A first course in string theory/ Barton Zwiebach.
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi: Cambridge University press, 2009Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxii, 673 p. ill. 26 cmISBN: 9780521176330Subject(s): String models | Nuclear reactionsDDC classification: 530Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books Science Library | Science Library, Sikkim University Science Library General Section | 530 ZWI/A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Books For SU Science Library | P19048 |
Part I. Basics:
1. A brief introduction;
2. Special relativity and extra dimensions;
3. Electromagnetism and gravitation in various dimensions;
4. Nonrelativistic strings;
5. The relativistic point particle;
6. Relativistic strings;
7. Strong parameterization and classical motion;
8. World-sheet currents;
9. Light-cone relativistic strings;
10. Light-cone fields and particles;
11. The relativistic quantum point particle;
12, Relativistic quantum closed strings;
13. Relativistic quantum closed strings;
14. A look at relativistic superstrings;
Part II. Developments:
15. D-branes and gauge fields;
16. String charge and electric charge;
17. T-duality of closed strings;
18. T-duality of open strings;
19. Electromagnetism fields in D-branes;
20. Nonlinear and Born-Infeld electrodynamics;
21. Strong theory and particle physics;
22. String thermodynamics and black holes;
23. Strong interactions and AdS/CFT;
24. Covariant string quantization;
25. String interactions and Riemann surfaces;
26. Loop amplitudes in string theory; References
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