Ebook: Unity from Duality: Gravity, Gauge Theory and Strings: Les Houches Session LXXVI, 30 July–31 August 2001
- Tags: Quantum Physics, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Relativity and Cosmology, Elementary Particles and Nuclei
- Series: Les Houches - Ecole d’Ete de Physique Theorique 76
- Year: 2002
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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In a distilled and pedagogical fashion, the contributions to this volume of the famous summer school in Les Houches cover the recent developments in supersymmetric string theory, the gauge theory/string theory correspondence and string duality. Further chapters deal with quantum gravity and D-brane geometry. Black hole mechanics and cosmology are treated too, as well as the AdS-CFT correspondence. The book is a comprehensive introduction to the recent developments in string/M-theory and quantum gravity. It addresses graduate students in physics and astrophysics.
In a distilled and pedagogical fashion, the contributions to this volume of the famous summer school in Les Houches cover the recent developments in supersymmetric string theory, the gauge theory/string theory correspondence and string duality. Further chapters deal with quantum gravity and D-brane geometry. Black hole mechanics and cosmology are treated too, as well as the AdS-CFT correspondence. The book is a comprehensive introduction to the recent developments in string/M-theory and quantum gravity. It addresses graduate students in physics and astrophysics.
In a distilled and pedagogical fashion, the contributions to this volume of the famous summer school in Les Houches cover the recent developments in supersymmetric string theory, the gauge theory/string theory correspondence and string duality. Further chapters deal with quantum gravity and D-brane geometry. Black hole mechanics and cosmology are treated too, as well as the AdS-CFT correspondence. The book is a comprehensive introduction to the recent developments in string/M-theory and quantum gravity. It addresses graduate students in physics and astrophysics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiv
Supergravity....Pages 1-135
Supersymmetric Gauge Theories....Pages 137-240
An Introduction to Duality Symmetries in String Theory....Pages 241-322
Les Houches Lectures on Large N Field Theories and Gravity....Pages 323-381
D-branes on the Conifold and N = 1 Gauge/Gravity Dualities....Pages 383-422
De Sitter Space....Pages 423-453
String Compactification with N = 1 Supersymmetry....Pages 455-475
Lectures on Open Strings, and Noncommutative Gauge Theories....Pages 477-495
Condensates near the Argyres-Douglas Point in SU(2) Gauge Theory with Broken N = 2 Supersymmetry....Pages 497-511
Quantum Field Theory with Extra Dimensions....Pages 513-521
Special Holonomy Spaces and M-Theory....Pages 523-545
Four Dimensional Non-Critical Strings....Pages 547-574
U-Opportunities: Why is Ten Equal to Ten?....Pages 575-586
Exact Answers to Approximate Questions — Noncommutative dipoles, Open Wilson Lines and UV-IR Duality....Pages 587-609
Open-String Models With Broken Supersymmetry....Pages 611-625
On A Field Theory of Open Strings, Tachyon Condensation and Closed Strings....Pages 627-642
Exceptional Magic....Pages 643-663
In a distilled and pedagogical fashion, the contributions to this volume of the famous summer school in Les Houches cover the recent developments in supersymmetric string theory, the gauge theory/string theory correspondence and string duality. Further chapters deal with quantum gravity and D-brane geometry. Black hole mechanics and cosmology are treated too, as well as the AdS-CFT correspondence. The book is a comprehensive introduction to the recent developments in string/M-theory and quantum gravity. It addresses graduate students in physics and astrophysics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiv
Supergravity....Pages 1-135
Supersymmetric Gauge Theories....Pages 137-240
An Introduction to Duality Symmetries in String Theory....Pages 241-322
Les Houches Lectures on Large N Field Theories and Gravity....Pages 323-381
D-branes on the Conifold and N = 1 Gauge/Gravity Dualities....Pages 383-422
De Sitter Space....Pages 423-453
String Compactification with N = 1 Supersymmetry....Pages 455-475
Lectures on Open Strings, and Noncommutative Gauge Theories....Pages 477-495
Condensates near the Argyres-Douglas Point in SU(2) Gauge Theory with Broken N = 2 Supersymmetry....Pages 497-511
Quantum Field Theory with Extra Dimensions....Pages 513-521
Special Holonomy Spaces and M-Theory....Pages 523-545
Four Dimensional Non-Critical Strings....Pages 547-574
U-Opportunities: Why is Ten Equal to Ten?....Pages 575-586
Exact Answers to Approximate Questions — Noncommutative dipoles, Open Wilson Lines and UV-IR Duality....Pages 587-609
Open-String Models With Broken Supersymmetry....Pages 611-625
On A Field Theory of Open Strings, Tachyon Condensation and Closed Strings....Pages 627-642
Exceptional Magic....Pages 643-663
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