Title Strings, Branes and Dualities Author(s) Baulieu, L;Di Francesco, Philippe;Douglas, Michael;Kazakov, Vladimir;Picco, Marco;Windey, Paul Publication Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 1999. Description XI, 493 p : online resource Abstract Note As recent developments have shown, supersymmetric quantum field theory and string theory are intimately related, with advances in one area often shedding light on the other. The organising ideas of most of these advances are the notion of duality and the physics of higher dimensional objects or p-branes. The topics covered in the present volume include duality in field theory, in particular in supersymmetric field theory and supergravity, and in string theory. The Seiberg-Witten theory and its recent developments are also covered in detail. A large fraction of the volume is devoted to the current state of the art in M-theory, in particular its underlying superalgebra as well as its connection with superstring and N = 2 strings. The physics of D-branes and its essential role in the beautiful computation of the black hole entropy is also carefully covered. Finally, the last two sets of lectures are devoted to the exciting matrix approach to non-perturbative string theory ISBN,Price 9789401147309 Keyword(s) 1. EBOOK 2. EBOOK - SPRINGER 3. Elementary particles (Physics) 4. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory 5. Heavy ions 6. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 7. NUCLEAR PHYSICS 8. Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons 9. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY 10. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I04234     On Shelf