Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Historical Introduction and Overview
- Part I Strings in Flat Backgrounds
- Part II Strings in Curved Backgrounds
- 13 Introduction to Conformal Field Theory
- 14 Modular Invariants and Orbifolds
- 15 Closed Strings on the 3-Sphere
- 16 CALABI-YAU Spaces
- 17 CALABI-YAU Compactifications
- 18 String Dualities
- 19 Gauge/String Dualities
- 20 AdS/CFT Correspondence
- Bibliography
- Index
14 - Modular Invariants and Orbifolds
from Part II - Strings in Curved Backgrounds
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Historical Introduction and Overview
- Part I Strings in Flat Backgrounds
- Part II Strings in Curved Backgrounds
- 13 Introduction to Conformal Field Theory
- 14 Modular Invariants and Orbifolds
- 15 Closed Strings on the 3-Sphere
- 16 CALABI-YAU Spaces
- 17 CALABI-YAU Compactifications
- 18 String Dualities
- 19 Gauge/String Dualities
- 20 AdS/CFT Correspondence
- Bibliography
- Index
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- A Primer on String Theory , pp. 137 - 148Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017