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050	0	0	_aQC794.6.S85 _bP65 2005
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100	1		_aPolchinski, Joseph Gerard, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aString theory. _nVolume 2, _pSuperstring theory and beyond / _cJoseph Polchinski.
250			_aPaperback edition.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2005.
300			_a1 online resource (xix, 531 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aString Theory, first published in 1998, comprises two volumes which provide a comprehensive and pedagogic account of the subject. Volume 2 begins with an introduction to supersymmetric string theories and presents the important advances of recent years. The first three chapters introduce the type I, type II, and heterototic superstring theories and their interactions. The next two chapters present important recent discoveries about strongly coupled strings, beginning with a detailed treatment of D-branes and their dynamics, and covering string duality, M-theory, and black hole entropy. The final chapters are concerned with four-dimensional string theories, showing how some of the simplest string models connect with previous ideas for unifying the Standard Model. They collect many important results on world-sheet and spacetime symmetries. An appendix summarizes the necessary background on fermions and supersymmetry. An essential text and reference for graduate students and researchers interested in superstring theory.
650		0	_aString models.
650		0	_aSuperstring theories.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521672283
830		0	_aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511618123
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