String theory and particle physics : an introduction to string phenomenology /

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"String theory is one of the most active branches of theoretical physics and has the potential to provide a unified description of all known particles and interactions. This book is a systematic introduction to the subject, focused on the detailed description of how string theory is connected t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ibáñez, Luis E., 1952-
Other Authors: Uranga, A. (Angel)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
String models.
SCIENCE > Mathematical Physics.
SCIENCE > Physics > Nuclear.
String models
Stringtheorie
Elementarteilchenphysik
Strängteori.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The standard model and beyond
  • Supersymmetry
  • Introduction to string theory: the bosonic string
  • Superstrings
  • Toroidal compactification of superstrings
  • Branes and string duality
  • Calabi-Yau compactification of heterotic superstrings
  • Heterotic string orbifolds and other exact CFT constructions
  • Heterotic string compactifications: effective action
  • Type IIA orientifolds: intersecting brane worlds
  • Type IIB orientifolds
  • Type II compactifications: effective action
  • String instantons and effective field theory
  • Flux compactifications and moduli stabilization
  • Moduli stabilization and supersymmetry breaking in string theory
  • Further phenomenological properties. Strings and cosmology
  • The space of string vacua.

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