Gauge Theories, Applied Supersymmetry, Quantum Gravity

From the Preface
…The reader will find here the lecture notes and seminar summaries. Three sets of notes are closely connected to the dominant theoretical themes of the meeting. These are by Robbert Dijkgraaf on Four-manifolds and Topological Field theory, by Stefan Theisen on Mirror Symmetry and Duality, by Lerche on N=2 Supersijmmetric Gauge Theory.
The fourth set, on Phenomenological aspects of Supersymmetry by Hans-Pcter Nilles, emphasises the link with the physics of the standard model of elementary particles. We are sad that a fifth set, by Peter Townsend on Black holes, could not be included in the present volume: interest in this work was so great that someone took it from his home, the whole computer included. The lecture notes are supplemented with an account of the research seminars, 25 in all…