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String Theory in a Nutshell is the definitive introduction to modern string theory. Written by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, this concise and accessible book starts with basic definitions and guides readers from classic topics to the most exciting frontiers of research...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kiritsis, Elias (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:In a nutshell (Princeton, N.J.)
Subjects:
String models.
Table of Contents:
  • Classical string theory
  • Quantization of bosonic strings
  • Conformal field theory
  • Scattering amplitudes and vertex operators
  • Strings in background fields
  • Superstrings and supersymmetry
  • D-branes
  • Compactification and supersymmetry breaking
  • Loop corrections to string effective couplings
  • Duality connections and nonperturbative effects
  • Compactifications with fluxes
  • Black holes and entropy in string theory
  • The bulk/boundary (holographic) correspondence
  • Applications of the holographic correspondence
  • String theory and matrix models
  • Appendix A : Two-dimensional complex geometry
  • Appendix B : Differential forms
  • Appendix C : Conformal transformations and curvature
  • Appendix D: Theta and other elliptic functions
  • Appendix E : Toroidal lattice sums
  • Appendix F : Toroidal Kaluza-Klein reduction
  • Appendix G : The Reissner-Nordström black hole
  • Appendix H : Electric-magnetic duality in D = 4
  • Appendix I : Supersymmetric actions in ten and eleven dimensions
  • Appendix J : N = 1,2, four-dimensional supergravity coupled to matter
  • Appendix K : BPS multiplets in four dimensions
  • Appendix L : The geometry of anti-de Sitter space.