This article reviews the matrix model of M theory. M theory is an 11-dimensional quantum
theory of gravity that is believed to underlie all superstring theories. M theory is currently the …

We extend the usual world-volume action for a Dp-brane to the case of N coincident Dp-
branes where the world-volume theory involves a U (N) gauge theory. The guiding principle …

It is a pleasure for me to contribute to the Yuri Golfand memorial volume. I met Yuri several
times during his occasional visits of Lebedev Institute in the 80's. Two of our discussions in …

A bstract In this work, we study the decay of\(\overline {D3}\)-branes in the setup of Kachru,
Pearson, and Verlinde (KPV) at higher order in α′ from the perspective of a …

This is a review on brane effective actions, their symmetries and some of their applications.
Its first part covers the Green-Schwarz formulation of single M-and D-brane effective actions …

Following is a collection of lecture notes on D–branes, which may be used by the reader as
preparation for applications to modern research applications such as: the AdS/CFT and …

In this paper, we study the matrix model proposed by Berenstein, Maldacena, and Nastase
to describe M-theory on the maximally supersymmetric pp-wave. We show that the model …

In these notes we provide a pedagogical introduction to the subject of tachyon condensation
in Witten's cubic bosonic open string field theory. We use both the low-energy Yang-Mills …

We investigate the deformation of D-brane world-volumes in curved backgrounds. We
calculate the leading corrections to the boundary conformal field theory involving the …

These lectures aim to provide a global picture of the spaces of consistent quantum
supergravity theories and string vacua in higher dimensions. The lectures focus on theories …