Michael B. Green (University of Cambridge), John H. Schwarz (California Institute of Technology), Edward Witten (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey)

Superstring Theory

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published at the height of the first revolution in string theory, these two volumes went on to define the field. Volume 1 provides a self-contained introduction to superstrings. Featuring a new preface, this book is invaluable for graduate students and researchers in general relativity and elementary particle theory.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Anniversary edition
• Seitenzahl: 482
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 820g
• ISBN-13: 9781107029118
• ISBN-10: 1107029112
• Artikelnr.: 36198534

Autorenporträt

Michael B. Green is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Free bosonic strings; 3. Modern covariant quantization; 4. World-sheet supersymmetry in string theory; 5. Space-time supersymmetry in string theory; 6. Nonabelian gauge symmetry; 7. Tree amplitudes; Bibliography; Index.