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Strings, branes, and gravity. TASI 99

By Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics , Shamit Kachru , Eva Silverstein , Jeffrey Harvey , Jeffrey A. Harvey

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Company
Year
2002
ISBN
9810247745, 9789810247744, 9789812799630
LCC
QC794.6.S85 T48 1999
Open Library ID
OL3581032M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
6 MB (6738813 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
954\954
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-07-29 05:14:56

Description

Many of the topics in this book are outgrowths of the spectacular new understanding of duality in string theory which emerged around 1995. They include the AdS/CFT correspondence and its relation to holography, the matrix theory formulation of M theory, the structure of black holes in string theory, the structure of D-branes and M-branes, and detailed development of dualities with N = 1 and N = 2 supersymmetry. In addition, there are lectures covering experimental and phenomenological aspects of the Standard Model and its extensions, and discussions on cosmology including both theoretical aspects and the exciting experimental evidence for a non-zero cosmological constant.

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