Superstring Theory: Volume 1, IntroductionIn recent years, superstring theory has emerged as a promising approach to reconciling general relativity with quantum mechanics and unifying the fundamental interactions. Problems that have seemed insuperable in previous approaches take on a totally new character in the context of superstring theory, and some of them have been overcome. Interest in the subject has greatly increased following a succession of exciting recent developments. This two-volume book attempts to meet the need for a systematic exposition of superstring theory and its applications accessible to as wide an audience as possible. |
Contents
II | 1 |
III | 6 |
IV | 10 |
V | 12 |
VI | 13 |
VII | 14 |
IX | 16 |
X | 18 |
LXXIV | 231 |
LXXV | 232 |
LXXVI | 235 |
LXXVII | 236 |
LXXVIII | 237 |
LXXIX | 238 |
LXXX | 243 |
LXXXI | 244 |
XII | 21 |
XIII | 27 |
XIV | 29 |
XV | 32 |
XVI | 35 |
XVII | 38 |
XVIII | 40 |
XIX | 42 |
XX | 46 |
XXI | 47 |
XXII | 49 |
XXIII | 51 |
XXIV | 52 |
XXV | 55 |
XXVI | 57 |
XXVIII | 59 |
XXIX | 61 |
XXX | 62 |
XXXI | 74 |
XXXII | 75 |
XXXIII | 79 |
XXXIV | 86 |
XXXV | 92 |
XXXVI | 100 |
XXXVII | 102 |
XXXVIII | 113 |
XXXIX | 116 |
XL | 119 |
XLI | 121 |
XLIII | 122 |
XLIV | 124 |
XLV | 128 |
XLVI | 131 |
XLVII | 132 |
XLVIII | 139 |
XLIX | 144 |
L | 149 |
LI | 156 |
LII | 165 |
LIII | 167 |
LIV | 172 |
LV | 177 |
LVI | 178 |
LVII | 182 |
LVIII | 184 |
LIX | 185 |
LX | 186 |
LXI | 190 |
LXII | 194 |
LXIII | 197 |
LXIV | 199 |
LXV | 200 |
LXVI | 203 |
LXVII | 207 |
LXVIII | 210 |
LXX | 214 |
LXXI | 218 |
LXXII | 225 |
LXXIII | 228 |
LXXXIII | 249 |
LXXXVI | 253 |
LXXXVII | 255 |
LXXXVIII | 258 |
LXXXIX | 259 |
XC | 260 |
XCI | 266 |
XCII | 270 |
XCIV | 277 |
XCV | 280 |
XCVI | 281 |
XCVII | 282 |
XCVIII | 288 |
XCIX | 291 |
CI | 292 |
CII | 298 |
CIII | 300 |
CIV | 305 |
CV | 307 |
CVI | 312 |
CVII | 317 |
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CIX | 320 |
CX | 322 |
CXI | 328 |
CXII | 335 |
CXIII | 336 |
CXIV | 337 |
CXV | 338 |
CXVI | 343 |
CXVII | 344 |
CXVIII | 350 |
CXIX | 353 |
CXX | 354 |
CXXI | 355 |
CXXII | 362 |
CXXIII | 364 |
CXXIV | 371 |
CXXV | 374 |
CXXVI | 377 |
CXXVII | 378 |
CXXVIII | 379 |
CXXIX | 381 |
CXXX | 389 |
CXXXI | 390 |
CXXXII | 391 |
CXXXIII | 393 |
CXXXIV | 395 |
CXXXV | 399 |
CXXXVI | 401 |
CXXXVII | 411 |
CXXXIX | 418 |
CXL | 422 |
CXLI | 423 |
CXLII | 428 |
CXLIII | 429 |
CXLIV | 435 |
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Superstring Theory: Introduction Michael B. Green,John H. Schwarz,E. Witten No preview available - 1987 |
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action adjoint representation anomaly anticommuting arbitrary bosonic string theory boundary conditions BRST chapter chirality choice closed strings closed-string commutation relations components conformal dimension conformal invariance consider constraint construction coordinates corresponding covariant current algebra cyclic symmetry defined derivative described diagram Dirac discussion dual models emission energy-momentum tensor equations of motion fact factor fermions Fock space formula function gauge fixing ghost number given gives graviton heterotic string implies interactions lattice left-moving modes Lett Lie algebra light-cone gauge Majorana mass massless vector metric momentum multiplet no-ghost theorem normal-ordering Nucl obey one-loop open strings open-string oscillators parameter Phys physical poles possible propagator quantization quantum field theory quantum numbers reparametrization right-moving modes scalar space-time spectrum spin spinor string world sheet supergravity superstring supersymmetry tachyon theorem transformations transverse tree amplitudes two-dimensional vanishes Veneziano vertex operator Virasoro algebra Weyl world sheet Yang-Mills theory zero-norm
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