Topics in String Theory and Quantum Gravity

TL;DR

This paper critically reviews various approaches to quantum gravity, focusing on string theory, and discusses related topics such as anomalies, string models, phenomenology, and black hole physics.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive assessment of string theory frameworks and their implications for quantum gravity and related phenomena.

Findings

Analysis of anomalies in string theories

Insights into black hole physics within string frameworks

Evaluation of string phenomenology approaches

Abstract

These lectures present a general critical assessment of various frameworks for quantum gravity, with particular emphasis on string theory. The topics discussed cover field-theoretical approaches to quantum gravity, anomalies, bosonic and fermionic string theories, as well as some aspects of string phenomenology and black hole physics.