String Theory

Klappentext The two volumes that comprise STRING THEORY provide an up-to-date! comprehensive account of string theory. Volume 1 offers a thorough introduction to the bosonic string! based on the Polyakov path integral and conformal field theory and also treats various string interactions. Zusammenfassung This 1998 volume provides a comprehensive account of the bosonic string! introducing the central ideas of string theory! based on the Polyakov path integral and conformal field theory. This is an essential text and reference for graduate students and researchers interested in modern superstring theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; Preface; Notation; 1. A first look at strings; 2. Conformal field theory; 3. The Polyakov path integral; 4. The string spectrum; 5. The string S-matrix; 6. Tree-level amplitudes; 7. One-loop amplitudes; 8. Toroidal compactification and T-duality; 9. Higher order amplitudes; Appendix A: a short course on path integrals; References; Glossary; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Olchinski, Joseph Polchinski, Joseph (University of California Polchinski
• Assisted by: Peter Landshoff (Editor), D. R. Nelson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.10.1998
• EAN: 9780521633031
• ISBN: 978-0-521-63303-1
• No. of pages: 424
• Series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics; Cambridge Monographs on Mathem; String Theory 2 Volume Hardback Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Astronomy: general, reference works