Introduction to Supergravity and its Applications - Hardcover

Horatiu Nastase

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1009445596 ISBN 13: 9781009445597

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2024

Synopsis

Suitable for a focused first course, this text gives Ph.D. students the necessary tools to do research that uses supergravity.

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This graduate textbook covers the basic formalism of supergravity, as well as its modern applications, suitable for a focused first course. Assuming a working knowledge of quantum field theory, Part I gives the basic formalism, including on- and off-shell supergravity, the covariant formulation, superspace and coset formulations, coupling to matter, higher dimensions and extended supersymmetry. A wide range of modern applications are introduced in Part II, including string theoretical (T- and U-duality, AdS/CFT, susy and sugra on the worldsheet, superembeddings), gravitational (p-brane solutions and their susy, attractor mechanism, Witten's positive energy theorem) and phenomenological (inflation in supergravity, supergravity no-go theorems, string theory constructions at low energies, minimal supergravity and its susy-breaking). The broader emphasis on applications than competing texts gives Ph.D. students the tools they need to do research that uses supergravity and benefits researchers already working in areas related to supergravity.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009445596
• ISBN 13: 9781009445597
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 466