D. Olive / P. C. West (eds.)

Duality and Supersymmetric Theories

Herausgeber: Olive, D.; Olive, David I.; West, P.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Essential reading for all mathematical physicists as a systematic book on this crucial subject.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 930g
• ISBN-13: 9780521641586
• ISBN-10: 0521641586
• Artikelnr.: 21387861

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors
Acknowledgements
1. Particle physics and fundamental theory: introduction and guide to Duality and supersymmetric Theories David Olive, and Peter West
2. Solitons N. S. Manton
3. Nonlinear electromagnetic self-duality and Legendre transformations Mary K. Gaillard and Bruno Zumino
4. Supersymmetric s-models in 2 dimensions Bruno Zumino
5. Introduction to duality David I. Olive
6. Supersymmetric monopoles and duality Jerome P. Gauntlett
7. Seiberg-Witten theory and S-duality Tohru Eguchi
8. Supergravity, Brane dynamics and string duality P. C. West
9. Supergravity vacua and solitons G. W. Gibbons
10. An introduction to non-perturbative string theory Ashoke Sen
11. Lectures on D-branes Constantin Bachas.