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A first course in string theory /

0521880327 (hardback)

9780521880329 (hardback)

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A first course in string theory /

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Barton Zwiebach.

2nd ed.

New York :

Cambridge University Press,

2009.

xxii, 673 p. :

ill. ;

26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [659]-666) and index.

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 guage 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.

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An introduction to string theory, this book provides a detailed and self-contained demonstration of the main concepts involved.

String models.

Zwiebach, Barton,1954-

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