Basic Concepts of String TheoryThe purpose of this book is to thoroughly prepare the reader for research in string theory at an intermediate level. As such it is not a compendium of results but intended as textbook in the sense that most of the material is organized in a pedagogical and self-contained fashion. Beyond the basics, a number of more advanced topics are introduced, such as conformal field theory, superstrings and string dualities - the text does not cover applications to black hole physics and cosmology, nor strings theory at finite temperatures. End-of-chapter references have been added to guide the reader wishing to pursue further studies or to start research in well-defined topics covered by this book. |
Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 The Classical Bosonic String | 7 |
3 The Quantized Bosonic String | 34 |
4 Introduction to Conformal Field Theory | 63 |
5 Parametrization Ghosts and BRST Quantization | 107 |
6 String Perturbation Theory and OneLoop Amplitudes | 121 |
7 The Classical Fermionic String | 175 |
8 The Quantized Fermionic String | 195 |
11 Conformal Field Theory II Lattices and KačMoody Algebras | 321 |
12 Conformal Field Theory III Superconformal Field Theory | 354 |
13 Covariant Vertex Operators BRST and Covariant Lattices | 391 |
14 String Compactifications | 427 |
15 CFTs for Type II and Heterotic String Vacua | 521 |
16 String Scattering Amplitudes and Low Energy Effective Field Theory | 585 |
17 Compactifications of the Type II Superstring with Dbranes and Fluxes | 640 |
18 String Dualities and MTheory | 675 |
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Basic Concepts of String Theory Ralph Blumenhagen,Dieter Lüst,Stefan Theisen No preview available - 2014 |
Common terms and phrases
amplitude anomaly background bosonic string boundary conditions brane BRST Calabi-Yau manifolds Chap charge chiral closed string compactifications complex structure components compute conformal field theory conjugacy classes constant coordinates correlation functions correspond coupling covariant D-branes defined degrees of freedom derivative dilaton dimensional dimensions Dirac discuss dual duality equations of motion Euclidean fermionic string fermions gauge bosons gauge field gauge group graviton GSO projection heterotic string holomorphic integral Kähler lattice left-moving light-cone Majorana massless metric Minkowski modular invariance moduli space momentum multiplets non-trivial NS sector open string operator product orbifold orientifold oscillators parameter partition function Phys quantization quantum representation right-moving satisfy scalar self-dual solutions space-time supersymmetry spectrum spin spinor string theory supercharges superconformal supergravity supersymmetry symmetry T-duality tachyon torus transformations twisted sector two-dimensional type IIB vacuum vanishes vertex operators Virasoro algebra Weyl world-sheet world-volume zero modes