Progress in String Theory and M-Theory

L. Baulieu, Michael Green, Marco Picco, Paul Windey

ISBN 10: 0792370341 / ISBN 13: 9780792370345

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, US, 2001

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Recent developments in supersymmetric field theory, string theory, and brane theory have been revolutionary. The main focus of the present volume is developments of M-theory and its applications to superstring theory, quantum gravity, and the theory of elementary particles. Topics included are D-branes, boundary states, and world volume solitons. Anti-De-Sitter quantum field theory is explained, emphasising the way it can enforce the holography principle, together with the relation to black hole physics and the way Branes provide the microscopic interpretation for the entropy of black holes. Developments in D-branes within type-I superstring and related theories are described. There are also possible phenomenological implications of superstring theory that would lie within the range of quantum gravity effects in the future generation of accelerators, around 1 TeV. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Progress in String Theory and M-Theory
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, US
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792370341
• ISBN 13: 9780792370345
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.49W x 2.49H x 23.5D centimeters 15.49 centimeters width by 2.49 centimeters height by 23.5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 603 grams

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Synopsis

Recent developments in supersymmetric field theory, string theory, and brane theory have been revolutionary. The main focus of the present volume is developments of M-theory and its applications to superstring theory, quantum gravity, and the theory of elementary particles. Topics included are D-branes, boundary states, and world volume solitons. Anti-De-Sitter quantum field theory is explained, emphasising the way it can enforce the holography principle, together with the relation to black hole physics and the way Branes provide the microscopic interpretation for the entropy of black holes. Developments in D-branes within type-I superstring and related theories are described. There are also possible phenomenological implications of superstring theory that would lie within the range of quantum gravity effects in the future generation of accelerators, around 1 TeV.