Bosonic strings : a mathematical treatment / Jürgen Jost.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jost, Jürgen, 1956-

Series:

AMS/IP studies in advanced mathematics 1089-3288 ; v. 21.

AMS/IP studies in advanced mathematics, 1089-3288 ; v. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

String models.

Superstring theories.

Physical Description:

xi, 95 pages : illustrations, math ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society/International Press, [2001]

Contents:

1 Point particles 1

1.1 Point particles and path integrals 1

1.2 Faddeev-Popov gauge fixing and BRST symmetry 7

1.3 BRST quantization of the point particle 12

2 The Bosonic string 21

2.1 The classical action for strings 21

2.2 Sobolev spaces 30

2.3 Boundary regularity 32

2.4 Spaces of mappings and metrics 41

2.5 The global structure of the spaces of metrics, complex structures, and diffeomorphisms on a surface 43

2.6 Infinitesimal decompositions of metrics 48

2.7 Complex analytic aspects 52

2.8 Teichmuller and moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces 64

2.9 Determinants 72

2.10 The partition function for the Bosonic string 80

2.11 Some physical aspects 85.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-92) and index.

ISBN:

0821826441

OCLC:

45463453