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1 online resource (xi, 249 pages) : illustrations |
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PREFACE; Chapter 1 ACTION FUNCTIONAL FOR A RELATIVISTIC STRING AND LAGRANGIAN FORMALISM; 1. Relativistic String in Elementary Particle Physics; 2. Action for the Relativistic String; 3. The Hamilton Principle and Equations of Motion; 4. Solution of the Equations of Motion with Fourier Series. Covariant Formalism; 5. Noncovariant Lagrangian Formalism; 6. Solution of the Cauchy Problem for Equations of Motion for the Relativistic String in the Lagrange Formalism; 7. Examples of Motions of the Relativistic String; Chapter 2 HAMILTONIAN FORMALISM AND QUANTIZATION |
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8. Constraints and Equations of Motion in Phase Space9. Hamiltonian Theory of the Relativistic String with Gauge Conditions. Noncovariant Quantization; 10. Covariant Hamiltonian Formalism and Covariant Quantization. BRST Formalism; 11. The Rohrlich Quantization of the Relativistic String; Chapter 3 STRING WITH MASSES AT ENDS. CHARGED STRING; 12. Theory of a Limited Class of Motions of a Relativistic String with Masses at Ends; 13. Some Exact Solutions for the String with Massive Ends; 14. Infinite Relativistic String with a Point-like Mass; 15. Inter-quark Potential in the String Model |
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16. Open Strings in a Background Electromagnetic Field17. The Open String With a Net Charge in an External Electromagnetic Field; Chapter 4 GEOMETRICAL APPROACH IN THE RELATIVISTIC STRING THEORY; 18. Mathematical Introduction; 19. Minimal Surfaces; 20. Nonlinear Equations in the Geometrical Theory of the String and their General Solutions; 21. Investigation of Soliton Solutions to the Liouville Equation. Semi-classical Quantization; 22. Parametrization t = r in the String Theory; 23. Gauge Freedom in the Moving Frame on the String World Surface |
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24. Relativistic String in the de Sitter Space-time25. Generalization of the Relativistic String Model in the Geometrical Approach; Chapter 5 CONNECTION OF THE RELATIVISTIC STRING WITH FIELD MODELS. GENERALIZATION OF THE STRING APPROACH TO THE ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS; 26. String-like Solutions in the Superconductivity Theory. Cosmic Strings; 27. Strings in the Dirac Monopole Theory; 28. Born-Infeld Nonlinear Models and Relativistic String; 29. Relativistic String and Nonlinear Two-dimensional Sigma-model; 30. Polyakov's String Theory; 31. Spinning String and Superstring |
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32. Some Generalizations of the String Model. Relativistic Membranes and p-branes, Null-strings, Rigid String33. Baryon String Model; 34. Relativistic Strings in Quantum Chromodynamics; CONCLUSION; APPENDICES; Appendix A. Dual Models; Appendix B. The Noether Identities in the String Theory; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX |
| Summary |
This book presents a systematic and detailed account of the classical and quantum theory of the relativistic string and some of its modifications. Main attention is paid to the first-quantized string theory with possible applications to the string models |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-244) and index |
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English |
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Particles (Nuclear physics)
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Quantum theory.
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Relativity (Physics)
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String models.
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Elementary Particles
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Quantum Theory
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particle physics.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Nuclear.
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Particles (Nuclear physics)
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Quantum theory
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Relativity (Physics)
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String models
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nesterenko, V. V. (Vladimir Vitalʹevich)
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| ISBN |
9789814434263 |
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9814434264 |
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1299141161 |
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9781299141162 |
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