String Theory and CFT

These are some of my papers on string theory, starting with the heterotic string papers. Other papers related to string theory but with a focus on duality, BPS states or AdS/CFT can be found on the corresponding research links.

Research Papers:

The Heterotic String, with D.J. Gross, E.J. Martinec and R. Rohm pdf
Heterotic String Theory 1: The Free Heterotic String, with D.J. Gross, E.J. Martinec and R. Rohm, pdf
Heterotic String Theory 2: The Interacting Heterotic String, with D.J. Gross, E.J. Martinec and R. Rohm, pdf
Nonrenormalization of the Superstring Tension, with A. Dabholkar pdf
String Theories in Ten-Dimensions Without Space-Time Supersymmetry, with L.J.Dixon, pdf
Strings on Orbifolds, with L.J.Dixon, C.Vafa and E.Witten, pdf
Strings on Orbifolds. 2., with L.J.Dixon, C.Vafa and E.Witten, pdf
Open Strings on Orbifolds, with J.A.Minahan, pdf
Quasicrystalline Compactification, with G.W.Moore and C.Vafa, pdf
Cosmic Strings as Orbifolds, with J.Bagger and C.G.Callan, pdf
Orbifolds and Twisted Strings, pdf
(central charge c)=1 Superconformal Field Theory, with L.J.Dixon and P.H.Ginsparg, pdf
Conformal Field Theory and Genus Zero Function Fields, with S.G.Naculich, pdf
Cosmic Strings from Pseudo-Anomalous U(1)'s, with S.G.Naculich, pdf
Strings and Statistics, with J.Liu, pdf
String Theory and the Donaldson Polynomial, with A.Strominger, pdf
Scattering of macroscopic heterotic string, with J.P. Gauntlett, M.M.Robinson and D. Waldram, pdf
The heterotic string is a soliton, with A. Strominger, pdf
Fivebrane Instantons and R**2 couplings in N=4 string theory, with G.W.Moore, pdf
Exact gravitational threshold correction in the FHSV model, with G.W.Moore, pdf
Localized modes at a D-brane-O-plane intersection and heterotic Alice strings, with A.B. Royston, pdf
String Islands, with A. Dabholkar, pdf

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