E-Book, Englisch, 535 Seiten, eBook
Kaku Strings, Conformal Fields, and Topology
1991
ISBN: 978-1-4684-0397-8
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
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An Introduction
E-Book, Englisch, 535 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics
ISBN: 978-1-4684-0397-8
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Following on the foundations laid in his earlier book "Introduction to Superstrings", Professor Kaku discusses such topics as the classification of conformal string theories, the non-polynomial closed string field theory, matrix models, and topological field theory. The presentation of the material is self-contained, and several chapters review material expounded in the earlier book. This book provides students with an understanding of the main areas of current progress in string theory, placing the reader at the forefront of current research.
Zielgruppe
Graduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
I Conformal Field Theory and Perturbation Theory.- 1 Introduction to Superstrings.- 2 BPZ Bootstrap and Minimal Models.- 3 WZW Model, Cosets, and Rational Conformal Field Theory.- 4 Modular Invariance and the A-D-E Classification.- 5 N=2 SUSY and Parafermions.- 6 Yang-Baxter Relation.- 7 Towards a Classification of Conformal Field Theories.- 8 Knot Theory and Quantum Groups.- II Nonperturbative Methods.- 9 Beyond the Planck Length.- 10 String Field Theory.- 11 Nonpolynomial String Field Theory.- 12 Geometrie String Field Theory.- 13 2D Gravity and Matrix Models.- 14 Topological Field Theory.- Appendix 1: Batalin-Vilkovisky Quantization.- Appendix 2: Covariant Quantization of the Green-Schwarz String.
