Phenomenological Aspects of Superstring Theories (PAST-97)
The Table of Contents for the book is as follows:
Preface
1. String Unification. Dualities
Aspects of M Theory and Phenomenology
Heterotic Versus Type I
Non-Supersymmetric String Theories: Duality, Stability, and Phase Structure
Analytic Invariants and Moduli Spaces in Dual Supersymmetric Theories
Non-Perturbative Effects from Orbifold Constructions
2. Supersymmetry Breaking and Superstrings
SUSY Breaking in M-Theory
Supersymmetry Breaking in M-Theory and Quantization Rules
Supersymmetry Breaking Effects by Analytic Continuation into Superspace
Some Implications of Strongly Coupled Supersymmetric Gauge Theories
Constant Versus Field Dependent Gauge Couplings in Supersymmetric Theories
Implications of Soft SUSY Breaking Parameters in Superstring Models
Supersymmetry Breakdown from the Far Side
Supersymmetry Breaking with Anomalous U(1)
3. Superstrings and Fermion Masses
Chiral Gauge Theories and D-Branes
Partial Breaking of SUSY and Creation of Chirality in String Theory
Fermion Masses Without Yukawa Couplings
Effective Interactions of Light Gravitinos: A Theoretical and Phenomenological Update
4. New Particles from Superstrings. Phenomenology of Extra U(1) Symmetries
Supersymmetric U(1) at the TeV Scale
Axions and the Strong CP Problem in Four-Dimensional Effective Supergravity of M-Theory
CP Violation by Soft Supersymmetry Breaking Terms in Orbifold Compactifications
What Are We Learning About Supersymmetry from Not Having Discovered it Yet?
5. R-Parity and R-Symmetry. Baryon and Lepton Number Violation
Natural R-Parity Violation and Neutrino Masses
Modulino as Natural Candidate for a Sterile Neutrino
HERA High Q2 Events and Supersymmetric Solution
Left Right SUSY and the Fate of R-Parity
6. Superstrings and Cosmology
Inflation, Affleck–Dine Baryogenesis and Superstrings
D-Term Inflation: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
New Perspectives in String Phenomenology from Dualities
