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Recent Developments in String Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

After briefly reviewing basic concepts of perturbative string theory, we explain in simple terms some of the new findings that created excitement among the string physicists. These developments include non-perturbative dualities and a unified picture that embraces the so-far known theories. (An overview for non-experts)

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9710246,
  title  = {Recent Developments in String Theory},
  author = {W. Lerche},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9710246},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

16 p, latex, lprocl.sty, 12 figs, Contribution to the Proceedings of Lepton-Photon 97. Continuous updates at http://nxth21.cern.ch/~lerche/papers/strings.ps.gz