A First Course in String Theory (Hardcover)

Barton Zwiebach

  • 出版商: Cambridge
  • 出版日期: 2004-06-28
  • 售價: $2,200
  • 貴賓價: 9.8$2,156
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 558
  • 裝訂: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 0521831431
  • ISBN-13: 9780521831437
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An accessible introduction to string theory, this book provides a detailed and self-contained demonstration of the main concepts involved. The first part deals with basic ideas, reviewing special relativity and electromagnetism while introducing the concept of extra dimensions. D-branes and the classical dynamics of relativistic strings are discussed next, and the quantization of open and closed bosonic strings in the light-cone gauge, along with a brief introduction to superstrings. The second part begins with a detailed study of D-branes followed by string thermodynamics. It discusses possible physical applications, and covers T-duality of open and closed strings, electromagnetic fields on D-branes, Born–Infeld electrodynamics, covariant string quantization and string interactions. Primarily aimed as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses, it will also be ideal for a wide range of scientists and mathematicians who are curious about string theory.