string theory and m-theory(by bbs)

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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankSTRINGTHEORYANDM-THEORYAMODERNINTRODUCTIONStringtheoryisoneofthemostexcitingandchallengingareasofmoderntheoreticalphysics.Thisbookguidesthereaderfromthebasicsofstringtheorytoveryrecentdevelopmentsatthefrontierofstringtheoryresear

2、ch.Thebookbeginswiththebasicsofperturbativestringtheory,world-sheetsupersymmetry,space-timesupersymmetry,conformalfieldtheoryandtheheteroticstring,andmovesontodescribemoderndevelopments,includingD-branes,stringdualitiesandM-theory.Itthencoversstringgeometry(i

3、ncludingCalabi–Yaucompactifications)andfluxcompactifications,andapplicationstocosmologyandparticlephysics.OnechapterisdedicatedtoblackholesinstringtheoryandM-theory,andthemicroscopicoriginofblack-holeentropy.Thebookconcludesbypresentingmatrixtheory,AdS/CFTdua

4、lityanditsgeneralizations.Thisbookisidealforgraduatestudentsstudyingmodernstringtheory,anditwillmakeanexcellenttextbookfora1-yearcourseonstringtheory.Itwillalsobeusefulforresearchersinterestedinlearningaboutdevelopmentsinmodernstringtheory.Thebookcontainsabou

5、t120solvedexercises,aswellasabout200homeworkproblems,solutionsofwhichareavailableforlecturersonapass-wordprotectedwebsiteatwww.cambridge.org/9780521860697.KATRINBECKERisaProfessorofphysicsatTexasA&MUniversity.ShewasawardedtheRadcliffeFellowshipfromHarvardUniv

6、ersityin2006andreceivedtheAlfredSloanFellowshipin2003.MELANIEBECKERisaProfessorofphysicsatTexasA&MUniversity.In2006shewasawardedanEdward,FrancesandShirleyB.DanielsFellowshipfromtheRadcliffeInstituteforAdvancedStudiesatHarvardUniversity.In2001shereceivedtheAlf

7、redSloanFellowship.JOHNH.SCHWARZistheHaroldBrownProfessorofTheoreticalPhysicsattheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology.HeisaMacArthurFellowandamemberoftheNationalAcademyofSciences.Thisisthefirstcomprehensivetextbookonstringtheorytoalsoofferanup-to-datepictureofthe

8、mostimportanttheoreticaldevelopmentsofthelastdecade,includingtheAdS/CFTcorrespondenceandfluxcompactifications,whichhaveplayedacrucialroleinmoderneffortstomakecontactwithexperiment.Anexcel