By: Michael B. Green, John H. Schwarz, Edward Witten

Hardcover

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Twenty-five years ago, Michael Green, John Schwarz, and Edward Witten wrote two volumes on string theory. Published during a period of rapid progress in this subject, these volumes were highly influential for a generation of students and researchers. Despite the immense progress that has been made in the field since then, the systematic exposition of the foundations of superstring theory presented in these volumes is just as relevant today as when first published. Volume 2 is concerned with the evaluation of one-loop amplitudes, the study of anomalies and phenomenology. It examines the low energy effective field theory analysis of anomalies, the emergence of the gauge groups E8 x E8 and SO(32) and the four-dimensional physics that arises by compactification of six extra dimensions. Featuring a new Preface setting the work in context in light of recent advances, this book is invaluable for graduate students and researchers in high energy physics and astrophysics, as well as mathematicians.

'Both volumes of Superstring Theory are likely to remain standard reference works for years to come.' Paul K. Townsend, Nature

Preface
One-loop diagrams in the bosonic string theory
One-loop diagrams in superstring theory
The gauge anomaly in type I superstring theory
Functional methods in the light-cone gauge
Some differential geometry
Low-energy effective action
Compactification of higher dimensions
Some algebraic geometry
Models of low-energy supersymmetry
Bibliography
Index
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ISBN: 9781107029132
ISBN-10: 1107029139
Series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 616
Published: 26th July 2012
Dimensions (cm): 22.8 x 16.2  x 4.0
Weight (kg): 0.991