An accessible introduction to string theory, this bookprovides a detailed and self-contained demonstration of the mainconcepts involved. The first part deals with basic ideas, reviewingspecial relativity and electromagnetism while introducing theconcept of extra dimensions. D-branes and the classical dynamics ofrelativistic strings are discussed next, and the quantization ofopen and closed bosonic strings in the light-cone gauge, along witha brief introduction to superstrings. The second part begins with adetailed study of D-branes followed by string thermodynamics. Itdiscusses possible physical applications, and covers T-duality ofopen and closed strings, electromagnetic fields on D-branes,Born/Infeld electrodynamics, covariant string quantization andstring interactions. Primarily aimed as a textbook for advancedundergraduate and beginning graduate courses, it will also be idealfor a wide range of scientists and mathematicians who are curiousabout string theory.
【作者简介】
Barton Zwiebach is Professor of Physics at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology. His central contributions have been in thearea of string field theory, where he did the early work on theconstruction of the field theory of open strings and then developedthe field theory of closed strings. He has also made importantcontributions to the subjects of D-branes with exceptional symmetryand tachyon condensation. --This text refers to an alternateHardcover edition.
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