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050 0 0 _aQC794.6.S85
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100 1 _aPolchinski, Joseph Gerard,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aString theory.
_nVolume 1,
_pAn introduction to the bosonic string /
_cJoseph Polchinski.
250 _aPaperback edition.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2005.
300 _a1 online resource (xix, 402 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 comprises two volumes which give a comprehensive and pedagogic account of the subject. Volume 1, first published in 1998, provides a thorough introduction to the bosonic string. The first four chapters introduce the central ideas of string theory, the tools of conformal field theory and of the Polyakov path integral, and the covariant quantization of the string. The next three chapters treat string interactions: the general formalism, and detailed treatments of the tree level and one loop amplitudes. Chapter eight covers toroidal compactification and many important aspects of string physics, such as T-duality and D-branes. Chapter nine treats higher-order amplitudes, including an analysis of their finiteness and unitarity, and various nonperturbative ideas. An appendix giving a short course on path integral methods is included. This is an essential text and reference for graduate students and researchers interested in modern superstring theory.
650 0 _aString models.
650 0 _aSuperstring theories.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521672276
830 0 _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511816079
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