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Selected writings

Textbook account of perturbative string theory and M-theory/F-theory:

• Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker, John Schwarz: String Theory and M-Theory: A Modern Introduction, Cambridge University Press (2006) [doi:10.1017/CBO9780511816086, pdf]

On the BFSS matrix model:

• Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker, A Two-Loop Test of M(atrix) Theory, Nucl.Phys. B506 (1997) 48-60 (arXiv:hep-th/9705091)

• Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker, Joseph Polchinski, Arkady Tseytlin, Higher Order Graviton Scattering in M(atrix) Theory, Phys.Rev.D56:3174-3178,1997 (arXiv:hep-th/9706072)

On M-theory on 8-manifolds and C-field tadpole cancellation:

• Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker, M-Theory on Eight-Manifolds, Nucl.Phys. B477 (1996) 155-167 (arXiv:hep-th/9605053)

• Melanie Becker, Dragos Constantin, Sylvester James Gates Jr., William D. Linch III, Willie Merrell, J. Phillips, M-theory on Spin(7) Manifolds, Fluxes and 3D, N=1 Supergravity, Nucl.Phys. B683 (2004) 67-104 (arXiv:hep-th/0312040)

On M5-branes, M2-branes and non-perturbative effects (M5-brane instantons, M2-brane instantons) in string theory/M-theory:

• Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker, Andrew Strominger, section 2.1 of Five-branes, membranes and nonperturbative string theory, Nucl. Phys. B 456, 130 (1995) (hep-th/9507158)

Discussion of Cayley forms and wrapped branes on associative submanifolds:

• Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker, D.R.Morrison, Hirosi Ooguri, Y.Oz, Z.Yin, Supersymmetric Cycles in Exceptional Holonomy Manifolds and Calabi-Yau 4-Folds, Nucl.Phys.B480:225-238,1996 (arXiv:hep-th/9608116)

On moduli stabilization non-geometric string vacua:

• Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker, Cumrun Vafa, Johannes Walcher, Moduli Stabilization in Non-Geometric Backgrounds, Nucl.Phys.B770:1-46,2007 (arXiv:hep-th/0611001)

On supersymmetry breaking in flux compactifications of M-theory:

• Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker, Supersymmetry Breaking, M-Theory and Fluxes, JHEP 0107:038,2001 (arXiv:hep-th/0107044)

On D=5 supergravity formulated in $\mathcal{N} = 1/2$ superspace:

• Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker, Daniel Butter, William Linch III, Stephen Randall: Five-dimensional Supergravity in $N = 1/2$ Superspace, J. High Energ. Phys. 2020 98 (2020) [arXiv:1909.09208, doi:10.1007/JHEP03(2020)098]

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