Introduction to strings and branes.
Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to quantum theory (81-01) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)
This most recent textbook on string theory is also the most voluminous so far. It provides a thorough introduction to the subject in a concise style. Although formally self-contained, this book is clearly written for physicists with some knowledge in quantum field theory. Although some chapters contain advanced mathematics, the expositon is more pragmatic and interwoven than that of a mathematics textbook.NEWLINENEWLINEThe opening chapters cover the basics of string theory common to all textbooks: Starting from the point particle (including an instructive discussion of the two kinds of superparticle based on worldline and spacetime supersymmetry, respectively) the bosonic and then the superstring (mostly in the Neveu-Schwarz-Ramond formulation) are introduced and quantized in the old covariant and BRST approach. Two chapters are devoted to conformal symmetry and two-dimensional field theory and their role in string theory. String compactification is discussed next, but Calabi-Yau compactifications are not included. Likewise string dualities are discussed thoroughly with the exception of AdS-CFT duality. Branes in general and D-branes in particular belong to the standard subject matter as already indicated by the title of the book. Other chapters include matters that are not so standard such as the so-called gauge-covariant string theory (a version of string field theory), a detailed discussion of supergravity theories and, most prominently, infinite-dimensional generalizations of Lie algebras and their relationship with the duality symmetries of string theory, culminating in an account of the author's conjecture on the role of \(E_{11}\) in an as yet not completed fundamental theory of strings and branes. String interactions in the path integral, group theoretical and string field theory approaches constitute the topic of the final chapter.NEWLINENEWLINEIn summary, the book is highly readable for physicists (despite occasional typographic mistakes) and as such suitable both for self-study and -- due to its encyclopedic character -- as a reference work.
- Duality group actions on fermions
- Brane SUSY breaking and the gravitino mass
- E11 and the non-linear dual graviton
- Parameters, limits and higher derivative type II string corrections
- \(E_{11}\), generalised space-time and equations of motion in four dimensions
- Hamiltonian approach and quantization of \(D=3\), \( \mathcal{N}=1 \) supersymmetric non-abelian multiwave system
- Chiral SUSY theories with a suppressed SUSY charge
- \(E_{11}\) must be a symmetry of strings and branes
- Restricting loop expansions in gauge theories coupled to matter
- An overview of generalised Kac-Moody algebras on compact real manifolds
- Wilson surface central charge from holographic entanglement entropy
- Duality invariant actions and generalised geometry
- E11 in 11D
- An irreducible massive superspin one half action built from the chiral dotted spinor superfield
- Gauge fields and infinite chains of dualities
- Higher dualisations of linearised gravity and the \(A_1^{+++}\) algebra
- Poisson equations, higher derivative automorphic forms and string parameter limits
- Generalised space-time and gauge transformations
- Quantum field theory II. Introductions to quantum gravity, supersymmetry and string theory
- \(E_{11}\) and exceptional field theory
- A new approach to the classical and quantum dynamics of branes
- A brief review of E theory
- Boundary conformal field theory and the worldsheet approach to D-branes
- \(E_{11}\), Romans theory and higher level duality relations
- Current algebra formulation of M-theory based on \(E_{11}\) Kac-Moody algebra
- String Theory and M-Theory
- Supersymmetry and string theory. Beyond the standard model.
- An introduction to string theory and D-brane dynamics. With problems and solutions.
- Basic concepts of string theory
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- The non-linear dual gravity equation of motion in eleven dimensions
- Kac-Moody algebras and the cosmological constant
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