An introduction to string theory and D-brane dynamics / Richard J. Szabo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szabo, Richard J., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

String models.

Dynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 128 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Imperial College Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This invaluable book provides a quick introduction to the rudiments of perturbative string theory and a detailed introduction to the more current topic of D-brane dynamics. The presentation is very pedagogical, with much of the technical detail streamlined. The rapid but highly coherent introduction to the subject is perhaps what distinguishes this book from other string theory or D-brane books. The material is based on mini-courses delivered by the author at various summer schools in theoretical high energy physics, so its actual level has been appropriately tested.

Contents:

ch.1. A brief history of string theory

ch.2. Classical string theory. 2.1 The relativistic particle. 2.2 The bosonic string. 2.3. String equations of motion

ch.3. Quantization of the bosonic string. 3.1 Canonical quantization. 3.2. The physical string spectrum. 3.3. Vertex operators. 3.4. String perturbation theory. 3.5. Chan-paton factors

ch.4. Superstrings. 4.1. Motivation. 4.2. The RNS superstring. 4.3 The superstring spectrum. 4.4. The GSO projection. 4.5. Example: one-loop vacuum amplitude

ch.5. Ramond-Ramond charges and T-duality. 5.1 Ramond-Ramond charges. 5.2. T-duality for closed strings. 5.3. T-duality for open strings. 5.4. T-duality for type II superstrings

ch.6. D-branes and gauge theory. 6.1 D-branes. 6.2. Wilson lines. 6.3 Collective coordinates for D-branes. 6.4. The born-infeld action

ch.7. D-brane dynamics. 7.1. The dirac-born-infeld action. 7.2 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. 7.3 Forces between D-branes

ch.8. Ramond-Ramond couplings of D-branes. 8.1. D-brane anomalies ill. 8.2. Chern-Simons actions. 8.3 Branes within branes.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611866204

9781281866202

1281866202

9781848162150

1848162154

OCLC:

815741857