Strings, Branes and Dualities (Nato Science Series C:, 520, Band 520) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792353447 ISBN 13: 9780792353447

Verlag: Springer, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

As recent developments have shown, supersymmetric quantum field theory and string theory are intimately related, with advances in one area often shedding light on the other. The organising ideas of most of these advances are the notion of duality and the physics of higher dimensional objects or p-branes.
The topics covered in the present volume include duality in field theory, in particular in supersymmetric field theory and supergravity, and in string theory. The Seiberg-Witten theory and its recent developments are also covered in detail. A large fraction of the volume is devoted to the current state of the art in M-theory, in particular its underlying superalgebra as well as its connection with superstring and N = 2 strings. The physics of D-branes and its essential role in the beautiful computation of the black hole entropy is also carefully covered. Finally, the last two sets of lectures are devoted to the exciting matrix approach to non-perturbative string theory.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0792353447
• ISBN 13: 9780792353447
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 504
• Herausgeber: Baulieu L., Di Francesco Philippe, Douglas Michael, Kazakov Vladimir, Picco Marco, Windey Paul
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