UID:
almafu_9961294699502883
Format:
1 online resource (xxii, 673 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-139-63764-9
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0-511-84162-0
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0-511-65031-0
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0-511-47780-5
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0-511-63120-0
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0-511-47932-8
Content:
String theory made understandable. Barton Zwiebach is once again faithful to his goal of making string theory accessible to undergraduates. He presents the main concepts of string theory in a concrete and physical way to develop intuition before formalism, often through simplified and illustrative examples. Complete and thorough in its coverage, this new edition now includes AdS/CFT correspondence and introduces superstrings. It is perfectly suited to introductory courses in string theory for students with a background in mathematics and physics. New sections cover strings on orbifolds, cosmic strings, moduli stabilization, and the string theory landscape. Now with almost 300 problems and exercises, with password-protected solutions for instructors at www.cambridge.org/zwiebach.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jul 2016).
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A brief introduction -- 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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-88032-7
Language:
English
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