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BL
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745826
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b565775
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edited by C. Bachas [and others].
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Unity from duality : : gravity, gauge theory and strings = L'Unité de la physique fondamentale\ edited by C. Bachas [and others].
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New York ; London : Springer, Published in cooperation with the NATO Scientific Affair Division : EDP Sciences, Les Ulis, 2002
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(663 pages) : illustrations
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| ISBN
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3540362452
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: 9783540362456
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| Contents
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Supergravity / B. de Wit --; Supersymmetric gauge theories / D.S. Berman, E. Rabinovici --; Introduction to duality symmetries in string theory / A. Sen --; Les Houches lecture on large N field theories and gravity / J. Maldacena --; D-Branes on the conifold and N=1 gauge/gravity dualities / I.R. Klebanov, C.P. Herzog, P. Ouyang --; De Sitter space / M. Spradlin, A. Strominger, A. Volovich --; String compactification with N=1 supersymmetry / M.R. Douglas --; Lectures on open strings, and noncommutative gauge theories / N.A. Nekrasov --; Condensates near the Argyres-Douglas point in SU(2) gauge theory with broken N=2 supersymmetry / A. Gorsky --; Quantum field theory with extra dimensions / L. Baulieu --; Special holonomy spaces and M-theory / M. Cvetič [and others] --; Four dimensional non-critical strings / F. Ferrari --; U-opportunities: why is ten equal to ten? / B. Julia --; Exact answers to approximate questions --; noncommutative dipoles, open Wilson lines and UV-IR duality / Soo-Jong Rey --; Open-string models with broken supersymmetry / A. Sagnotti --; On a field theory of open strings, Tachyon condensation and closed strings / S.L. Shatashvili --; Exceptional magic / S.L. Shatashvili.
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| Abstract
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In a distilled and pedagogical fashion, the contributions to this volume of the famous summer school in Les Houches cover the recent developments in supersymmetric string theory, the gauge theory/string theory correspondence and string duality. Further chapters deal with quantum gravity and D-brane geometry. Black hole mechanics and cosmology are treated too, as well as the AdS-CFT correspondence. The book is a comprehensive introduction to the recent developments in string/M-theory and quantum gravity. It addresses graduate students in physics and astrophysics.
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Gauge fields (Physics) -- Congresses.
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Grand unified theories (Nuclear physics) -- Congresses.
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Gravitational fields -- Congresses.
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| LC Classification
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QC794.6.G7E358 2002
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C Bachas
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| Parallel Title
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Unité de la physique fondamentale
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