String theory and particle physics : an introduction to string phenomenology / Luis E. Ibáñez, Angel M. Uranga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ibáñez, Luis E., 1952-

Contributor:

Uranga, A. (Angel)

Cambridge University Press.

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

String models.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 673 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A systematic introduction to string phenomenology, outlining how string theory is connected to the real world of particle physics.

Contents:

Preface

1. The standard model and beyond

2. Supersymmetry

3. Introduction to string theory: the bosonic string

4. Superstrings

5. Toroidal compactification of superstrings

6. Branes and string duality

7. Calabi-Yau compactification of heterotic superstrings

8. Heterotic string orbifolds and other exact CFT constructions

9. Heterotic string compactifications: effective action

10. Type IIA orientifolds: intersecting brane worlds

11. Type IIB orientifolds

12. Type II compactifications: effective action

13. String instantons and effective field theory

14. Flux compactifications and moduli stabilization

15. Moduli stabilization and supersymmetry breaking in string theory

16. Further phenomenological properties. Strings and cosmology

17. The space of string vacua.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781139018951

1139018957

Publisher Number:

99969086550

6825430

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.