Introduction to Superstrings and M-Theory

by Berry, R. Stephen

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Full title :Introduction to Superstrings and M-Theory.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1999.
Edition:N.

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Publisher(s):Springer New York
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1999.

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Description:1 online resource (597 pages)

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ISBN:9781461205432, 1461205433
oclc:ocn958525395
LC Classification:QC794.6.S85
Dewey Decimal:539.7/258

Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics; Introduction to Superstrings and M-Theory; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Part I First Quantization and Path Integrals; CHAPTER 1 Path Integrals and Point Particles; CHAPTER 2 Nambu-Goto Strings; CHAPTER 3 Superstrings; CHAPTER 4 Conformal Field Theory and Kac-Moody Algebras; CHAPTER 5 Multiloops and Teichmüller Spaces; Part II Second Quantization and the Search for Geometry; CHAPTER 6 Light Cone Field Theory; CHAPTER 7 BRST Field Theory; Part III Phenomenology and Model Building; CHAPTER 8 Anomalies and the Atiyah-Singer Theorem.

CHAPTER 9 Heterotic Strings and CompactificationCHAPTER 10 Calabi-Yau Spaces and Orbifolds; Part IV M-Theory; CHAPTER 11 M-Theory and Duality; CHAPTER 12 Compactifications and BPS States; CHAPTER 13 Solitons, D-Branes, and Black Holes; Appendix; Index.