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Strings and fundamental physics

By Neil Lambert (auth.) , Marco Baumgartl , Ilka Brunner , Michael Haack (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2012
ISBN
9783642259463, 3642259464
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-25947-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1768534 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics 851
Edition
1
Pages
291\301
Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2012-12-29 17:00:00
Quantum Field TheoriesString Theory;Mathematical Physics;Mathematical Ap

Description

The basic idea, simple and revolutionary at the same time, to replace the concept of a point particle with a one-dimensional string, has opened up a whole new field of research. Even today, four decades later, its multifaceted consequences are still not fully conceivable. Up to now string theory has offered a new way to view each particle: as different excitations of the same fundamental object. It has celebrated success in discovering the graviton in its spectrum, and it has naturally led scientists to posit space-times with more than four dimensions—which in turn has triggered numerous interesting developments in fields as varied as condensed matter physics and pure mathematics. This book collects pedagogical lectures by leading experts in string theory, introducing the non-specialist reader to some of the newest developments in the field. The carefully selected topics are at the cutting edge of research in string theory and include new developments in topological strings, or AdS/CFT dualities, as well as newly emerging subfields such as doubled field theory and holography in the hydrodynamic regime. The contributions to this book have been selected and arranged in such a way as to form a self-contained, graduate level textbook.

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