Superstrings and related matters : proceedings of the Trieste 2000 Spring Workshop on, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 27 March-4 April 2000 / editors, C. Bachas ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Spring Workshop on Superstrings and Related Matters, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Bachas, C.

Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics.

Conference Name:

Spring Workshop on Superstrings and Related Matters (2000 : Trieste, Italy)

Spring Workshop on Superstrings and Related Matters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Superstring theories--Congresses.

Superstring theories.

Black holes (Astronomy)--Congresses.

Black holes (Astronomy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Proceedings of the Trieste 2000 Spring Workshop on Superstrings and Related Matters

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this volume, topics such as the AdS/CFT correspondence, non-BPS states, noncommutative gauge theories and the Randall-Sundrum scenario are discussed. For the AdS/CFT correspondence, some of its generalizations, including examples of non-AdS/nonconformal backgrounds, are described. Myer's effect in this context and otherwise is also treated. Recent results in the context of non-BPS states are reviewed, in particular the use of open string field theory in understanding the related problem of tachyon condensation. Instantons and solitons in noncommutative gauge theories are described, as are

Contents:

CONTENTS ; Preface ; Lectures on Non-BPS Dirichlet Branes ; 1 Introduction ; 2 The boundary state approach ; 3 The non-BPS D-particle in IIB/(-1)FLI4; 4 Non-BPS states in Heterotic - Type II duality ; References ; Lectures on Warped Compactifications and Stringy Brane Constructions ; 1 Introduction

2 Trapped Gravity and the Gauge Hierarchy 3 Brane Worlds and the Cosmological Constant ; 4 Calabi-Yau Compactifications and Closed String Mirror Symmetry ; 5 Open Strings and Mirror Symmetry ; References ; Large N Field Theories, String Theory and Gravity; 1 General Introduction ; 2 The Correspondence

3 Tests of the AdS/CFT Correspondence 4 Correlation Functions ; 5 Wilson Loops ; 6 Theories at Finite Temperature ; References ; Trieste Lectures on Solitons in Noncommutative Gauge Theories ; 1 Introduction ; 2 Noncommutative Geometry and Noncommutative Field Theory

3 Noncommutative geometry and strings in background B-fields 4 Instantons in noncommutative gauge theories ; 5 Abelian instantons ; 6 Monopoles in noncommutative gauge theories ; 7 Conclusions and historic remarks ; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611951788

9781281951786

1281951781

9789812810274

9812810277

OCLC:

879024872