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*''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9411028 What is String Theory?]'' by Joseph Polchinski (hep-th/9411028, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9411028 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/9411028 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9411028 pdf], 153 pages, 30 figures) | *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9411028 What is String Theory?]'' by Joseph Polchinski (hep-th/9411028, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9411028 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/9411028 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9411028 pdf], 153 pages, 30 figures) | ||
*''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0302147 An Introduction to the Covariant Quantization of Superstrings]'' by P.A. Grassi, G. Policastro, P. van Nieuwenhuizen (hep-th/0302147, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0302147 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/0302147 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0302147 pdf], 23 pages) | *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0302147 An Introduction to the Covariant Quantization of Superstrings]'' by P.A. Grassi, G. Policastro, P. van Nieuwenhuizen (hep-th/0302147, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0302147 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/0302147 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0302147 pdf], 23 pages) | ||
*''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0211111 Lectures on Two-Loop Superstrings]'' by Eric D'Hoker, D.H. Phong (hep-th/0211111, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0211111 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/0211111 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0211111 pdf], | *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0211111 Lectures on Two-Loop Superstrings]'' by Eric D'Hoker, D.H. Phong (hep-th/0211111, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0211111 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/0211111 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0211111 pdf], 37 pages, 3 figures) | ||
*''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0209059 ICTP Lectures on Covariant Quantization of the Superstring]'' by Nathan Berkovits (hep-th/0209059, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0209059 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/0209059 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0209059 pdf], 43 pages) | *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0209059 ICTP Lectures on Covariant Quantization of the Superstring]'' by Nathan Berkovits (hep-th/0209059, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0209059 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/0209059 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0209059 pdf], 43 pages) | ||
*''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0204089 Open Strings]'' by Carlo Angelantonj, Augusto Sagnotti (hep-th/0204089, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0204089 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/0204089 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0204089 pdf], 156 pages) | *''[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0204089 Open Strings]'' by Carlo Angelantonj, Augusto Sagnotti (hep-th/0204089, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0204089 abs], [http://arxiv.org/ps/hep-th/0204089 ps], [http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0204089 pdf], 156 pages) |
Revision as of 18:22, 19 December 2006
Resource Letter NSST-1: The Nature and Status of String Theory by Marolf
Books
Lubos review of string theory text books
- String Theory by Joe Polchinski (two volumes, CUP, 1998): There are corrections listed on the Big Book of String homepage on Polchinski's homepage. Some of these corrections were made to the reprinting in 2000.
- Volume 1: An Introduction to the Bosonic String
- Volume 2: Superstring Theory and Beyond
- Superstring Theory by Michael Green, John Schwarz and Edward Witten (two volumes, CUP, 1988)
- Volume 1: Introduction
- Volume 2: Loop Amplitudes, Anomalies and Phenomenology
- String Theory and M-Theory by Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker and John Schwarz (CUP, 2006)
- A First Course in String Theory by Barton Zwiebach, (CUP)
- Supersymmetry and String Theory: Beyond the Standard Model by Michael Dine (CUP, 2007)
- Gravity and Strings by Tomás Ortín (CUP, 2004)
Reviews
- D'Hoker
- Les Houches Lectures on Fields, Strings and Duality by R. Dijkgraaf (hep-th/9703136, abs, ps, pdf, 152 pages, 31 figures)
- Introduction to Non-perturbative String Theory by Elias Kiritsis (hep-th/9708130, abs, ps, pdf, 60 pages, 4 figures)
- String Primer by E. Alvarez and P. Meessen (hep-th/9810240, abs, ps, pdf, 87 pages, 4 figures)
- TASI Lectures on Perturbative String Theories by Hirosi Ooguri, Zheng Yin (hep-th/9612254, abs, ps, pdf, 80 pages)
- What is String Theory? by Joseph Polchinski (hep-th/9411028, abs, ps, pdf, 153 pages, 30 figures)
- An Introduction to the Covariant Quantization of Superstrings by P.A. Grassi, G. Policastro, P. van Nieuwenhuizen (hep-th/0302147, abs, ps, pdf, 23 pages)
- Lectures on Two-Loop Superstrings by Eric D'Hoker, D.H. Phong (hep-th/0211111, abs, ps, pdf, 37 pages, 3 figures)
- ICTP Lectures on Covariant Quantization of the Superstring by Nathan Berkovits (hep-th/0209059, abs, ps, pdf, 43 pages)
- Open Strings by Carlo Angelantonj, Augusto Sagnotti (hep-th/0204089, abs, ps, pdf, 156 pages)
- TASI Lectures on Perturbative String Theory and Ramond-Ramond Flux by L. Dolan (hep-th/0201209, abs, ps, pdf, 39 pages)
- An Introduction to Conformal Field Theory by Matthias R Gaberdiel (hep-th/9910156, abs, ps, pdf, 69 pages)
- A New Description of the Superstring by Nathan Berkovits (hep-th/9604123, abs, ps, pdf)
- Introduction to Superstring Theory by E. Kiritsis (hep-th/9709062, abs, ps, pdf, 244 pages, 22 figures)
- An Introduction to Non-perturbative String Theory by Ashoke Sen (hep-th/9802051, abs, ps, pdf, 129 pages, 22 figures)
- Introduction to Superstring Theory by John H. Schwarz (hep-ex/0008017, abs, ps, pdf, 44 pages)
- Strings, Branes and Extra Dimensions by Stefan Forste (hep-th/0110055, abs, ps, pdf, 238 pages)
- String Theory or Field Theory? by A. Marshakov (hep-th/0212114, abs, ps, pdf, 56 pages, 18 figures)
- String theory: an update by Jan de Boer (hep-th/0210224, abs, ps, pdf, 20 pages, 2 figures)
- Introduction to String Theory by Thomas Mohaupt (hep-th/0207249, abs, ps, pdf, 78 pages)
- BUSSTEPP Lectures on String Theory by Richard J. Szabo (hep-th/0207142, abs, ps, pdf, 90 pages, 24 figures)
- Introduction to M-theory for relativists and cosmologists by Nobuyoshi Ohta (gr-qc/0205036, abs, ps, pdf, 28 pages, 7 figures)
- Topics on Strings, Branes and Calabi-Yau Compactifications by Hugo Garcia-Compean, Oscar Loaiza-Brito (hep-th/0010046, abs, ps, pdf, 50 pages, no figures)
- Lectures on Strings, D-branes and Gauge Theories by Hugo Garcia-Compean, Oscar Loaiza-Brito (hep-th/0003019, abs, ps, pdf, 38 pages, no figures)
- An introduction to perturbative and non-perturbative string theory by Ignatios Antoniadis, Guillaume Ovarlez (hep-th/9906108, abs, ps, pdf, 17 pages)
- Supergravity, Brane Dynamics and String Duality by P. West (hep-th/9811101, abs, ps, pdf, 109 pages, 2 figures)
- Introduction to M Theory by Miao Li (hep-th/9811019, abs, ps, pdf, 76 pages)
- String Primer by E. Alvarez, P. Meessen (hep-th/9810240, abs, ps, pdf, 87 pages, 4 figures)
- Lectures on Strings and Dualities by Cumrun Vafa (hep-th/9702201, abs, ps, pdf, 53 pages)
- Fields, Strings and Branes by C. Gomez, R. Hernandez (hep-th/9711102, abs, ps, pdf, 176 pages, 6 figures)
- Les Houches Lectures on Fields, Strings and Duality by R. Dijkgraaf (hep-th/9703136, abs, ps, pdf, 152 pages, 31 figures)