Overview

The main focus of this book is the progress in the very active areas of superstring theory, quantum gravity and the theory of elementary particles. It covers topical problems in such domains as duality between gravity and gauge interactions, string field theory, tachyon condensation, non-commutative field theory, string cosmology and string phenomenology. Some presentations give and elementary introduction to their subject, while others are geared to the specialist.

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Author:   L. Baulieu ,  Eliezer Rabinovici ,  Jeff Harvey ,  Boris Pioline
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2003 ed.
Volume:   104
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   2.010kg
ISBN:  

9781402013607

ISBN 10:   1402013604
Pages:   509
Publication Date:   30 September 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

The Non-Ads/ Non-CFT Correspondence,or Three Different Paths to Qcd.- PHYSICS OF LOW SCALE STRING MODELS.- THE HOLOGRAPHIC PRINCIPLE.- TWO TALKS ON A TENTATIVE THEORY OF LARGE DISTANCE PHYSICS.- D-BRANES ON THE CONIFOLD AND N = 1 GAUGE/GRAVITY DUALITIES.- DEFECTS, DECAY, AND DISSIPATED STATES.- SEIBERG-WITTEN PREPOTENTIAL, HIGHER CASIMIRS, AND FREE FERMIONS.- ASPECTS OF STRING MOTION IN TIME-DEPENDENT BACKGROUNDS.- ON THE GEOMETRY OF HIGHER-SPIN GAUGE FIELDS.- OPEN STRING CREATION BY S-BRANES.- Superconformal Boundary Conditions of the N=1 Nonlinear Sigma Model.- Backgrounds of 2d String Theory From Matrix Models.- The D3?D1-Brane Intersection And Monopole Scattering.- Holography and infrared Conformality in Two Dimensions.- Stabilization of D-Branes in General Group Manifolds.- Orientifolds and K-Theory.- A Resolution of the Cosmological Singularity with Orientifolds.- D-Branes and Orientifolds of S3 AND RP3.- Boundary States in Rational CFT.- Quasilocalization Monodromy in Brane World Models and on D-Branes.- S-Charges Monodromy Mechanish in N=2 SYM From Semiclassical Point of View.- Singular and Smooth Time-Dpendent Orbifolds.- Type IIB 7 Brane Solutions From Nine-Dimensional Domain Walls.- ??-Corrections to Flux Induced Potentials in Type IIB.- Noncommutative Multi-Solitons.- Symmetries in M Theory: Monsters, Inc..- Spacetime Differmorphisms and the Geodesic Approximation.- Gepner Model Boundary States From Geometry.- Instanton Eexpansions in 5D N = 2 Prepotentials.- Yang-Mills Theory from String Field Theory on D-Branes.- Magnetize Type I Orbifolds in Four Dimensions.- De Sitter Space in Non-Critical String Theory.- Ribbon Graphs and Surfaces.- A Mysterious Duality: M-Theory and Del Pezzo Surfaces.- Super Yang-Mills Matrix Iintegrals For an Arbitrary GaugeGroup.- On ADS3 String Theory.- Cubic Free Field Theory.- On the Covariant Quantization of Superstrings.- Open Strings and 3D Topological Field Theory.- Observer Complementarity in De Sitter Space.- Remarks on Surface States and Derivations in Stringfield Theory.- Multiple Trace Deformations, Boundary Conditions anmd ADS/CFT.- Moduli Stabilization From Fluxes.- Time Dependent Background From Nonsupersymmetric Strings.- The NS Five-Brane Partition Sum.- Gravitational Approach to Tachyon Matter.- D-Branes From N=2 Sigma Models.- List of Speakers.- List of Participants.

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