Hardcover. Supersymmetry, strings and branes are believed to be the essential ingredients in a single unified consistent theory of physics. This book gives a detailed, step-by-step introduction to the theoretical foundations required for research in strings and branes. After a study of the different formulations of the bosonic and supersymmetric point particles, the classical and quantum bosonic and supersymmetric string theories are presented. This book includes accounts of brane dynamics and D-branes and the T, S and U duality symmetries of string theory. The historical derivation of string theory is given as well as the sum over the world-sheet approach to the interacting string. More advanced topics include string field theory and KacMoody symmetries. The book contains pedagogical accounts of conformal quantum field theory, supergravity theories, Clifford algebras and spinors, and Lie algebras. It is essential reading for graduate students and researchers wanting to learn strings and branes. Supersymmetry, strings and branes are believed to be the essential ingredients in a single unified consistent theory of physics. This book gives a detailed, step-by-step introduction to the theoretical foundations required for research in this field and is essential reading for graduate students and researchers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Introduction to Strings and Branes (Hardcover)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521817471
ISBN 13: 9780521817479
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: new

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Detailed, step-by-step introduction to the theoretical foundations of strings and branes, essential reading for graduate students and researchers.

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Peter West is a Professor at King's College London. He is a pioneer in the development of supersymmetry and its application to strings and branes.

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