Buch, Englisch, Band 346, 348 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 677 g
Reihe: Lecture Notes in Physics
Buch, Englisch, Band 346, 348 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 677 g
Reihe: Lecture Notes in Physics
ISBN: 978-3-662-13743-7
Verlag: Springer
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.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
- Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
Weitere Infos & Material
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.
