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Title:	String theory and M-theory a modern introduction
From:	Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker and John H. Schwarz
Person:	Becker, Katrin 1967- Verfasser aut Becker, Melanie Schwarz, John H. 1941-
Main Authors:	Becker, Katrin 1967- (Author), Becker, Melanie (Author), Schwarz, John H. 1941- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2007
Edition:	1. publ.
Subjects:	M-Theorie Stringtheorie String models String models > Problems, exercises, etc
Online Access:	http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=015013434&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
Physical Description:	XVI, 739 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:	0521860695 9780521860697

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adam_text	Contents Preface page xi 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Historical origins 2 1.2 General features 3 1.3 Basic string theory 6 1.4 Modern developments in superstring theory 9 2 The bosonic string 17 2.1 p-brane actions 17 2.2 The string action 24 2.3 String sigma-model action: the classical theory 30 2.4 Canonical quantization 36 2.5 Light-cone gauge quantization 48 3 Conformai ñeld theory and string interactions 58 3.1 Conformai field theory 58 3.2 BRST quantization 75 3.3 Background fields 81 3.4 Vertex operators 85 3.5 The structure of string perturbation theory 89 3.6 The linear-dilaton vacuum and noncritical strings 98 3.7 Witten s open-string field theory 100 4 Strings with world-sheet supersymmetry 109 4.1 Ramond-Neveu-Schwarz strings 110 4.2 Global world-sheet supersymmetry 112 4.3 Constraint equations and conformai invariance 118 4.4 Boundary conditions and mode expansions 122 VII viii Contents 4.5 Canonical quantization of the RNS string 124 4.6 Light-cone gauge quantization of the RNS string 130 4.7 SCFT and BRST 140 5 Strings with space-time supersymmetry 148 5.1 The DO-brane action 149 5.2 The supersymmetric string action 155 5.3 Quantization of the GS action 160 5.4 Gauge anomalies and their cancellation 169 6 Т -duality and D-branes 187 6.1 The bosonic string and Dp-branes 188 6.2 D-branes in type II superstring theories 203 6.3 Type I superstring theory 220 6.4 Т -duality in the presence of background fields 227 6.5 World-volume actions for D-branes 229 7 The heterotic string 249 7.1 Nonabelian gauge symmetry in string theory 250 7.2 Fermionic construction of the heterotic string 252 7.3 Toroidal compactification 265 7.4 Bosonic construction of the heterotic string 286 8 M-theory and string duality 296 8.1 Low-energy effective actions 300 8.2 S-duality 323 8.3 M-theory 329 8.4 M-theory dualities 338 9 String geometry 354 9.1 Orbifolds 358 9.2 Calabi-Yau manifolds: mathematical properties 363 9.3 Examples of Calabi-Yau manifolds 366 9.4 Calabi-Yau compactifications of the heterotic string 374 9.5 Deformations of Calabi-Yau manifolds 385 9.6 Special geometry 391 9.7 Type IIA and type IIB on Calabi-Yau three-folds 399 9.8 Nonperturbative effects in Calabi-Yau compactifications 403 9.9 Mirror symmetry 411 9.10 Heterotic string theory on Calabi-Yau three-folds 415 9.11 КЗ compactifications and more string dualities 418 9.12 Manifolds with G2 and Spin(7) holonomy 433 10 Flux compactifications 456 10.1 Flux compactifications and Calabi-Yau four-folds 460 10.2 Flux compactifications of the type IIB theory 480 Contents ix 10.3 Moduli stabilization 499 10.4 Fluxes, torsion and heterotic strings 508 10.5 The strongly coupled heterotic string 518 10.6 The landscape 522 10.7 Fluxes and cosmology 526 11 Black holes in string theory 549 11.1 Black holes in general relativity 552 11.2 Black-hole thermodynamics 562 11.3 Black holes in string theory 566 11.4 Statistical derivation of the entropy 582 11.5 The attractor mechanism 587 11.6 Small BPS black holes in four dimensions 599 12 Gauge theory/string theory dualities 610 12.1 Black-brane solutions in string theory and M-theory 613 12.2 Matrix theory 625 12.3 The AdS/CFT correspondence 638 12.4 Gauge/string duality for the conifold and generalizations 669 12.5 Plane-wave space-times and their duals 677 12.6 Geometric transitions 684 Bibliographic discussion 690 Bibliography 700 Index 726
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