Thomas Mohaupt (University of Liverpool)

A Short Introduction to String Theory

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Aimed at graduate students, this book benefits from the author's research expertise and extensive teaching experience, introducing string theory in a concise and accessible manner. It covers the fundamentals of string theory, outlines key concepts in detail, and provides exercises to consolidate readers' understanding.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 714g
• ISBN-13: 9781108481380
• ISBN-10: 1108481388
• Artikelnr.: 62916994

Autorenporträt

Thomas Mohaupt obtained his PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Munster and is Reader in Theoretical Physics at the University of Liverpool. He has published extensively on string theory, specialising in black hole entropy and supergravity, and has taught various courses on related topics in the UK and in Germany. He has been a visiting scholar at Stanford University, a visiting professor at the University of Nancy, and a Senior Fellow at the Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics in Vienna.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I. From Particles to Strings: 1. Classical relativistic point particles
2. Classical relativistic strings
3. Quantized relativistic particles and strings. Part II. The World-Sheet Perspective: 4. The free massless scalar field on the complex plane
5. Two-dimensional conformal field theories
6. Partition functions I
Part III. The Space-Time Perspective: 7. Covariant quantization I
8. Intermezzo: Representations of the Poincaré group
9. Covariant quantization II
10. Light-cone quantization
11. Partition functions II
Part IV. Outlook: 12. Interactions
13. Dimensional reduction and T-duality
14. Fermions and supersymmetry
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G. References. Index.