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AN
INTRODUCTION TO STRING THEORY AND
D-BRANE DYNAMICS
With Problems and Solutions
(2nd Edition)
by Richard J Szabo (Heriot-Watt
University, UK)
164pp
978-1-84816-622-6: US$68 / £42
US$47.60 / £29.40
978-1-84816-624-0(ebook): US$88
US$61.60
Table
of Contents (123k)
Preface
(75k)
Chapter
1: A Brief History of String Theory
(215k)
This invaluable
book provides a quick introduction to
the rudiments of perturbative string
theory and a detailed introduction to
the more current topic of D-brane
dynamics. The presentation is very
pedagogical, with much of the technical
detail streamlined. The rapid but highly
coherent introduction to the subject is
perhaps what distinguishes this book
from other string theory or D-brane
books. This second edition includes an
additional appendix with solutions to
the exercises, thus expanding on some of
the technical material and making the
book more appealing for use in lecture
courses. The material is based on
mini-courses in theoretical high energy
physics delivered by the author at
various summer schools, so its actual
level has been appropriately tested.
Contents:
- A Brief History of String Theory
- Classical String Theory
- Quantization of the Bosonic String
- Superstrings
- Ramond-Ramond Charges and T-Duality
- D-Branes and Gauge Theory
- D-Brane Dynamics
- Ramond-Ramond Couplings of D-Branes
- Solutions to Exercises
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