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999			_c164136 _d164136
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040			_cCUS
082			_a530 _bZWI/A
100			_aZwiebach, Barton, _921986
245		2	_aA first course in string theory/ _cBarton Zwiebach.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aNew Delhi: _bCambridge University press, _c2009.
300			_axxii, 673 p. _bill. _c26 cm.
505			_aPart 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
650			_aString models. _921987
650			_aNuclear reactions. _921988
942			_cWB16 _01