String theory demystified/
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York:
McGraw Hill,
2009
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| Series: | McGraw-Hill "Demystified" series
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The classical string I : equations of motion
- The classical string II : symmetries and worldsheet currents
- String quantization
- Conformal field theory part I
- BRST quantization
- RNS superstrings
- Compactification and T-duality
- Superstring theory continued
- A summary of superstring theory
- Type II string theories
- Heterotic string theory
- D-branes
- Black holes
- The holographic principle and AdS/CRT correspondance
- String theory and cosmology