List of string theory topics
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This is a list of string theory topics.
String theory
Strings
Nambu–Goto action
Polyakov action
Bosonic string theory
Superstring theory
Type I string
Type II string
Type IIA string theory
Type IIB string theory
Heterotic string
N=2 superstring
M-theory
Matrix theory
Introduction to M-theory
F-theory
String field theory
Matrix string theory
Nonlinear sigma model
Tachyon condensation
RNS formalism
String theory landscape
History of string theory
First superstring revolution
Second superstring revolution
String duality
T-duality
S-duality
U-duality
Montonen–Olive duality
Mysterious duality
Particles and fields
Graviton
Dilaton
Tachyon
Ramond–Ramond field
Kalb–Ramond field
Magnetic monopole
Branes
D-brane
S-brane
Black brane
Black holes
Black string
Brane cosmology
Quiver diagram
Hanany–Witten transition
Supersymmetry
Supergravity
Superspace
Lie superalgebra
Lie supergroup
Conformal field theory
Two-dimensional conformal field theory
Virasoro algebra
Mirror symmetry
Conformal anomaly
Conformal algebra
Superconformal algebra
Vertex operator algebra
Loop algebra
Kac–Moody algebra
Wess–Zumino–Witten model
Monstrous moonshine
Geometry
Kaluza–Klein theory
Compactification
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