String Theory

By:

Joseph Polchinski

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics

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Available for the first time in paperback String Theory comprises two volumes which provide an up-to-date, comprehensive and pedagogic account of the subject. Volume 2 begins with an introduction to supersymmetric string theories and presents the important advances of recent years. The first three chapters introduce the type I, type II, and heterototic superstring theories and their interactions. The next two chapters present important recent discoveries about strongly coupled strings, beginning with a detailed treatment of D-branes and their dynamics, and covering string duality, M-theory, and black hole entropy. The final chapters are concerned with four-dimensional string theories, showing how some of the simplest string models connect with previous ideas for unifying the Standard Model. They collect many important results on world-sheet and spacetime symmetries. An appendix summarizes the necessary background on fermions and supersymmetry. An essential text and reference for graduate students and researchers interested in modern superstring theory.

Release date Australia

October 13th, 1998

Author

Joseph Polchinski

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises; 12 Tables, unspecified; 15 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

552

Series

Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics

Dimensions

177x251x36

ISBN-13

9780521633048

Product ID

4113266

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