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Main Author: Johnson, Clifford V., (Clifford Victor) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. Cambridge University Press 2003
Series:Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 510-528) and index
Overview and overture -- Relativistic strings -- A closer look at the world-sheet -- Strings on circles and T-duality -- Background fields and world-volume actions -- D-branes tension and boundary states -- Supersymmetric strings -- Supersymmetric strings and T-duality -- World-volume curvature couplings -- The geometry of D-branes -- Multiple D-branes and bound states -- Strong coupling and string duality -- D-branes and geometry I -- K3 orientifolds and compactification -- D-branes and geometry II -- Towards M- and F-theory -- D-branes and black holes -- D-branes, gravity and gauge theory -- The holographic renormalisation group -- Taking stock
A self-contained and pedagogical introduction to D-branes, their theory and applications. Covering the basics as well as advanced applications, this book will be suitable as a textbook for graduate courses and also a valuable reference for researchers. There is no other book devoted to the technology of D-branes
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 548 pages)
ISBN:0511057695
0511064020
0511072481
0521809126
9780511057694
9780511064029
9780511072482

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