A First Course in String Theory

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Cambridge University Press, Jan 22, 2009 - Science - 673 pages
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String theory made understandable. Barton Zwiebach is once again faithful to his goal of making string theory accessible to undergraduates. He presents the main concepts of string theory in a concrete and physical way to develop intuition before formalism, often through simplified and illustrative examples. Complete and thorough in its coverage, this new edition now includes AdS/CFT correspondence and introduces superstrings. It is perfectly suited to introductory courses in string theory for students with a background in mathematics and physics. New sections cover strings on orbifolds, cosmic strings, moduli stabilization, and the string theory landscape. Now with almost 300 problems and exercises, with password-protected solutions for instructors at www.cambridge.org/zwiebach.
 

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Contents

Special relativity and extra dimensions
13
Electromagnetism and gravitation in various dimensions
45
Nonrelativistic strings
73
The relativistic point particle
89
String parameterization and classical motion
130
Worldsheet currents
154
Lightcone relativistic strings
175
Lightcone fields and particles
194
Tduality of closed strings
376
Tduality of open strings
400
Electromagnetic fields on Dbranes
415
Nonlinear and Bornlnfeld electrodynamics
433
String theory and particle physics
451
String thermodynamics and black holes
495
Strong interactions and AdSFT
525
Covariant string quantization
568

The relativistic quantum point particle
216
Relativistic quantum open strings
236
Relativistic quantum closed strings
280
A look at relativistic superstrings
307
Developments
329
String charge and electric charge
356
String interactions and Riemann surfaces
591
Loop amplitudes in string theory
630
References
659
Index
667
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About the author (2009)

Barton Zwiebach is Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His central contributions have been in the area of string field theory, where he did the early work on the construction of the field theory of open strings and then developed the field theory of closed strings. He has also made important contributions to the subjects of D-branes with exceptional symmetry and tachyon condensation.

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TitleA First Course in String Theory
AuthorBarton Zwiebach
Editionillustrated
PublisherCambridge University Press, 2009
ISBN0521880327, 9780521880329
Length673 pages
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