Matrix models of string theory /

Beginning with a systematic review of the standard exposition of string theory, which is required for a proper understanding of matrix models of string theory, this book proceeds to provide a comprehensive presentation of matrix models of string theory and their areas of applications. Supplemented w...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ydri, Badis (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2018]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 5.
IOP expanding physics.
Temas:
String models.
Matrices.
Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory).
SCIENCE / Gravity.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- part I. String theory. 2. String theory -- 2.1. Actions, symmetries and solutions -- 2.2. Canonical quantization and Virasoro algebra -- 2.3. Spurious states and critical strings -- 2.4. Lightcone gauge quantization -- 2.5. Exercises 
505 8 |a 3. Polyakov path integral -- 3.1. Gauge fixing and Fadeev-Popov ghosts -- 3.2. The energy-momentum tensor -- 3.3. Quantization of the ghosts -- 3.4. BRST symmetry -- 3.5. Exercises 
505 8 |a 4. Introduction to conformal field theory -- 4.1. The conformal groups SO(p + 1, q + 1) -- 4.2. The conformal group in two dimensions -- 4.3. The energy-momentum tensor -- 4.4. The operator product expansion -- 4.5. Conformal field theory and BRST quantization -- 4.6. Representation theory of the Virasoro algebra -- 4.7. Theorem -- 4.8. Exercises 
505 8 |a 5. Superstring theory essentials -- 5.1. The superparticle -- 5.2. The Green-Schwarz superstring -- 5.3. The Ramond-Neveu-Schwarz superstring -- 5.4. Canonical quantization -- 5.5. The light cone/path integral quantization -- 5.6. Other very important topics -- 5.7. Exercises 
505 8 |a part II. Matrix string theory. 6. A lightning introduction to superstring theory and some related topics -- 6.1. Quantum black holes -- 6.2. Some string theory and conformal field theory -- 6.3. On Dp-branes and T-duality -- 6.4. Quantum gravity in two dimensions -- 6.5. Exercise 
505 8 |a 7. M-(atrix) theory and matrix string theory -- 7.1. The quantized membrane -- 7.2. The IKKT model or type IIB matrix model -- 7.3. The BFSS model from dimensional reduction -- 7.4. Introducing gauge/gravity duality -- 7.5. Black hole unitarity from M-theory -- 7.6. M-theory prediction for quantum black holes -- 7.7. Matrix string theory -- 7.8. The black hole and confinement phase transitions -- 7.9. The discrete light-cone quantization (DLCQ) and infinite momentum frame (IMF) -- 7.10. M-(atrix) theory in pp-wave spacetimes -- 7.11. Other matrix models -- 7.12. Exercises 
505 8 |a 8. Type IIB matrix model -- 8.1. The IKKT model in the Gaussian expansion method -- 8.2. Yang-Mills matrix cosmology -- 8.3. Emergent gravity : introductory remarks -- 8.4. Fuzzy spheres and fuzzy CPn -- 8.5. Fuzzy SN 4 : symplectic and Poisson structures -- 8.6. Emergent matrix gravity -- 8.7. Emergent quantum gravity from multitrace matrix models -- 8.8. Exercise -- Appendix A. Algorithms and Monte Carlo codes for the matrix models of string theory. 
520 3 |a Beginning with a systematic review of the standard exposition of string theory, which is required for a proper understanding of matrix models of string theory, this book proceeds to provide a comprehensive presentation of matrix models of string theory and their areas of applications. Supplemented with exercises and an appendix on Monte Carlo algorithms and methods used for matrix models of string theory this work provides both a valuable self-study guide for postgraduate students and a comprehensive review and reference guide for researchers. 
521 |a Graduate students and researchers. 
530 |a Also available in print. 
538 |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
538 |a System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader. 
545 |a Badis Ydri is currently a professor of theoretical particle physics, at the Institute of Physics, Annaba University, Algeria. He is also a research associate at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, Ireland, and a regular ICTP Associate at the Abdus Salam Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. 
588 0 |a Title from PDF title page (viewed on November 8, 2018). 
650 0 |a String models. 
650 0 |a Matrices. 
650 7 |a Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory).  |2 bicssc 
650 7 |a SCIENCE / Gravity.  |2 bisacsh 
710 2 |a Institute of Physics (Great Britain),  |e publisher. 
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830 0 |a IOP (Series).  |p Release 5. 
830 0 |a IOP expanding physics. 
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