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Basic Concepts of String Theory
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
ISBN/EAN: 9783642429996
Umbreit-Nr.: 7477731
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xii, 784 S.
Format in cm: 4.5 x 23.5 x 15.5
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 09.11.2014
Auflage: 1/2014
- Kurztext
- 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.
- Autorenportrait
- Stefan Theisen is also LNP series editor for many years Ralph Blumenhagen has already published an LNP