Supersymmetric Mechanics - Vol. 1 - Supersymmetry, Noncommutativity and Matrix Models

This is the first volume in a series of books on the general theme of Supersymmetric Mechanics; the series is based on lectures and discussions held in 2005 and 2006 at the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati. The selected topics include supersymmetry and supergravity, the attractor mechanism, black holes, noncommutative mechanics, super-Hamiltonian formalism and matrix models. All lectures are intended for beginners at the graduate level and nonspecialists from related fields of research and a substantial effort was made to incorporate in the extensive write-ups the results of the animated discussion sessions which followed the individual lectures. A second volume appears as
Lecture Notes Physics, Vol. 701 "Supersymmetric Mechanics - Vol. 2 : The Attractor Mechanism" (2006), ISBN: 3-540-34156-0.

List of contents

A Journey Through Garden Algebras.- Supersymmetric Mechanics in Superspace.- Noncommutative Mechanics, Landau Levels, Twistors, and Yang-Mills Amplitudes.- Elements of (Super-)Hamiltonian Formalism.- Matrix Models.

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From the reviews:

"Edited by S Bellucci, S Ferrara and A Marrani, is a good example of the kind of well-digested presentation that should still find its way into university libraries. ... Overall, this makes for a useful compilation of material on a subject that underlies mush of the current effort in supersymmetric approaches to cosmology and the unification programme." (Kellogg S Stelle, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Issue 24, 2007)

Product details

• Assisted by: Stefano Bellucci (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.11.2010
• EAN: 9783642069963
• ISBN: 978-3-642-06996-3
• No. of pages: 230
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 13 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 377 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 230 p.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; Gravitation, C, Gravity, Physics, String Theory, Physics and Astronomy, Quantum field theory, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Relativity physics, Mathematical Methods in Physics, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Statistical physics, Quantum Field Theories, String Theory