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String theory and the real world : from particle physics to astrophysics : École d'été de physique des Houches, session LXXXVII, 2 July-27 July 2007 : École thématique du CNRS /

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This book is a collection of lectures given in July 2007 at the Les Houches Summer School on "String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics". . Provides a pedagogical introduction to topics in String Theory, and Cosmology . Addresses each topic from the basis to t...

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Corporate Authors: Ecole d'été de physique théorique (Les Houches, Haute-Savoie, France) Les Houches, Haute-Savoie, France), ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Bachas, C.
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Boston : Elsevier, 2008.
Series:Les Houches series ; v. 87.
Subjects:
String models > Congresses.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. I. Antoniadis, Topics in String Phenomenology
  • 2. E. Kiritsis, Orientifolds, and the Search for the Standard Model in String Theory
  • 3. K. Intriligator and N. Seiberg, Lectures on Supersymmetry Breaking
  • 4. G.F. Giudice, Supersymmetry And The Real World
  • 5. J. Maldacena, Les Houches Lectures on Cosmology and Fundamental Theory
  • 6. E. Rabinovici, Spontaneous Breaking of Space-Time Symmetries
  • 7. A. Uranga, The Standard Model from D-Branes in String Theory
  • 8. P. Vanhove, Non-Renormalisation Theorems in Superstring and Supergravity Theories
  • 9. F. Gianotti, Preparing the Lhc Experiments for First Data
  • 10. T. Damour and M. Lilley, String Theory, Gravity and Experiment
  • 11. J.F. Barbon and E. Rabinovici, Aspects of Hagedorn Holography
  • 12. F. Denef, Les Houches Lectures on Constructing String Vacua
  • 13. M. Benna and I. Klebanov, Gauge-String Dualities and Some Applications.