Overview

Superstring theory and its successor, M-theory, hold promises of a deeper understanding of the Standard Model of particle physics, the unification of the four fundamental forces, the quantum theory of gravity, the mysteries of quantum black holes, Big Bang cosmology and, ultimately, their complete synthesis in a final theory of physics. This volume records the proceedings of the major annual international conference on the subject, ""Strings 2000"", which involved 42 talks by the world's leading experts on string theory and M-theory. It should be of interest not only to researchers in the field but also to all those who wish to keep abreast of the latest developments and breakthroughs in this exciting area of theoretical physics.

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Author:   Michael James Duff (Imperial College London, Uk) ,  James T Liu (Univ Of Michigan, Usa) ,  Jian Xin Lu (Univ Of Michigan, Usa)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 17.90cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.789kg
ISBN:  

9789810245092

ISBN 10:   9810245092
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 June 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Gauge fields, scalars, warped geometry and strings, E. Silverstein; RS braneworlds in type IIB supergravity, K.S. Stelle; supersymmetry in singular spaces and domain walls, R. Kallosh; overview of k -theory applied to strings, E. Witten; N=2 gauge-gravity duals, J. Polchinski; the supergravity brane-world, J.T. Liu; aspects of collapsing cycles, B.R. Greene; covariant quantization of the superstring, N. Berkovits; supergravity description of field theories on curved manifolds and a no go theorem, J. Maldacena and C. Nunez; cosmological breaking of supersymmetry?, T. Banks; space-time uncertainty and noncummutativity in string theory, T. Yoneya; stable non-BPS states and their holographic duals, S. Mukhi and N.V. Suryanarayana; representations of superconformal algebras in the AdS7/4/CFT6/3 correspondence, S. Ferrara and E. Sokatchev. (Part contents).

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