Gravity and Strings

Tomas Ortin - Collection Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics

704 pages, parution le 29/01/2007

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One appealing feature of string theory is that it provides a theory of quantum gravity. Gravity and Strings is a self-contained, pedagogical exposition of this theory, its foundations and its basic results. In Part I, the foundations are traced back to the very early special-relativistic field theories of gravity, showing how such theories lead to general relativity. Gauge theories of gravity are then discussed and used to introduce supergravity theories. In Part II, some of the most interesting solutions of general relativity and its generalizations are studied. The final Part presents and studies string theory from the effective action point of view, using the results found earlier in the book as background. This unique book will be useful as a reference book for graduate students and researchers, as well as a complementary textbook for courses on gravity, supergravity and string theory.

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Preface
Introduction to gravity and supergravity
Gravitating point-particles
Gravitating extended objects of string theory
App. A: Lie groups, symmetric spaces, and Yang-Mills fields
App. B: Gamma matrices and spinors
App. C: n-Spheres
App. D: Palatini's identity638App. EConformal rescalings
App. F: Connections and curvature components
App. G: The harmonic operator on R[superscript 3] x S[superscript 1]
References
Index

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Tomas Ortin
Collection	Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
Parution	29/01/2007
Nb. de pages	704
Format	17,5 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1106g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521035460
ISBN13	978-0-521-03564-0