Ebook: String Theory: From Gauge Interactions to Cosmology: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on String Theory: From Gauge Interactions to Cosmology Cargèse, France 7–19 June 2004
- Tags: Physics beyond the Standard Model, Relativity and Cosmology, Elementary Particles Quantum Field Theory
- Series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry 208
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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String Theory is our current best candidate for the unification of all fundamental forces, including gravity, in a consistent quantum framework. In this collection of lectures delivered at the Cargèse Summer School "String Theory: from Gauge Interactions to Cosmology'', world leading experts provide an up-to-date survey of the latest developments in this topic, including the gauge/gravity correspondence, superstring cosmology and cosmic strings, topological string theory and matrix models, physics beyond the standard model and the landscape of vacua of string theory, conformal field theory and critical phenomena in statistical mechanics. Many more topics are also discussed in shorter contributions by School participants. Written with an emphasis on pedagogy, this volume will be a invaluable resource to students and experts alike.
String Theory is our current best candidate for the unification of all fundamental forces, including gravity, in a consistent quantum framework. In this collection of lectures delivered at the Carg?se Summer School "String Theory: from Gauge Interactions to Cosmology'', world leading experts provide an up-to-date survey of the latest developments in this topic, including the gauge/gravity correspondence, superstring cosmology and cosmic strings, topological string theory and matrix models, physics beyond the standard model and the landscape of vacua of string theory, conformal field theory and critical phenomena in statistical mechanics. Many more topics are also discussed in shorter contributions by School participants. Written with an emphasis on pedagogy, this volume will be a invaluable resource to students and experts alike.
String Theory is our current best candidate for the unification of all fundamental forces, including gravity, in a consistent quantum framework. In this collection of lectures delivered at the Carg?se Summer School "String Theory: from Gauge Interactions to Cosmology'', world leading experts provide an up-to-date survey of the latest developments in this topic, including the gauge/gravity correspondence, superstring cosmology and cosmic strings, topological string theory and matrix models, physics beyond the standard model and the landscape of vacua of string theory, conformal field theory and critical phenomena in statistical mechanics. Many more topics are also discussed in shorter contributions by School participants. Written with an emphasis on pedagogy, this volume will be a invaluable resource to students and experts alike.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Strings in a Landscape....Pages 3-17
Loewner Chains....Pages 19-39
Theory of Cosmological Perturbations and Applications to Superstring Cosmology....Pages 41-77
Challenges of Matrix Models....Pages 79-116
Phenomenology of Neutrino Oscillations....Pages 117-127
Closed Strings in Misner Space: A Toy Model for a Big Bounce?....Pages 129-162
Phenomenological Guide to Physics Beyond the Standard Model....Pages 163-175
Introduction to Cosmic F- and D-Strings....Pages 177-200
Long Time Scales and Eternal Black Holes....Pages 201-228
Semiclassical Strings and AdS/CFT....Pages 229-253
Front Matter....Pages 255-263
Baryogenesis with Large Extra Dimensions....Pages 265-290
Braneworld Cosmology Almost without Branes....Pages 291-291
Chaotic Cascades for D-Branes on Sigularities....Pages 293-296
Gromov-Witten Theory and Automorphic Forms....Pages 297-303
Black Hole Instabilities and Phase Transitions....Pages 305-309
Probing Singularities....Pages 311-317
Inflation Unloaded....Pages 319-324
Front Matter....Pages 325-328
D-Brane Effective Actions....Pages 329-335
Strings and D-Branes in Holographic Backgrounds....Pages 337-340
Cosmic Censorship in ADS/CFT....Pages 291-291
Topics in Black Hole Production....Pages 341-343
Moduli Trapping and String Gas Cosmology....Pages 345-349
Stringy Geometry: Generalized Complex Structure....Pages 351-354
Integrability of Superconformal Field Theory and SUSY N=1 KdV....Pages 355-362
Back Matter....Pages 363-369
....Pages 371-377