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Basic Concepts of String Theory / by Ralph Blumenhagen, Dieter Lüst, Stefan Theisen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blumenhagen, R. (Ralph), Author.
- Lüst, Dieter., Author.
- Theisen, Stefan., Author.
- Series:
- Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 1864-5879
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quantum field theory.
- String models.
- Mathematical physics.
- Physics.
- Quantum theory.
- Particles (Nuclear physics).
- Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.
- Mathematical Physics.
- Mathematical Methods in Physics.
- Quantum Physics.
- Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.
- Local Subjects:
- Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.
- Mathematical Physics.
- Mathematical Methods in Physics.
- Quantum Physics.
- Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (786 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The purpose of this book is to thoroughly prepare the reader for research in string theory. It is intended as a textbook in the sense that, starting from the basics, the material is presented in a pedagogical and self-contained fashion. The emphasis is on the world-sheet perspective of closed strings and of open strings ending on D-branes, where two-dimensional conformal field theory is the main tool. Compactifications of string theory, with and without fluxes, and string dualities are also discussed from the space-time point of view, i.e. in geometric language. End-of-chapter references have been added to guide the reader intending to pursue further studies or to start research in the topics covered by this book.
- Contents:
- The Classical Bosonic String
- The Quantized Bosonic String
- Introduction to Conformal Field Theory
- Parametrization Ghosts and BRST Quantization
- String Perturbation Theory and One-Loop Amplitudes
- The Classical Fermionic String
- The Quantized Fermionic String
- Superstrings
- Toroidal Compactifications – 10-Dimensional Heterotic String
- Conformal Field Theory II: Lattices and Kac-Moody Algebras
- Conformal Field Theory III: Superconformal Field Theory
- Covariant Vertex Operators, BRST and Covariant Lattices
- String Compactifications
- CFTs for Type II and Heterotic String Vacua
- String Scattering Amplitudes and Low Energy Effective Field Theory
- Compactifications of the Type II Superstring With D-branes and Fluxes
- String Dualities and M-theory.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 3-642-29497-9
- OCLC:
- 813410009
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