List of string theory topics

String theory

Strings

Nambu–Goto action

Polyakov action

Bosonic string theory

Superstring theory

Type I string

Type II string

Type IIA string theory

Type IIB string theory

Heterotic string

N=2 superstring

M-theory

Matrix theory

Introduction to M-theory

F-theory

String field theory

Matrix string theory

Nonlinear sigma model

Tachyon condensation

RNS formalism

String theory landscape

History of string theory

First superstring revolution

Second superstring revolution

String duality

T-duality

S-duality

U-duality

Montonen–Olive duality

Mysterious duality

Particles and fields

Graviton

Dilaton

Tachyon

Ramond–Ramond field

Kalb–Ramond field

Magnetic monopole

Branes

D-brane

S-brane

Black brane

Black holes

Black string

Brane cosmology

Quiver diagram

Hanany–Witten transition

Supersymmetry

Supergravity

Superspace

Lie superalgebra

Lie supergroup

Conformal field theory

Virasoro algebra

Mirror symmetry

Conformal anomaly

Conformal algebra

Superconformal algebra

Vertex operator algebra

Loop algebra

Kac–Moody algebra

Wess–Zumino–Witten model

Monstrous moonshine

Geometry

Kaluza–Klein theory

Compactification

Why 10 dimensions?

Kähler manifold

Ricci-flat manifold

Calabi–Yau manifold

Hyperkähler manifold

K3 surface

G₂ manifold

Spin(7) manifold

Generalized complex manifold

Orbifold

Conifold

Orientifold

Moduli space

Hořava–Witten domain wall

K-theory (physics)

Twisted K-theory

Holography

Holographic principle

AdS/CFT correspondence

Gauge theory

Anomalies

Instantons

Chern–Simons form

Bogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield bound

Exceptional Lie groups

G₂, F₄, E₆, E₇, E₈

ADE classification

Dirac string

P-form electrodynamics