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Author:   Martin B Halpern (Lbl, Usa) ,  Alexander Sevrin (Vrije Univ Brussel & Int'l Solvay Inst, Belgium) ,  G Rivlis (Lbl, Usa) ,  A. Sevrin
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
ISBN:  

9789810221874

ISBN 10:   9810221878
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   01 March 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Black holes: three-dimensional black holes in string theory, G. Horowitz; monopole conformal field theory and string black holes, J. Polchinsky; black hole evaporation and quantum gravity, K. Schoutens et al. Part 2 Conformal field theory and integrable systems: the WZNW model at two loops and induced chiral actions, P. van Nieuwenhuizen et al; recent progress in irrational conformal field theory, M. Halpern. Part 3 QCD: some comments on QCD string, M. Douglas; two-dimensional QCD and strings, D.J. Gross and W. Taylor. Part 4 String theory - compactification, phenomenology,...: spacetime topology change - the physics of calabi-yau moduli space, P. Aspinwall et al; topics in string phenomenology, M. Dine; duality as a gauge symmetry and topology change, A. Giveon; quantization of the mirror symmetry, H. Ooguri; does string theory have a duality symmetry relating weak and strong coupling?, J. Schwarz; space-time transitions in string theory, E. Witten. Part 5 2D gravity: extended conformal symmetry and 2D gravity, A. Sevrin et al. (Part Contents).

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