An introduction to string theory and D-brane dynamics:
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| adam_text | Contents
Preface
vii
Chapter
1
A
Brief History of String Theory
1
Chapter
2
Classical String Theory
9
2.1
The Relativistic Particle
..................... 9
2.1.1
Reparametrization
Invariance
............... 10
2.1.2
Examples
.......................... 11
2.2
The Bosonic String
........................ 12
2.2.1
Worldsheet Symmetries
.................. 15
2.3
String Equations of Motion
.................... 16
2.3.1
Mode Expansions
...................... 18
2.3.2
Mass-Shell Constraints
................... 20
Chapter
3
Quantization of the Bosonic String
23
3.1
Canonical Quantization
...................... 23
3.1.1
Normal Ordering
...................... 25
3.2
The Physical String Spectrum
.................. 27
3.2.1
The Open String Spectrum
................ 27
3.2.2
The Closed String Spectrum
............... 30
3.2.3
Worldsheet-Spacetime Interplay
............. 33
3.3
Vertex Operators
......................... 33
3.3.1
Examples
.......................... 35
3.4
String Perturbation Theory
.................... 36
3.5
Chan-Paton Factors
........................ 38
Chapter
4
Superstrings
41
4.1
Motivation
............................. 41
4.2
The RNS Superstring
....................... 42
4.2.1
Mode Expansions
...................... 44
4.3
The Superstring Spectrum
.................... 46
4.3.1
The Open Superstring Spectrum
............. 48
4.3.2
The Closed Superstring Spectrum
............ 50
IX
x
Contents
4.4
The GSO Projection
....................... 50
4.4.1
Spacetime Supersymmetry
................ 52
4.5
Example: One-Loop Vacuum Amplitude
............ 52
4.5.1
Fermionic Spin Structures
................. 57
Chapter
5
Ramond-Ramond Charges and T-Duality
61
5.1
Ramond-Ramond Charges
.................... 61
5.1.1
Remarks on Superstring Types
.............. 62
5.1.2
Type II Ramond-Ramond States
............. 63
5.1.3
Ramond-Ramond Charges
................ 66
5.2
Т
-Duality
for Closed Strings
................... 67
5.2.1
String Geometry
...................... 71
5.3
Т
-Duality
for Open Strings
.................... 72
5.4
Т
-Duality
for Type II Superstrings
............... 75
Chapter
6
D-Branes and Gauge Theory
77
6.1
D-Branes
.............................. 77
6.2
Wilson Lines
............................ 79
6.2.1
D-Brane Terminology
................... 82
6.3
Collective Coordinates for D-Branes
............... 83
6.3.1
Non-Abelian Gauge Symmetry
.............. 85
6.4
The Born-Infeld Action
...................... 86
Chapter
7
D-Brane Dynamics
93
7.1
The Dirac-Born-Infeld Action
.................. 93
7.1.1
Example
........................... 96
7.1.2
Supergravity Couplings
.................. 99
7.2
Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory
............... 100
7.2.1
Example
........................... 104
7.3
Forces Between D-Branes
..................... 105
7.3.1
BPS
States
......................... 109
Chapters
Ramond—Ramond
Couplings of D-Branes 111
8.1
D-Brane Anomalies
.........................
Ill
8.2
Chern-Simons Actions
....................... 116
8.3
Branes within Branes
....................... 118
Bibliography
121
Index
125
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