This is a collection of important papers presented by an international group of outstanding scientists at a seminar on strings and symmetries held in Stony Brook. This volume contains reviews on modern string theory and particle physics, including supersymmetric quantization, supergravity, conformal field theory, topological field theory, string phenomenology, matrix models, and W gravity. This proceedings is both an excellent introduction as well as reference source for researchers.
Matrix models of d=2 gravity, E. Brezin; continuum approaches to 2D quantum gravity, E. D'Hoker; topological field theory and 2D gravity, R. Dijkgraaf; classical and quantum w-gravity, C. Hull; superstring compactification and target space duality, J. Schwarz; first quantization and supersymmetric field theories, W. Siegel; superstrings special geometry and automorphic function, S. Ferrara; some lessons from 2-dimensional string theory, D. Gross; duality between strings and fivebranes, M. Duff; matrix models at finite n, H. Itoyama; exceptional states in 2-dimensional quantum gravity, A. Polyakov; quantization deforms W{infinity} to W{infinity} gravity, C. Pope; induced action and geometry of W-gravity, A. Sevrin; on string theory and black holes, E. Witten; noncummutative geometry and quantum field theory, B. Zumino.
Berkovits Nathan, Nathan Jacob Berkovits, Lars Brink, Ling-lie Chau, Kok Khoo Phua, Charles B Thorn, Brazil) Berkovits, Nathan Jacob (Sao Paulo State Univ, Sweden) Brink, Lars (Chalmers University Of Technology, Usa) Chau, Ling-lie (Univ Of California, Davis, S'pore) Phua, Kok Khoo (Ntu, Usa) Thorn, Charles B (Univ Of Florida