TY - BOOK ID - 77871197 TI - String theory.. 2, Superstring theory and beyond PY - 2007 SN - 1107157730 1139636391 1281112852 9786611112851 0511337663 0511337108 0511336454 0511556160 0511618123 0511338228 9780511338229 9780511336454 9780511337109 9780521633048 0521633044 9780511618123 9780521672283 0521672287 PB - Cambridge: Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - String models. KW - Superstring theories. KW - Superstrings (Nuclear physics) KW - Theories, Superstring KW - String models KW - Models, String KW - String theory KW - Nuclear reactions KW - Superstring theories UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77871197 AB - String Theory, first published in 1998, comprises two volumes which provide a comprehensive and pedagogic account of the subject. Volume 2 begins with an introduction to supersymmetric string theories and presents the important advances of recent years. The first three chapters introduce the type I, type II, and heterototic superstring theories and their interactions. The next two chapters present important recent discoveries about strongly coupled strings, beginning with a detailed treatment of D-branes and their dynamics, and covering string duality, M-theory, and black hole entropy. The final chapters are concerned with four-dimensional string theories, showing how some of the simplest string models connect with previous ideas for unifying the Standard Model. They collect many important results on world-sheet and spacetime symmetries. An appendix summarizes the necessary background on fermions and supersymmetry. An essential text and reference for graduate students and researchers interested in superstring theory. ER -