String Theory and M-Theory : A Modern Introduction
Katrin. Becker
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2007
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (757 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The bosonic string; 3 Conformal field theory and string interactions; 4 Strings with world-sheet supersymmetry; 5 Strings with space-time supersymmetry; 6 T-duality and D-branes; 7 The heterotic string; 8 M-theory and string duality; 9 String geometry; 10 Flux compactifications; 11 Black holes in string theory; 12 Gauge theory/string theory dualities; Bibliographic discussion; Bibliography; Index. - This book guides the reader through string theory, one of the most exciting and challenging areas of modern theoretical physics. It is ideal for graduate students and researchers in modern string theory, and will make an excellent textbook. It contains exercises with solutions, and homework problems with solutions.
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| ISBN | 0521860695. - 9780521860697
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