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This is a list of quantum field theories. The first few sections are organized according to their matter content, that is, the types of fields appearing in the theory. This is just one of many ways to organize quantum field theories, but reflects the way the subject is taught pedagogically.

Scalar field theory

Theories whose matter content consists of only scalar fields

Spinor field theory

Theories whose matter content consists only of spinor fields

Gauge field theory

Theories whose matter content consists only of gauge fields

Interacting theories

Spinor and scalar
- Yukawa model
Scalar and gauge
Spinor and gauge
- Quantum electrodynamics (QED)
  - Schwinger model (1+1D case of QED)
- Quantum chromodynamics (QCD)
Scalar, spinor and gauge
- Standard Model

Sigma models

Supersymmetric quantum field theories

Superconformal quantum field theories

String theories

Theories studied in the branch of quantum field theory known as string theory. These theories are without supersymmetry.

Other quantum field theories

Kondo model (s-d model)
Minimal model (Virasoro minimal model)

Branches of quantum field theory

String theory
Conformal field theory
Supersymmetry
Topological quantum field theory
Noncommutative quantum field theory
Local quantum field theory (also known as Algebraic quantum field theory or AQFT)

Supersymmetry
General topics	Supersymmetry Supersymmetric gauge theory Supersymmetric quantum mechanics Supergravity Superstring theory Super vector space Supergeometry
Supermathematics	Superalgebra Lie superalgebra Super-Poincaré algebra Superconformal algebra Supersymmetry algebra Supergroup Superspace Harmonic superspace Super Minkowski space Supermanifold
Concepts	Supercharge R-symmetry Supermultiplet Short supermultiplet BPS state Superpotential D-term FI D-term F-term Moduli space Supersymmetry breaking Konishi anomaly Seiberg duality Seiberg–Witten theory Witten index Wess–Zumino gauge Localization Mu problem Little hierarchy problem Electric–magnetic duality
Theorems	Coleman–Mandula Haag–Łopuszański–Sohnius Nonrenormalization
Field theories	Wess–Zumino N = 1 super Yang–Mills N = 4 super Yang–Mills Super QCD MSSM NMSSM 6D (2,0) superconformal ABJM superconformal
Supergravity	Pure 4D N = 1 supergravity N = 8 supergravity Higher dimensional Gauged supergravity
Superpartners	Axino Chargino Gaugino Goldstino Graviphoton Graviscalar Higgsino LSP Neutralino R-hadron Sfermion Sgoldstino Stop squark Superghost
Researchers	Affleck Bagger Batchelor Berezin Dine Fayet Gates Golfand Iliopoulos Montonen Olive Salam Seiberg Siegel Roček Rogers Wess Witten Zumino

String theory
Background	Strings Cosmic strings History of string theory First superstring revolution Second superstring revolution String theory landscape
Theory	Nambu–Goto action Polyakov action Bosonic string theory Superstring theory Type I string Type II string Type IIA string Type IIB string Heterotic string N=2 superstring F-theory String field theory Matrix string theory Non-critical string theory Non-linear sigma model Tachyon condensation RNS formalism GS formalism
String duality	T-duality S-duality U-duality Montonen–Olive duality
Particles and fields	Graviton Dilaton Tachyon Ramond–Ramond field Kalb–Ramond field Magnetic monopole Dual graviton Dual photon
Branes	D-brane NS5-brane M2-brane M5-brane S-brane Black brane Black holes Black string Brane cosmology Quiver diagram Hanany–Witten transition
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
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
Geometry	Worldsheet 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 theory K-theory (physics) Twisted K-theory
Supersymmetry	Supergravity Superspace Lie superalgebra Lie supergroup
Holography	Holographic principle AdS/CFT correspondence
M-theory	Matrix theory Introduction to M-theory
String theorists	Aganagić Arkani-Hamed Atiyah Banks Berenstein Bousso Curtright Dijkgraaf Distler Douglas Duff Dvali Ferrara Fischler Friedan Gates Gliozzi Gopakumar Green Greene Gross Gubser Gukov Guth Hanson Harvey 't Hooft Hořava Gibbons Kachru Kaku Kallosh Kaluza Kapustin Klebanov Knizhnik Kontsevich Klein Linde Maldacena Mandelstam Marolf Martinec Minwalla Moore Motl Mukhi Myers Nanopoulos Năstase Nekrasov Neveu Nielsen van Nieuwenhuizen Novikov Olive Ooguri Ovrut Polchinski Polyakov Rajaraman Ramond Randall Randjbar-Daemi Roček Rohm Sagnotti Scherk Schwarz Seiberg Sen Shenker Siegel Silverstein Sơn Staudacher Steinhardt Strominger Sundrum Susskind Townsend Trivedi Turok Vafa Veneziano Verlinde Verlinde Wess Witten Yau Yoneya Zamolodchikov Zamolodchikov Zaslow Zumino Zwiebach