Theoretical Physics Reviews and Lectures

These links point to useful reviews and lectures that have been posted on the physics preprint archive arXiv.org run by Professor Paul Ginsparg at Cornell University. Note: the arXiv operators have an extreme fear of robots. If you try to access too many of these review articles in succession, and they think you're a robot, you could find your IP address banned by the arXiv server. If that happens to you, then go to the page http://arxiv.org/denied.html for further instructions.

Black holes

An Introduction to Black Hole Evaporation: by Jennie Traschen
Black Holes : A General Introduction: by Jean-Pierre Luminet
Black holes and branes in string theory: by Kostas Skenderis
Black Holes and Solitons in String Theory: by Donam Youm
Black holes and string theory: by Robert C. Myers
Black holes and the phases of brane thermodynamics: by Emil J. Martinec
Black Holes, Branes and Superconformal Symmetry: by Renata Kallosh
Lectures on Superconformal Quantum Mechanics and Multi-Black Hole: by Ruth Britto-Pacumio, Jeremy Michelson, Andrew Strominger, Anastasia Volovich
Lectures on the Microscopic Modeling of the 5-dim. Black Hole: by Spenta R. Wadia
Quantum Aspects of Black Holes: by Andy Strominger and Jeff Harvey
TASI lectures on black holes in string theory: by Amanda W. Peet
TASI Lectures on Branes, Black Holes and Anti-de Sitter Space: by M.J. Duff

Cosmology

New Views of Cosmology and the Microworld: by Marc Kamionkowski
TASI Lectures: Introduction to Cosmology: by Mark Trodden, Sean M. Carroll
A Status Review of Inflationary Cosmology: by Robert H. Brandenberger
An introduction to cosmological inflation: by Andrew R. Liddle
An introduction to quantum cosmology: by D.L. Wiltshire
Classical and Quantum Brane Cosmology: by John March-Russell
Cosmology report: by Martin Rees
Dark Energy and the Preposterous Universe: by Sean M. Carroll
Determination of cosmological parameters: an introduction: by Palash B. Pal
Eternal Inflation: by Alan Guth
Inflationary Cosmology: Progress and Problems: by Robert H. Brandenburger
Introduction to Cosmology: by G. Lazarides
Lecture notes on GR: First semester relativity by Sean Carroll
Lectures on Cosmic Topological Defects: by Tanmay Vachspati
TASI Lectures: Cosmology for String Theorists: by Sean M. Carroll
The Cosmic Microwave Background: by Arthur Kosowsky
The Promise of String Cosmology: By Robert H. Brandenburger
The Cosmological Constant: by Sean M. Carroll
Why Cosmologists Believe the Universe is Accelerating: by Michael S. Turner

String Theory

TASI/PiTP/ISS Lectures on Moduli and Microphysics: by Eva Silverstein
An Introduction to Conformal Field Theory: by Matthias R. Gabardiel
An Introduction to Non-perturbative String Theory: by A. Sen
An introduction to perturbative and non-perturbative string theory: by I. Antoniadis, G. Ovarlez
Duality in Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory: by Michael Peskin
Introduction to Superstring Theory: by John H. Schwarz
Introduction to the Maldacena Conjecture on AdS/CFT: by Jens L. Petersen
K3 Surfaces and String Duality: by Paul S. Aspinwall
Lectures on 2D gravity and 2D string theory (TASI 1992): by Paul Ginsparg and Gregory Moore
Lectures on Non-BPS Dirichlet branes: by Matthias R Gaberdiel
Lectures on Superstring and M Theory Dualities: by John Schwarz
Lectures on Superstring Phenomenology: by Fernando Quevedo
Lectures on supersymmetric gauge theories and electric-magnetic duality: by K. Intriligator, N. Seiberg
New Superconformal Field Theories in Four Dimensions and N=1 Duality: by M. Chaichian, W.F. Chen, C. Montonen
String theory as a universal language: by A.M. Polyakov
String Theory on Calabi-Yau Manifolds: by Brian Greene
TASI Lectures on Perturbative String Theories: by Hirosi Ooguri and Zheng Yin
TASI lectures on the Holographic Principle: by Daniela Bigatti and Leonard Susskind
TASI Lectures on The Strong CP Problem: by Michael Dine
TASI Lectures: Introduction to the AdS/CFT Correspondence: by Igor R. Klebanov
Two Lectures on the AdS/CFT Correspondence: by Michael R. Douglas, S. Randjbar-Daemi

M Theory

TASI/PiTP/ISS Lectures on Moduli and Microphysics: by Eva Silverstein
An Introduction to Conformal Field Theory: by Matthias R. Gabardiel
An Introduction to Non-perturbative String Theory: by A. Sen
An introduction to perturbative and non-perturbative string theory: by I. Antoniadis, G. Ovarlez
Duality in Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory: by Michael Peskin
Introduction to Superstring Theory: by John H. Schwarz
Introduction to the Maldacena Conjecture on AdS/CFT: by Jens L. Petersen
K3 Surfaces and String Duality: by Paul S. Aspinwall
Lectures on 2D gravity and 2D string theory (TASI 1992): by Paul Ginsparg and Gregory Moore
Lectures on Non-BPS Dirichlet branes: by Matthias R Gaberdiel
Lectures on Superstring and M Theory Dualities: by John Schwarz
Lectures on Superstring Phenomenology: by Fernando Quevedo
Lectures on supersymmetric gauge theories and electric-magnetic duality: by K. Intriligator, N. Seiberg
New Superconformal Field Theories in Four Dimensions and N=1 Duality: by M. Chaichian, W.F. Chen, C. Montonen
String theory as a universal language: by A.M. Polyakov
String Theory on Calabi-Yau Manifolds: by Brian Greene
TASI Lectures on Perturbative String Theories: by Hirosi Ooguri and Zheng Yin
TASI lectures on the Holographic Principle: by Daniela Bigatti and Leonard Susskind
TASI Lectures on The Strong CP Problem: by Michael Dine
TASI Lectures: Introduction to the AdS/CFT Correspondence: by Igor R. Klebanov
Two Lectures on the AdS/CFT Correspondence: by Michael R. Douglas, S. Randjbar-Daemi

D Branes

D-Brane Primer: by Clifford V. Johnson
Komaba Lectures on Noncommutative Solitons and D-Branes: by Jeff Harvey
Lectures on D-branes: Constantin P. Bachas
Lectures on Non-BPS Dirichlet branes: by Matthias R. Gaberdiel
Lectures on Strings, D-branes and Gauge Theories: by Hugo Garcia-Compean, Oscar Loaiza-Brito
Lectures on Warped Compactifications and Stringy Brane Constructions: by S. Kachru
TASI Lectures on D-Branes: by Joseph Polchinski
TASI Lectures on Non-BPS D-Brane Systems: by John Schwarz

Supersymmetry

A Supersymmetry Primer: by Stephen R. Martin
An Introduction to Supersymmetry: by Manuel Drees
Basic Canon in D=4, N=1 Superfield Theory: Five Primer Lectures: by S. James Gates, Jr.
Introduction to Supersymmetry: by Adel Bilal
Introduction to Supersymmetry: Astrophysical and Phenomenological: by Keith A. Olive
String Theory, Large Dimensions and Supersymmetry: by Michael Dine
Superspace Methods in String Theory, Supergravity and Gauge Theory: by Martic Cederwall

Mathematics

Two Lectures on D-Geometry and Noncommutative Geometry: by Michael R. Douglas
An Introduction to Quantum Algebras and Their Applications: by R. Jaganathan
A Short Survey of NCG: by Alain Connes
D-branes and K-theory: by Edward Witten
Gravity coupled with matter and foundation of NCG: by A. Connes
Introduction to M(atrix) theory and noncommutative geometry: by A. Konechny and A. Schwarz
Introduction to M(atrix) theory and noncommutative geometry, Part II: by A. Konechny and A. Schwarz
Math and Physics: by Jose M.F. Labastida
NCG for pedestrians: by J. Madore
Non-commutative spaces in physics and mathematics: by Daniela Bigatti
Noncommutative Geometry and Matrix Theory: Compactification on Tori: by Alain Connes, Michael R. Douglas, Albert Schwarz
Overview of K-theory applied to strings: by Edward Witten
String Theory and NCG: by Nathan Seiberg, Edward Witten
Topological quantum field theories: by Albert Schwarz

History

String Theory Origins of Supersymmetry: by John Schwarz
Introduction to the Yuri Golfand Memorial Volume: by M. Shifman
Subtle is the Gravity: by Naresh Dadhich

Particle Physics and Phenomonology

A Primer on Instantons in QCD: by Hilmar Forkel
Beyond the Standard Model (In Search of Supersymmetry): by D.I. Kazakov
Critical Phenomena: An Introduction from a modern perspective: by Somendra M. Bhattacharjee
Finite temperature field theory: by M.-P. Lombardo
Introduction to B Physics: by Matthias Neubert
Introduction to Effective Field Theory: by Barry R. Holstein
Introduction to Electroweak Symmetry Breaking: by S. Dawson
Introduction to Gauge Theories: by C. Becchi
Introduction to Neutrinos: by P. Ramond
Introduction to the Physics of Higgs Bosons: by S. Dawson
Lectures on Unification: by B. Ananthanarayan
Minimal Superstring Standard Model: by GB Cleaver et al
Nonperturbative Phenomena and Phases of QCD: by Edward V. Shuryak
Quantum Field Theory at Finite Temperature: An Introduction: by J. Zinn-Justin
Standard Model: An Introduction: by S.F. Novaes