I'm looking for texts about topics in string theory that are "advanced" in the sense that they go beyond perturbative string theory. Specifically I'm interested in
- String field theory (including superstrings and closed strings)
- D-branes and other branes (like the NS5)
- Dualities
- M-theory
- AdS/CFT
- Matrix theory
- F-theory
- Topological string theory
- Little string theory
I'm not interested (at the moment) at string phenomenology and cosmology
I prefer texts which are (in this order of importance)
- Top-down i.e. would give the conceptual reason for something first instead of presenting it as an ad-hoc construction, even if the conceptual reason is complicated
- Use the most appropriate mathematical language / abstractions (I'm not afraid of highbrow mathematics)
- Up to date with recent developments
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