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
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