| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 684 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics |
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Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
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| Contents |
pt. I. Introduction to gravity and supergravity -- 1. Differential geometry -- 2. Noether's theorems -- 3. A perturbative introduction to general relativity -- 4. Action principles for gravity -- 5. N = 1, 2, d = 4 supergravities -- 6. Conserved charges in general relativity -- pt. II. Gravitating point-particles -- 7. The Schwarzschild black hole -- 8. The Reissner-Nordstrom black hole -- 9. The Taub-NUT solution -- 10. Gravitational pp-waves -- 11. The Kaluza-Klein black hole -- 12. Dilaton and dilaton/axion black holes -- 13. Unbroken supersymmetry -- pt. III. Gravitating extended objects of string theory -- 14. String theory -- 15. The string effective action and T duality -- 16. From eleven to four dimensions -- 17. The type-IIB superstring and type-II T duality -- 18. Extended objects -- 19. The extended objects of string theory -- 20. String black holes in four and five dimensions -- App. A. Lie groups, symmetric spaces, and Yang-Mills fields -- App. B. Gamma matrices and spinors -- App. C. n-Spheres -- App. D. Palatini's identity -- App. E. Conformal rescalings -- App. F. Connections and curvature components -- App. G. The harmonic operator on R[superscript 3] x S[superscript 1] |
| Summary |
Gravity and Strings is a self-contained, pedagogical exposition of the theory of quantum gravity provided by string theory, presenting its foundations and its basic results. This book can be used as a reference book for researchers or as a complementary textbook in graduate courses on gravity, supergravity and string theory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 650-670) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Quantum gravity.
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String models.
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SCIENCE -- Waves & Wave Mechanics.
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Quantum gravity
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String models
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Quantengravitation
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Stringtheorie
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Speciale relativiteitstheorie.
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Snaartheorie.
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Kwantumveldentheorie.
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Kwantumgravitatie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2003055929 |
| ISBN |
051118476X |
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9780511184765 |
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0511186479 |
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9780511186479 |
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0511187408 |
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9780511187407 |
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0511616562 |
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9780521035460 |
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0521035465 |
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9781280457937 |
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9786610457939 |
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661045793X |
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0511324162 |
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9780511324161 |
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