Fields, strings and duality : TASI 96, Boulder, Colorado, US, 2-28 June 1996

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Fields, strings and duality : TASI 96, Boulder, Colorado, US, 2-28 June 1996

editors, Costas Efthimiou, Brian Greene

World Scientific, c1997

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Description

The past year has witnessed truly remarkable developments in our understanding of string theory. Fields, Strings and Duality — TASI 96 is an invaluable collection of review papers on the subject, contributed by the most prominent researchers in the field. This volume is a scientific treasure for graduate students, researchers and all others who are interested in the progress of theoretical physics.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction to supersymmetry, J. Lykken
  • lectures on quantum geometry, B. Greene
  • magnetic monopoles, duality and supersymmetry, J. Harvey
  • K3 surfaces and string duality, P. Aspinwall
  • supersymmetry phenomenology (with a wide brush), M. Dine
  • supermembranes, M. Duff
  • introduction to F-theory, D. Morrison
  • electric-magnetic duality in supersymmetric quantum field theory, M. Peskin
  • lectures on D-branes, J. Polchinski
  • lectures on superstring and M theory dualities, J. Schwarz
  • non-perturbative quantum field theory, T. DeGrand
  • experimental aspects of the standard model, P. Drell
  • aspects of the electroweak theory, R. Peccei.

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  • NCID
    BA32147170
  • ISBN
    • 981023144X
  • Country Code
    si
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Singapore
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 1069 p., [5] p. of plates
  • Size
    23 cm
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