A primer on string theory / Volker Schomerus, Deutsches Elektronen-Sychrotron (DESY) Hamburg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schomerus, Volker, author.

Series:

Cambridge books online.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

String models.

Superstring theories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 223 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Since its conception in the 1960s, string theory has been hailed as one of the most promising routes we have to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity. This book provides a concise introduction to string theory explaining central concepts, mathematical tools and covering recent developments in physics including compactifications and gauge/string dualities. With string theory being a multidisciplinary field interfacing with high energy physics, mathematics and quantum field theory, this book is ideal for both students with no previous knowledge of the field and scholars from other disciplines who are looking for an introduction to basic concepts.

Contents:

Historical introduction and overview

The classical closed bosonic string

Free bosonic quantum field theory

Covariant quantization

Light-cone quantization

Branes and quantization of open strings

Open strings and gauge theory

Supersymmetry in ten dimensions

Construction of type IIA/B superstrings

Branes in type II superstring theory

Construction of heterotic superstrings

Introduction to conformal field theory

Modular invariants and orbifolds

Closed strings on the 3-sphere

Calabi-Yau spaces

Calabi-Yau compactifications

String dualities

Gauge/string dualities

AdS/CFT correspondence

Epilogue: Strings and high energy scattering.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jul 2017).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781316672631

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