Naturalness, string landscape and multiverse : a modern introduction with exercises / Arthur Hebecker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hebecker, Arthur, 1968- author.

Series:

Lecture notes in physics ; 979.

Lecture notes in physics ; volume 979

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

String models.

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Quantum field theory.

Cosmology.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 313 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This book presents a string-theoretic approach to new ideas in particle physics, also known as Physics Beyond the Standard Model, and to cosmology. The concept of Naturalness and its apparent violation by the low electroweak scale and the small cosmological constant is emphasized. It is shown that string theory, through its multitude of solutions, known as the landscape, offers a partial resolution to these naturalness problems as well as suggesting more speculative possibilities like that of a multiverse. The book is based on a one-semester course, as such, it has a pedagogical approach, is self-contained and includes many exercises with solutions. Notably, the basics of string theory are introduced as part of the lectures. These notes are aimed at graduate students with a solid background in quantum field theory, as well as at young researchers from theoretical particle physics to mathematical physics. This text also benefits students who are in the process of studying string theory at a deeper level. In this case, the volume serves as additional reading beyond a formal string theory course.

Contents:

The standard model and its hierarchy problem(s)

Supersymmetry and supergravity

String theory: bosonic string

String theory: interactions and superstring

10d actions and compactification

The flux landscape

Eternal inflation and the measure problem

Concluding remarks and some alternative perspectives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 14, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

3030651517

9783030651510

9783030651527

3030651525

OCLC:

1244628845

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Restricted for use by site license.