Introduction to Superstrings and M-Theory
I. First Quantization and Path Integrals; 1. Path Integrals and Point Particles; 2. Nambu-Goto Strings; 3. Superstrings; 4. Conformal Field Theory and Kac-Moody Algebras; 5. Multiloops and Teichmüller Spaces; II. Second Quantization and the Search for Geometry; 6. Light Cone Field Theory; 7. BRST Field Theory; 8. Anomalies and the Atiyah-Singer Theorem; 9. Heterotic Strings and Compactification; 10. Calabi-Yau Spaces and Orbifolds; 11.M-theory and Duality; 12. Compatifications and BPS States 13. Solitons, D-branes, and Black Holes; Appendices; Index
608 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2011 by Springer · ISBN 9781461205449
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English
- Introduction to Superstrings and M-Theory · Springer · 2011 · ISBN 9781461205449 This page
German
- Introduction to Superstrings and M-theory · Springer · 1999 · ISBN 9783540985891
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