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A first course in string theory /

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0521880327 (hardback)

(Number (ISBN

9780521880329 (hardback)

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Title Proper

A first course in string theory /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Barton Zwiebach.

Edition Statement

2nd ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxii, 673 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill. ;

Dimensions

26 cm.

Text of Note

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

Text of Note

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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Text of Note

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

String models.

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Edition

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Book number

Zwiebach, Barton,1954-

Date of Transaction

20120910130711.0

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