Boundary Conformal Field Theory And The Worldsheet Approach To D Branes
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Author | : Andreas Recknagel |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2013-11-28 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0521832233 |
A comprehensive introduction to the mathematical description of strings, D-branes and the geometry of strongly curved spacetime.
Author | : Andreas Recknagel |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2013-11-28 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1107511801 |
Boundary conformal field theory is concerned with a class of two-dimensional quantum field theories which display a rich mathematical structure and have many applications ranging from string theory to condensed matter physics. In particular, the framework allows discussion of strings and branes directly at the quantum level. Written by internationally renowned experts, this comprehensive introduction to boundary conformal field theory reaches from theoretical foundations to recent developments, with an emphasis on the algebraic treatment of string backgrounds. Topics covered include basic concepts in conformal field theory with and without boundaries, the mathematical description of strings and D-branes, and the geometry of strongly curved spacetime. The book offers insights into string geometry that go beyond classical notions. Describing the theory from basic concepts, and providing numerous worked examples from conformal field theory and string theory, this reference is of interest to graduate students and researchers in physics and mathematics.
Author | : Manu Paranjape |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2023-01-31 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1009291262 |
This 2017 volume, now reissued as OA, provides an accessible, detailed introduction to instanton methods and their many applications.
Author | : Francesco Bajardi |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 451 |
Release | : 2022-11-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1009208748 |
This volume summarizes the many modified theories of gravity and shows how to select physically viable models using symmetry principles.
Author | : Stephen W. Hawking |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2023-02-16 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1009253182 |
First published in 1973, this influential work discusses Einstein's General Theory of Relativity to show how two of its predictions arise: first, that the ultimate fate of many massive stars is to undergo gravitational collapse to form 'black holes'; and second, that there was a singularity in the past at the beginning of the universe. Starting with a precise formulation of the theory, including the necessary differential geometry, the authors discuss the significance of space-time curvature and examine the properties of a number of exact solutions of Einstein's field equations. They develop the theory of the causal structure of a general space-time, and use it to prove a number of theorems establishing the inevitability of singularities under certain conditions. A Foreword contributed by Abhay Ashtekar and a new Preface from George Ellis help put the volume into context of the developments in the field over the past fifty years.
Author | : Patrick Dorey |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 608 |
Release | : 2019-07-24 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0192563319 |
This volume, 106 of the Les Houches Summer School series, brings together applications of integrability to supersymmetric gauge and string theory. The book focuses on the application of integrability and problems in quantum field theory. Particular emphasis is given to the exact solution of planar N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory and its relation with string theory on the one hand, and the exact determination of the low-energy physics of N=2 super-Yang-Mills theories on the other; links with other domains are also explored. The purpose of the Les Houches Summer School was to bring together young researchers and specialists from statistical physics, condensed matter physics, gauge and string theory, and mathematics, to stimulate discussion across these different research areas.
Author | : Sreerup Raychaudhuri |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2016-04-25 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1316571513 |
The possibility that we live in a higher-dimensional world with spatial dimensions greater than three started with the early work of Kaluza and Klein. However, in addressing experimental constraints, early model-builders were forced to compactify these extra dimensions to very tiny scales. With the development of brane-world scenarios it became possible to consider novel compactifications which allow the extra dimensions to be large or to provide observable effects of these dimensions at experimentally accessible energy scales. This book provides a comprehensive account of these recent developments, keeping the high-energy physics implications in focus. After an historical survey of the idea of extra dimensions, the book deals in detail with models of large extra dimensions, warped extra dimensions and other models such as universal extra dimensions. The theoretical and phenomenological implications are discussed in a pedagogical manner for both researchers and graduate students.
Author | : Daniel Baumann |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 395 |
Release | : 2015-04-23 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1107089697 |
This accessible volume provides a modern treatment of the cosmological and string-theoretic background necessary to understand inflation in string theory.
Author | : Bei-Lok B. Hu |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 615 |
Release | : 2020-03-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0521193575 |
An overview of semi-classical gravity theory and stochastic gravity as theories of quantum gravity in curved space-time.
Author | : Luca Lusanna |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 339 |
Release | : 2019-07-04 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 110857419X |
Interpreting general relativity relies on a proper description of non-inertial frames and Dirac observables. This book describes global non-inertial frames in special and general relativity. The first part covers special relativity and Minkowski space time, before covering general relativity, globally hyperbolic Einstein space-time, and the application of the 3+1 splitting method to general relativity. The author uses a Hamiltonian description and the Dirac–Bergmann theory of constraints to show that the transition between one non-inertial frame and another is a gauge transformation, extra variables describing the frame are gauge variables, and the measureable matter quantities are gauge invariant Dirac observables. Point particles, fluids and fields are also discussed, including how to treat the problems of relative times in the description of relativistic bound states, and the problem of relativistic centre of mass. Providing a detailed description of mathematical methods, the book is perfect for theoretical physicists, researchers and students working in special and general relativity.