| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 673 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Special relativity and extra dimensions -- Electromagnetism and gravitation in various dimensions -- Nonrelativistic strings -- The relativistic point particle -- Relativistic strings -- String parameterization and classical motion -- World-sheet currents -- Light-cone relativistic strings -- Light-cone fields and particles -- The relativistic quantum point particle -- Relativistic quantum open strings -- Relativistic quantum closed strings -- A look at relativistic superstrings -- D-branes and gauge fields -- String charge and electric charge -- T-duality of closed strings -- T-duality of open strings -- Electromagnetic fields on D-branes -- Nonlinear and Born-Infeld electrodynamics -- String theory and particle physics -- String thermodynamics and black holes -- Strong interactions and AdS/CFT -- Covariant string quantization -- String interactions and Riemann surfaces -- Loop amplitudes in string theory |
| Summary |
An introduction to string theory, this book provides a detailed and self-contained demonstration of the main concepts involved |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
String models.
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SCIENCE -- Waves & Wave Mechanics.
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String models.
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String models
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Stringtheorie
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Snaartheorie.
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| Genre/Form |
Lehrbuch.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511479328 |
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9780511479328 |
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9780521880329 |
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0521880327 |
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9780511477805 |
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0511477805 |
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9780511650314 |
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0511650310 |
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9780511841620 |
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0511841620 |
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9786612390678 |
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6612390670 |
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