Supersymmetry and string theory : beyond the standard model / Michael Dine, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dine, Michael, author.

Contributor:

Emma Louise McClellan Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Supersymmetry.

String models.

Physical Description:

xxi, 482 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Contents:

Before the standard model

The standard model

Phenomenology of the standard model

The standard model as an effective field theory

Anomalies, instantons and the strong CP problem

Grand unification

Magnetic monopoles and solitons

Technicolor: a first attempt to explain hierarchies

Supersymmetry

A first look at supersymmetry breaking

The minimal supersymmetric standard model

Supersymmetric grand unification

Supersymmetric dynamics

Dynamical supersymmetry breaking

Theories with more than four conserved supercharges

More supersymmetric dynamics

An introduction to general relativity

Cosmology

Astroparticle physics and inflation

String theory

The bosonic string

The superstring

The heterotic string

Effective actions in ten dimensions

Compactification of string theory I: Tri and orbifolds

Compactification of string theory II: Calabi-Yau compactifications

Dynamics of string theory at weak coupling

Beyond weak coupling: non-perturbative string theory

Large and warped extra dimensions

The landscape: a challenge to the naturalness principle

Coda: where are we headed?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 470-476) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Emma Louise McClellan Fund.

ISBN:

9781107048386

1107048389

OCLC:

910309893

Publisher Number:

99968487948