Strings and fundamental physics / Marco Baumgartl, Ilka Brunner, Michael Haack, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baumgartl, Marco.

Brunner, Ilka.

Haack, Michael.

Series:

Lecture notes in physics ; 851.

Lecture notes in physics, 0075-8450 ; v.851

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

String models.

String models--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIII, 291 p. 24 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2012.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The basic idea, simple and revolutionary at the same time, to replace the concept of a point particle with a one-dimensional string, has opened up a whole new field of research. Even today, four decades later, its multifaceted consequences are still not fully conceivable. Up to now string theory has offered a new way to view particles as different excitations of the same fundamental object. It has celebrated success in discovering the graviton in its spectrum, and it has naturally led scientists to posit space-times with more than four dimensions—which in turn has triggered numerous interesting developments in fields as varied as condensed matter physics and pure mathematics. This book collects pedagogical lectures by leading experts in string theory, introducing the non-specialist reader to some of the newest developments in the field. The carefully selected topics are at the cutting edge of research in string theory and include new developments in topological strings, AdS/CFT dualities, as well as newly emerging subfields such as doubled field theory and holography in the hydrodynamic regime. The contributions to this book have been selected and arranged in such a way as to form a self-contained, graduate level textbook.

Contents:

String Theory 101

D-branes and Orientifolds

Introduction to Gauge/Gravity Duality

Holography for Strongly Coupled Media

Quantum Black Holes

Lectures on Topological String Theory

Doubled Field Theory, T-duality and Courant-brackets.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783642259470

3642259472