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This book is a collection of lectures given in July 2007 at the Les Houches Summer School on ""String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics."" Provides a pedagogical introduction to topics in String Theory, and Cosmology Addresses each topic from the basis to the most recent developments Covers the lectures by internationally-renowned and leading experts

String models. --- String models --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Nuclear Physics

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In this volume, topics such as the AdS/CFT correspondence, non-BPS states, noncommutative gauge theories and the Randall-Sundrum scenario are discussed. For the AdS/CFT correspondence, some of its generalizations, including examples of non-AdS/nonconformal backgrounds, are described. Myer's effect in this context and otherwise is also treated. Recent results in the context of non-BPS states are reviewed, in particular the use of open string field theory in understanding the related problem of tachyon condensation. Instantons and solitons in noncommutative gauge theories are described, as are

Superstring theories --- Black holes (Astronomy)