Supersymmetric mechanics / Stefano Bellucci (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bellucci, S. (Stefano), 1957-

Series:

Lecture notes in physics 0075-8450 ; 698, 701.

Lecture notes in physics, 0075-8450 ; 698, 701

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Supersymmetry.

Supergravity.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2006]

Summary:

This is the second volume in a series of books on the general theme of Supersymmetric Mechanics; the series is based on lectures and discussions held in 2005 and 2006 at the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati. The first volume appears as Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 698 "Supersymmetric Mechanics -Vol. 1: Supersymmetry, Noncommutativity and Matrix Models" (2006) ISBN: 3-540-33313-4.

The present extensive lecture supplies a pedagogical introduction, at the non-expert level, to the attractor mechanism in space-time singularities. In such a framework, supersymmetry seems to be related to dynamical systems with fixed points, describing the equilibrium state and the stability features of the thermodynamics of black holes. After a qualitative overview, explicit examples realizing the attractor mechanism are treated at some length; they include relevant cases of asymptotically flat, maximal and non-maximal, extended supergravities in 4 and 5 dimensions. A number of recent advances along various directions of research on the attractor mechanism are also given.

Contents:

Vol. 1. Supersymmetry, noncommutativity and matrix models

vol. 2. Attractor mechanism and space time singularities

vol. 3. Attractors and black holes in supersymetric gravity

Notes:

"This is the first volume in a series of books on the general theme of Supersymmetric Mechanics, which are based on lectures and discussions held in 2005 and 2006 at the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati."--Preface.

ISBN:

3540333134

3540341560

OCLC:

71256096

Publisher Number:

9783540333135 (v. 1)

9783540341567 (v. 2)