Peter West (King's College London)

Introduction to Strings and Branes

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Produktbeschreibung

Supersymmetry, strings and branes are believed to be the essential ingredients in a single unified consistent theory of physics. This book gives a detailed, step-by-step introduction to the theoretical foundations required for research in this field and is essential reading for graduate students and researchers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 722
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 1230g
• ISBN-13: 9781009434096
• ISBN-10: 1009434098
• Artikelnr.: 70525588

Autorenporträt

Peter West is a Professor at King's College London. He is a pioneer in the development of supersymmetry and its application to strings and branes.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The point particle
2. The classical bosonic string
3. The quantum bosonic string
4. The light-cone approach
5. Clifford algebras and spinors
6. The classical superstring
7. The quantum superstring
8. Conformal symmetry and two-dimensional field theory
9. Conformal symmetry and string theory
10. String compactification and the heterotic string
11. The physical states and the no ghost theorem
12. Gauge covariant string theory
13. Supergravity theories in 4, 10 and 11 dimensions
14. Brane dynamics
15. D-branes
16. String theory and Lie algebras
17. Symmetries of string theory
18. String interactions
Appendices
Index.