String Theory in a Nutshell [2 ed.] 0691155798, 9780691155791
String Theory in a Nutshell is the definitive introduction to modern string theory. Written by one of the world’s leadin
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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 Classical String Theory
3 Quantization of Bosonic Strings
4 Conformal Field Theory
5 Scattering Amplitudes and Vertex Operators
6 Strings in Background Fields
7 Superstrings and Supersymmetry
8 D-Branes
9 Compactification and Supersymmetry Breaking
10 Loop Corrections to String Effective Couplings
11 Duality Connections and Nonperturbative Effects
12 Compactifications with Fluxes
13 Black Holes and Entropy in String Theory
14 The Bulk/Boundary (Holographic) Correspondence
15 Applications of the Holographic Correspondence
16 String Theory and Matrix Models
Appendixes
Appendix A Two-Dimensional Complex Geometry
Appendix B Differential Forms
Appendix C Conformal Transformations and Curvature
Appendix D Theta and Other Elliptic Functions
Appendix E Toroidal Lattice Sums
Appendix F Toroidal Kaluza-Klein Reduction
Appendix G The Reissner-Nordström Black Hole
Appendix H Electric-Magnetic Duality in D = 4
Appendix I Supersymmetric Actions in Ten and Eleven Dimensions
Appendix J N=14, 24, Four-Dimensional Supergravity Coupled to Matter
Appendix K BPS Multiplets in Four Dimensions
Appendix L The Geometry of Anti-de Sitter Space
Bibliography
Index
Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 Classical String Theory
3 Quantization of Bosonic Strings
4 Conformal Field Theory
5 Scattering Amplitudes and Vertex Operators
6 Strings in Background Fields
7 Superstrings and Supersymmetry
8 D-Branes
9 Compactification and Supersymmetry Breaking
10 Loop Corrections to String Effective Couplings
11 Duality Connections and Nonperturbative Effects
12 Compactifications with Fluxes
13 Black Holes and Entropy in String Theory
14 The Bulk/Boundary (Holographic) Correspondence
15 Applications of the Holographic Correspondence
16 String Theory and Matrix Models
Appendixes
Appendix A Two-Dimensional Complex Geometry
Appendix B Differential Forms
Appendix C Conformal Transformations and Curvature
Appendix D Theta and Other Elliptic Functions
Appendix E Toroidal Lattice Sums
Appendix F Toroidal Kaluza-Klein Reduction
Appendix G The Reissner-Nordström Black Hole
Appendix H Electric-Magnetic Duality in D = 4
Appendix I Supersymmetric Actions in Ten and Eleven Dimensions
Appendix J N=14, 24, Four-Dimensional Supergravity Coupled to Matter
Appendix K BPS Multiplets in Four Dimensions
Appendix L The Geometry of Anti-de Sitter Space
Bibliography
Index
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