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This book provides a self-contained introduction to string theory, at present one of the most exciting and fastest-growing areas in theoretical high-energy physics. Pedagogical in character, it introduces modern techniques and concepts, such as conformal and superconformal field theory, Kac-Moody algebras, etc., stressing their relevance and application to string theory rather than the formal aspects. The reader is led from a basic discussion of the classical bosonic string to the construction of four-dimensional heterotic string models, an area of current research. The so-called covariant lattice construction is discussed in detail. Being conceptually very simple, the book serves to exemplify the relevant features of other methods of arriving at four-dimensional string theories. It is also shown how one derives a low-energy field theory from string theory, thereby making contact with conventional point-particle physics.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Physics Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory)

• Full title: Lectures on String Theory
• Author: Dieter Lüst, Stefan Theisen
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 348
• EAN: 9783662137437
• ISBN: 3662137437
• ID: 02646642
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Weight: 684 g
• Dimensions: 254 × 178 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 04. December 2013

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