Strings and Fundamental Physics
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...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2012, 2012
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2012 |
Series: | Lecture Notes in Physics
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- String Theory 101
- D-branes and Orientifolds
- Introduction to Gauge/Gravity Duality
- Holography for Strongly Coupled Media
- Quantum Black Holes
- Lectures on Topological String Theory
- Doubled Field Theory, T-duality and Courant-brackets