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 Why 10 dimensions? Kähler manifold Ricci-flat manifold Calabi–Yau manifold Hyperkähler manifold K3 surface G2 manifold Spin(7) manifold Generalized complex manifold Orbifold Conifold Orientifold Moduli space Hořava–Witten domain wall K-theory (physics) Twisted K-theory
Holography
Holographic principle AdS/CFT correspondence
Gauge theory
Anomalies Instantons Chern–Simons form Bogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield bound Exceptional Lie groups G2, F4, E6, E7, E8 ADE classification Dirac string P-form electrodynamics
People
Mina Aganagić Daniele Amati Amir Amini Husam Qutteina Nima Arkani-Hamed Paul S. Aspinwall Michael Francis Atiyah Tom Banks David Berenstein Jan de Boer Raphael Bousso Robert Brandenberger Curtis Callan Eugène Cremmer Atish Dabholkar Emilio Del Giudice Paolo Di Vecchia Robbert Dijkgraaf Michael Dine Jacques Distler Louise Dolan Michael Douglas Michael Duff Giorgi Dvali Sergio Ferrara Willy Fischler Daniel Friedan Rajesh Gopakumar Sylvester James Gates Michael Green Brian Greene David Gross Steven Gubser Sergei Gukov Alan Guth Jeffrey Harvey Petr Hořava Gary Horowitz Tasneem Zehra Husain Gary Gibbons Clifford V. Johnson Michio Kaku Renata Kallosh Theodor Kaluza Anton Kapustin Igor Klebanov Oskar Klein Juan Martín Maldacena Donald Marolf Emil Martinec Shiraz Minwalla Gregory Moore Luboš Motl Sunil Mukhi Robert Myers K. S. Narain Horațiu Năstase Nikita Nekrasov André Neveu Dimitri Nanopoulos Holger Bech Nielsen Peter van Nieuwenhuizen David Olive Hirosi Ooguri Burt Ovrut Joseph Polchinski Alexander Polyakov Arvind Rajaraman Lisa Randall Seifallah Randjbar-Daemi Martin Rocek John H. Schwarz Nathan Seiberg Ashoke Sen Suvankar Dutta Samson Shatashvili Steve Shenker Warren Siegel Eva Silverstein Matthias Staudacher Paul Steinhardt Andrew Strominger Leonard Susskind Charles Thorn Paul Townsend Sandip Trivedi Neil Turok Cumrun Vafa Gabriele Veneziano Erik Verlinde Herman Verlinde Edward Witten Tamiaki Yoneya Alexander Zamolodchikov Alexei Zamolodchikov Barton Zwiebach
See also
Glossary of string theory