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An Introduction to Duality Symmetries in String Theory

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Unity from Duality: Gravity, Gauge Theory and Strings

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In this review I discuss some basic aspects of non-perturbative string theory. The topics include test of duality symmetries based on the analysis of the low energy effective action and the spectrum of BPS states, relationship between different duality symmetries, and an introduction to M-theory.

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Sen, A. (2002). An Introduction to Duality Symmetries in String Theory. In: Bachas, C., Bilal, A., Douglas, M., Nekrasov, N., David, F. (eds) Unity from Duality: Gravity, Gauge Theory and Strings. Les Houches - Ecole d’Ete de Physique Theorique, vol 76. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36245-2_3

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