Lectures on String Theory [electronic resource] / by Dieter Lüst, Stefan Theisen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lüst, Dieter., Author.

Theisen, Stefan., Author.

Series:

Lecture Notes in Physics, 0075-8450 ; 346

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Quantum field theory.

Physics.

Quantum computers.

Spintronics.

Quantum theory.

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

Mathematical Methods in Physics.

Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.

Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.

Quantum Physics.

Local Subjects:

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

Mathematical Methods in Physics.

Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.

Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.

Quantum Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VII, 348 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 1989.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1989.

Summary:

This book provides a self-contained introduction to string theory, at present one of the most exciting and fastest-growing areas in theoretical high-energy physics. Pedagogical in character, it introduces modern techniques and concepts, such as conformal and superconformal field theory, Kac-Moody algebras, etc., stressing their relevance and application to string theory rather than the formal aspects. The reader is led from a basic discussion of the classical bosonic string to the construction of four-dimensional heterotic string models, an area of current research. The so-called covariant lattice construction is discussed in detail. Being conceptually very simple, the book serves to exemplify the relevant features of other methods of arriving at four-dimensional string theories. It is also shown how one derives a low-energy field theory from string theory, thereby making contact with conventional point-particle physics.

Contents:

The classical bosonic string

The quantized bosonic string

to conformal field theory

Reparametrization ghosts and BRST quantization

Global aspects of string perturbation theory and riemann surfaces

The classical closed fermionic string

The quantized closed fermionic string

Spin structures and superstring partition function

Toroidal compactification of the closed bosonic string — 10-dimensional heterotic string

Conformal field theory II: Lattices and Kac-Moody algebras

Conformal field theory III: Superconformal field theory

Bosonization of the fermionic string — Covariant lattices

Heterotic strings in ten and four dimensions

Low energy field theory.

ISBN:

3-540-46857-9