String Theory in a Nutshell (eBook)

Second Edition

Elias Kiritsis (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2019 | 2. Auflage
888 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-18896-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The essential introduction to modern string theory-now fully expanded and revisedString Theory in a Nutshell is the definitive introduction to modern string theory. Written by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, this concise and accessible book starts with basic definitions and guides readers from classic topics to the most exciting frontiers of research today. It covers perturbative string theory, the unity of string interactions, black holes and their microscopic entropy, the AdS/CFT correspondence and its applications, matrix model tools for string theory, and more. It also includes 600 exercises and serves as a self-contained guide to the literature.This fully updated edition features an entirely new chapter on flux compactifications in string theory, and the chapter on AdS/CFT has been substantially expanded by adding many applications to diverse topics. In addition, the discussion of conformal field theory has been extensively revised to make it more student-friendly.The essential one-volume reference for students and researchers in theoretical high-energy physicsNow fully expanded and revisedProvides expanded coverage of AdS/CFT and its applications, namely the holographic renormalization group, holographic theories for Yang-Mills and QCD, nonequilibrium thermal physics, finite density physics, and entanglement entropyIdeal for mathematicians and physicists specializing in theoretical cosmology, QCD, and novel approaches to condensed matter systemsAn online illustration package is available to professors

Autor

Elias Kiritsis is director of research at the French National Center for Scientific Research and professor of physics at the University of Crete.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.4.2019
• Reihe/Serie: In a Nutshell
• Reihe/Serie: In a Nutshell
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
• Schlagworte: Black Hole Information Paradox • Bosonic string theory • Brane • Calculation • Chiral Symmetry Breaking • conformal field theory • Correlation function (quantum field theory) • cosmological constant • coupling constant • Creation and annihilation operators • Curvature invariant (general relativity) • D-Brane • Degrees of freedom (mechanics) • Dilaton • Dirac equation • Dirac Operator • Einstein Field Equations • Euler number (physics) • Expectation value (quantum mechanics) • Fermion • Fock space • four-dimensional space • F-theory • Gauge anomaly • Gauge boson • Gauge Theory • Gluon condensate • Gravitational Anomaly • Gravitational collapse • Gravitational constant • Gravitational coupling constant • Gravitational instanton • gravitational potential • Gravitational Wave • Graviton • Harmonic oscillator • Helicity (particle physics) • Heterotic string theory • Higgs boson • Higgs Mechanism • Holography • instanton • Lagrangian (field theory) • Lorentz covariance • Lorentz Group • Lorentz scalar • magnetization • Majorana fermion • Matrix theory (physics) • Minkowski space • Mirror symmetry (string theory) • Moduli (physics) • moduli space • M-Theory • Neutrino • Operator (physics) • perturbation theory • Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) • physics beyond the standard model • Pseudoscalar • Quantum Chromodynamics • quantum electrodynamics • quantum entanglement • Quantum Gravity • quantum mechanics • Quantum number • quantum phase transition • quantum statistical mechanics • quantum tunnelling • Quark • Quark–gluon plasma • renormalization • Riemann surface • Ryu-Takayanagi Conjecture • Scalar (physics) • singularity theory • Spacetime Symmetries • Spinor • Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking • Stress–energy tensor • String (physics) • String Theory • String Theory Landscape • Superconformal algebra • Supergravity • Supermultiplet • Superpotential • superspace • Superstring Theory • Supersymmetric gauge theory • Supersymmetry • Supersymmetry algebra • Supertrace • symmetry breaking • T-duality • theoretical physics • Theory of relativity • Translation operator (quantum mechanics) • Unitarity (physics) • wormhole
• ISBN-10: 0-691-18896-3 / 0691188963
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-18896-6 / 9780691188966