Joseph Polchinski (Santa Barbara University of California)

String Theory, Volume 2

Superstring Theory and Beyond
Herausgeber: Polchinski, Joseph

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1998 volume provides a comprehensive introduction to supersymmetric string theories, presents important discoveries that have been made including D-branes, and goes on to discuss four-dimensional string theories. This is an essential text and reference for graduate students and researchers interested in superstring theory.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 552
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 942g
• ISBN-13: 9780521672283
• ISBN-10: 0521672287
• Artikelnr.: 15097344

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword; Preface; Notation; 10. Type I and type II superstrings; 11. The heterotic string; 12. Superstring interactions; 13. D-branes; 14. Strings at strong coupling; 15. Advanced CFT; 16. Orbifolds; 17. Calabi-Yau compactification; 18. Physics in four dimensions; 19. Advanced topics; Appendix B. Spinors and SUSY in various dimensions; References; Glossary; Index.

Rezensionen

'In summary, these volumes will provide ... the standard text and reference for students and researchers in particle physics and relativity interested in the possible ramifications of modern superstring theory.' Allen C. Hirshfeld, General Relativity and Gravitation