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Introduction to Strings and Branes
Peter A. West
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Description for Introduction to Strings and Branes
hardcover. Detailed, step-by-step introduction to the theoretical foundations of strings and branes, essential reading for graduate students and researchers. Num Pages: 722 pages, 36 b/w illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: PHP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 179 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1538. 722 pages, 36 b/w illus. 3 tables. Detailed, step-by-step introduction to the theoretical foundations of strings and branes, essential reading for graduate students and researchers. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PHP. Dimension: 245 x 179 x 37. Weight: 1544.
Supersymmetry, strings and branes are believed to be the essential ingredients in a single unified consistent theory of physics. This book gives a detailed, step-by-step introduction to the theoretical foundations required for research in strings and branes. After a study of the different formulations of the bosonic and supersymmetric point particles, the classical and quantum bosonic and supersymmetric string theories are presented. This book includes accounts of brane dynamics and D-branes and the T, S and U duality symmetries of string theory. The historical derivation of string theory is given as well as the sum over the world-sheet approach to ... Read more
Supersymmetry, strings and branes are believed to be the essential ingredients in a single unified consistent theory of physics. This book gives a detailed, step-by-step introduction to the theoretical foundations required for research in strings and branes. After a study of the different formulations of the bosonic and supersymmetric point particles, the classical and quantum bosonic and supersymmetric string theories are presented. This book includes accounts of brane dynamics and D-branes and the T, S and U duality symmetries of string theory. The historical derivation of string theory is given as well as the sum over the world-sheet approach to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
722
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
1537g
Number of Pages
722
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521817479
SKU
V9780521817479
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About Peter A. West
Peter West is a Professor at King's College London. He is a pioneer in the development of supersymmetry and its application to strings and branes.
Reviews for Introduction to Strings and Branes
"This single-volume new textbook on string theory will provide a solid and broad foundation to those who aspire to learn essential physical aspects on string theory with efficiency and depth. It is refreshing to see that this textbook contains lots of material which rarely appears in other string theory textbooks. This textbook is very helpful and pedagogical and it is ... Read more