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" A first course in string theory / "
Barton Zwiebach.
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BL
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658729
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| Main Entry
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Zwiebach, Barton,1954-
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| Title & Author
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A first course in string theory /\ Barton Zwiebach.
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2nd ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2009.
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xxii, 673 p. :: ill. ;; 26 cm.
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9780521880329 (hardback)
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: 0521880327 (hardback)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [659]-666) and index.
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| Contents
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A brief introduction -- Special relativity and extra dimensions -- Electromagnetism and gravitation in various dimensions -- Nonrelativistic strings -- The relativistic point particle -- Relativistic strings -- String parameterization and classical motion -- World-sheet currents -- Light-cone relativistic strings -- Light-cone fields and particles -- The relativistic quantum point particle -- Relativistic quantum open strings -- Relativistic quantum closed strings -- A look at relativistic superstrings -- D-branes and guage fields -- String charge and electric charge -- T-duality of closed strings -- T-duality of open strings -- Electromagnetic fields on D-branes -- Nonlinear and Born-Infeld electrodynamics -- String theory and particle physics -- String thermodynamics and black holes -- Strong interactions and Ads/CFT -- Covariant string quantization -- String interactions and Riemann surfaces -- Loop amplitudes in string theory.
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An introduction to string theory, this book provides a detailed and self-contained demonstration of the main concepts involved.
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String models.
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539.7/258
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530.14
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QC794.6.S85Z95 2009
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