Contents:
- Stringy Unification. Dualities:
- Aspects of M Theory and Phenomenology (J Ellis)
- Heterotic Versus Type I (C Bachas)
- Non-Supersymmetric String Theories: Duality, Stability, and Phase Structure (K R Dienes)
- Analytic Invariants and Moduli Spaces in Dual Supersymmetric Theories (Ph Brax et al.)
- Non-Perturbative Effects from Orbifold Constructions (G Aldazabal)
- Supersymmetry Breaking and Superstrings:
- SUSY Breaking in M-Theory (M Quiros)
- Supersymmetry Breaking in M-Theory and Quantization Rules (E Dudas)
- Supersymmetry Breaking Effects by Analytic Continuation into Superspace (R Rattazzi)
- Some Implications of Strongly Coupled Supersymmetric Gauge Theories (G Dvali)
- Constant Versus Field Dependent Gauge Couplings in Supersymmetric Theories (C P Burgess et al.)
- Implications of Soft SUSY Breaking Parameters in Superstring Models (T Kobayashi)
- Supersymmetry Breakdown from the Far Side (H P Nilles)
- Supersymmetry Breaking with Anomalous U(1) (A Pomarol)
- Superstrings and Fermion Masses:
- Chiral Gauge Theories and D-Branes (J Lykken et al.)
- Partial Breaking of SUSY and Creation of Chirality in String Theory (C Kounnas)
- Fermion Masses Without Yukawa Couplings (F Borzumati et al.)
- Effective Interactions of Light Gravitino: A Theoretical and Phenomenological Update (F Zwirner)
- New Particles from Superstrings. Phenomenology of Extra U(1) Symmetries:
- Supersymmetric U(1) at the TeV Scale (E Keith & E Ma)
- Axions and the Strong CP Problem in Four-Dimensional Effective Supergravity of M-Theory (K Choi)
- CP Violation by Soft Supersymmetry Breaking Terms in Orbifold Compactifications (D Bailin et al.)
- What are We Learning about Supersymmetry from Not Having Discovered It Yet? (S Pokorski)
- R-Parity and R-Symmetry. Baryon and Lepton Number Violation:
- Natural R-Parity Violation and Neutrino Masses (K Babu)
- Modulino as Natural Candidate for a Sterile Neutrino (K Benakli)
- HERA High Q² Events and Supersymmetric Solution (D Choudhury)
- Left Right SUSY and the Fate of R-Parity (C S Aulakh)
- Superstrings and Cosmology:
- Inflation, Affleck–Dine Baryogenesis and Superstrings (A Casas)
- D-Term Inflation: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (A Riotto)
- New Perspectives in String Phenomenology from Dualities (L E Ibañez)
Readership: High energy physicists, theoretical physicists, astronomers, astrophysicists and cosmologists.