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020			_a9781139045926 (ebook)
020			_z9780521817479 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQC794.6.S85 _bW47 2012
082	0	0	_a539.7258 _223
100	1		_aWest, P. C. _q(Peter C.), _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aIntroduction to strings and branes / _cPeter West.
246	3		_aIntroduction to Strings & Branes
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 709 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aSupersymmetry, strings and branes are believed to be the essential ingredients in a single unified consistent theory of physics. This book gives a detailed, step-by-step introduction to the theoretical foundations required for research in strings and branes. After a study of the different formulations of the bosonic and supersymmetric point particles, the classical and quantum bosonic and supersymmetric string theories are presented. This book includes accounts of brane dynamics and D-branes and the T, S and U duality symmetries of string theory. The historical derivation of string theory is given as well as the sum over the world-sheet approach to the interacting string. More advanced topics include string field theory and Kac-Moody symmetries. The book contains pedagogical accounts of conformal quantum field theory, supergravity theories, Clifford algebras and spinors, and Lie algebras. It is essential reading for graduate students and researchers wanting to learn strings and branes.
650		0	_aSuperstring theories.
650		0	_aBranes.
650		0	_aSupersymmetry.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521817479
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139045926
999			_c520373 _d520371