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The Birth of String Theory.

Explores the early stages of the development of string theory; essential reading for physicists, historians and philosophers of science.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cappelli, Andrea
Otros Autores: Castellani, Elena, 1959-, Colomo, F., Di Vecchia, P. (Paolo)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; THE BIRTH OF STRING THEORY; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Photographs of contributors; Preface; Abbreviations and acronyms; Part I: Overview; 1: Introduction and synopsis; A brief overview of early string history and the book; References; Part II -- The prehistory: the analytic S-matrix; References; Part III -- The Dual Resonance Model; References; 2: Rise and fall of the hadronic string; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction and outline; 2.2 String prehistory; 2.3 Dual Resonance Models; 2.4 Further developments; 2.5 Hints of a string; 2.6 Good and bad news; 2.7 QCD takes over. 
505 8 |a AcknowledgementsReferences; 3: Gravity, unification, and the superstring; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 1960-1968: the analytic S-matrix; 3.3 1968-1970: the Dual Resonance Model; 3.4 1971-1973: the Ramond-Neveu-Schwarz model; 3.5 1974-1975: gravity and unification; 3.6 1975-1979: supersymmetry and supergravity; 3.7 1979-1984: superstrings and anomalies; 3.8 Postscript; Acknowledgements; References; 4: Early string theory as a challenging case study for philosophers; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The case study; 4.3 Theory progress: generalizations, analogies and conjectures; 4.3.1 Generalizations. 
505 8 |a 4.3.2 Analogies4.3.3 Discoveries, alternative ways and convergent results; 4.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Note on the references; References; EARLY STRING THEORY; Part II: The prehistory: the analytic S-matrix; 5: Introduction to Part II; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Perturbative quantum field theory; 5.3 The hadron spectrum; 5.4 S-matrix theory; 5.4.1 Resonances; 5.4.2 Regge poles; 5.4.3 Finite energy sum rules; 5.5 The Veneziano amplitude; References; 6: Particle theory in the Sixties: from current algebra to the Veneziano amplitude; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 SU(3) symmetry and the quark model. 
505 8 |a 6.3 Current algebra and sum rules6.4 Strong interactions; 6.4.1 Basics of scattering theory; 6.5 Superconvergence and finite energy sum rules; 6.5.1 Superconvergence; 6.5.2 Major applications; 6.5.3 Finite energy sum rules; 6.6 The ARVV collaboration; 6.6.1 Superconvergence sum rules for meson-meson scattering; 6.6.2 The scattering pp? p?; 6.7 The concept of duality; 6.8 The Veneziano formula; References; 7: The path to the Veneziano model; Abstract; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The new lines of attack: analyticity and symmetry; 7.3 Conclusions; References; 8: Two-component duality and strings. 
504 |a References9: Note on the prehistory of string theory; Part III: The Dual Resonance Model; 10: Introduction to Part III; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 N-point dual scattering amplitudes; 10.2.1 Koba-Nielsen form; 10.2.2 Shapiro-Virasoro model and closed strings; 10.2.3 Loop diagrams; 10.3 Conformal symmetry; 10.4 Operator formalism; 10.5 Physical states; 10.6 The tachyon; References; 11: From the S-matrix to string theory; Abstract; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 The N-point amplitude and its factorization properties; 11.3 The problem of ghosts and its solution in QED; 11.4 The Virasoro conditions. 
500 |a 11.5 Characterization of physical states. 
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