brane Dynamics and Gauge Theory
by A. Giveon, D. Kutasov (hep-th/9802067, 291 pages, 52 figures)
Worldvolume Dynamics of Branes
by J. M. Camino (hep-th/0210249, 196 pages)
On Algebraic Singularities, Finite Graphs and D-Brane Gauge Theories: A String Theoretic Perspective
by Yang-Hui He (hep-th/0209230, 513 pages, 71 figures)
D-branes from conformal field theory
by Matthias R Gaberdiel (hep-th/0201113, 19 pages, 4 figures)
A Brief History of the Stringy Instanton
by Nick Dorey, Timothy J. Hollowood, Valentin V. Khoze (hep-th/0010015, 17 pages)
Introduction to D-branes
by Larus Thorlacius (hep-th/9708078, 13 pages, 4 figures)
(Half) a Lecture on D-branes
by C. Bachas (hep-th/9701019, 20 pages)
Superstring Dualities, Dirichlet Branes and the Small Scale Structure of Space
by Michael R. Douglas (hep-th/9610041, 29 pages)
Introduction to D-Branes
by Clifford V. Johnson (hep-th/9606196, 6 pages, 6 figures)
Notes on D-Branes
by Joseph Polchinski, Shyamoli Chaudhuri, Clifford V. Johnson (hep-th/9602052, 45 pages)
D-branes and boundary states in closed string theories
by Ben Craps (hep-th/0004198, 210 pages, 24 figures)
papers
Dirichlet-Branes and Ramond-Ramond Charges
by Joseph Polchinski (hep-th/9510017)