Luis E. Ibáñez, Angel M. Uranga

String Theory and Particle Physics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A systematic introduction to string phenomenology, outlining how string theory is connected to the real world of particle physics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 688
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 1349g
• ISBN-13: 9780521517522
• ISBN-10: 0521517524
• Artikelnr.: 33868686

Autorenporträt

Luis E. Ibáñez is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and member of the Instituto de Física Teórica-UAM/CSIC. One of the world leaders in physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics, he has made important contributions to the construction of the supersymmetric Standard Model and superstring phenomenology.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The standard model and beyond
2. Supersymmetry
3. Introduction to string theory: the bosonic string
4. Superstrings
5. Toroidal compactification of superstrings
6. Branes and string duality
7. Calabi¿Yau compactifications of heterotic superstrings
8. Heterotic string orbifolds and other exact CFT constructions
9. Heterotic string compactifications: effective action
10. Type IIA orientifold compactifications: intersecting brane worlds
11. Type IIB orientifold compactifications
12. Type II compactifications: effective action
13. String instantons and effective field theory
14. Flux compactifications and moduli stabilization
15. Moduli stabilization and supersymmetry breaking in string theory
16. Further phenomenological properties. Strings and cosmology
17. The space of string vacua
Appendices
Index.