String Theory And Quantum Gravity '92 - Proceedings Of The Trieste Spring School And Workshop

String Theory And Quantum Gravity '92 - Proceedings Of The Trieste Spring School And Workshop
Author: Jeffrey A Harvey
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 422
Release: 1993-06-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9814553247

Contents:Ising Model and N = 2 Supersymmetric Theories (S Cecotti & C Vafa)The Dark Side of String Theory: Black Holes and Black Strings (G T Horowitz)Some Recent Developments in Closed String Field Theory (A Sen) Quantum Aspects of Black Holes (J A Harvey & A Strominger)The One Dimensional Matrix Model and String Theory (S R Das)Gravity and Gauge Theory at High Energies (H Verlinde)Notes on N = 2 σ-Models (J Distler)The W Geometry of Chiral Surfaces in Complex Projective Spaces (J-L Gervals)On Physical States in 2d (Topological) Gravity (P Bouwknegt et al)Dynamics of the Conformal Factor in 4D Gravity (I Antoniadis)Non-Relativistic Fermions, Coadjoint Orbits of W8 and String Field Theory at c = 1 (A Dhar et al)Simplicial Quantum Gravity (J Ambjørn et al)Gravitational Scattering at Planckian Energies: The Eikonal and Beyond (D Amati)A Proposal for D > 1 Strings? (L Alvarez-Gaumé & J L F Barbón)Differential Equations in Special Kähler Geometry (J Louis)N = 2 First Order Systems: Landau-Ginzburg Potentials and Topological Twist (P Fre & P Soriani) Readership: High energy physicists. keywords:

String Theory, Quantum Gravity And The Unification Of The Fundamental Interactions - Proceedings Of The Conference

String Theory, Quantum Gravity And The Unification Of The Fundamental Interactions - Proceedings Of The Conference
Author: Massimo Bianchi
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 546
Release: 1993-08-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9814554030

String theory is the candidate for the unification of all fundamental interactions including gravity. In the past few years this active field of research has developed very rapidly and in several different directions. The aim of the conference is to give an overview of the status of the art in string theory through the contributions of the major experts in this field. The main topics include: string unification and effective Lagrangians, N=2 string theories, 2-d quantum gravity, stringy black holes, topological field theory, conformal field theories, strings and quantum field theory.

String Theory, Gauge Theory And Quantum Gravity '93 - Proceedings Of The Trieste Spring School And Workshop

String Theory, Gauge Theory And Quantum Gravity '93 - Proceedings Of The Trieste Spring School And Workshop
Author: Robbert Dijkgraaf
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 351
Release: 1994-08-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9814566675

Contents:Black Hole Evaporation and Quantum Gravity (K Schoutens et al.)A String Project in Multicolor QCD (V Kazakov)Matrix Models and String Theory (K Demeterfi & I Klebanov)Developments in 2D String Theory (A Jevicki)Exact Results for Two-Dimensional N = 2 Supersymmetric Theories — An Introduction to the tt∗ Equations (S Cecotti)Perturbative Topological Field Theory (R Dijkgraaf)Barriers in Quantum Gravity (J Ambjørn)Two-Dimensional Black Hole and Nonperturbative String Theory (A Dhar)U(N) Gauge Theory and Lattice Strings (I K Kostov)Quantization of Mirror Symmetry (H Ooguri)W-Strings 93 (C N Pope)Applications of O(d,d) Transformations to Generate New Geometries (S P Khastgir & J Maharana) Readership: High energy physicists. keywords:

Two Dimensional Quantum Gravity And Random Surfaces - 8th Jerusalem Winter School For Theoretical Physics

Two Dimensional Quantum Gravity And Random Surfaces - 8th Jerusalem Winter School For Theoretical Physics
Author: David J Gross
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1991-12-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9814556300

In the past few years there has been much study of random two dimensional surfaces. These provide simple models of string theories with a few degrees of freedom, as well as toy models of quantum gravity. They have possible applications to the statistical mechanics of phase boundaries and to the development of an effective string description of QCD.Recently, methods have been developed to treat these theories nonperturbatively, based on discrete triangulations of the surfaces that can be generated by simple matrix models. Exact solutions with a rich mathematical structure have emerged. All these matters are discussed fully in this book.

Proceedings of the International Workshop on Frontiers of Theoretical Physics

Proceedings of the International Workshop on Frontiers of Theoretical Physics
Author: F. Sakata
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2001
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789812810380

At the crossing of centuries, it is very important to review the main problems and research in theoretical physics. This was the purpose of the International Workshop on Frontiers of Theoretical Physics, allowing the interchange of ideas among people with different expertise. The proceedings can be divided into two parts: (1) general view talks about string, particle physics, nuclear physics, etc. given by Profs. T Yoneya, M Kobayazhi, A Sanda, Z Li and F Sakata; (2) research related to many important fields, such as quantum field theory, string theory, particle physics, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics and mathematical physics. Contents: Aspects of Current Particle Physics (M Kobayashi); CP Violation Past, Present and Future (A I Sanda); Nonlinear Science in Nuclear Physics (F Sakata); String Theory OCo Where are We Now? (T Yoneya); The Descent Equation of Noncommutative Differential Geometry on Lattice (K Wu); Supersymmetry for Flavors (C Liu); Quantization on Manifolds and Induced Gauge Potentials (Y Ohnuki); Chiral Lagrangian in QCD (Q Wang & Z-M Wang); and other papers. Readership: Graduate students and researchers in theoretical physics."

Quantum Symmetries - Proceedings Of The International Workshop On Mathematical Physics

Quantum Symmetries - Proceedings Of The International Workshop On Mathematical Physics
Author: Heinz-dietrich Doebner
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 394
Release: 1993-10-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9814552798

Quantum symmetry modelled through quantum group or its dual, quantum algebra, is a very active field of relevant physical and mathematical research stimulated often by physical intuition and with promising physical applications. This volume gives some information on the progress of this field during the years after the quantum group workshop in Clausthal 1989. Quantum symmetry is connected with very different approaches and views. The field is not yet coherent; there are different notions of quantum groups and of quantum algebras through algebraic deformations of groups and algebras. Hence its development has various directions following more special mathematical and physical interests.