Download or read book Boundary Conformal Field Theory and the Worldsheet Approach to D Branes written by Andreas Recknagel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-28 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive introduction to the mathematical description of strings, D-branes and the geometry of strongly curved spacetime.
Download or read book The Theory and Applications of Instanton Calculations written by Manu Paranjape and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instantons, or pseudoparticles, are solutions to the equations of motion in classical field theories on a Euclidean spacetime. Instantons are found everywhere in quantum theories as they have many applications in quantum tunnelling. Diverse physical phenomena may be described through quantum tunnelling, for example: the Josephson effect, the decay of meta-stable nuclear states, band formation in tight binding models of crystalline solids, the structure of the gauge theory vacuum, confinement in 2+1 dimensions, and the decay of superheated or supercooled phases. Drawing inspiration from Sidney Coleman's Erice lectures, this volume provides an accessible, detailed introduction to instanton methods, with many applications, making it a valuable resource for graduate students in many areas of physics, from condensed matter, particle and nuclear physics, to string theory.
Download or read book Noether Symmetries in Theories of Gravity written by Francesco Bajardi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-30 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume summarizes the many modified theories of gravity and shows how to select physically viable models using symmetry principles.
Download or read book Supersymmetry Supergravity and Unification written by Pran Nath and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive discussion of developments at the interface of particle physics, supergravity, and cosmology, for graduates and researchers.
Download or read book The Large Scale Structure of Space Time written by Stephen W. Hawking and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1973, this influential work discusses Einstein's General Theory of Relativity to show how two of its predictions arise: first, that the ultimate fate of many massive stars is to undergo gravitational collapse to form 'black holes'; and second, that there was a singularity in the past at the beginning of the universe. Starting with a precise formulation of the theory, including the necessary differential geometry, the authors discuss the significance of space-time curvature and examine the properties of a number of exact solutions of Einstein's field equations. They develop the theory of the causal structure of a general space-time, and use it to prove a number of theorems establishing the inevitability of singularities under certain conditions. A Foreword contributed by Abhay Ashtekar and a new Preface from George Ellis help put the volume into context of the developments in the field over the past fifty years.
Download or read book Integrability From Statistical Systems to Gauge Theory written by Patrick Dorey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, 106 of the Les Houches Summer School series, brings together applications of integrability to supersymmetric gauge and string theory. The book focuses on the application of integrability and problems in quantum field theory. Particular emphasis is given to the exact solution of planar N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory and its relation with string theory on the one hand, and the exact determination of the low-energy physics of N=2 super-Yang-Mills theories on the other; links with other domains are also explored. The purpose of the Les Houches Summer School was to bring together young researchers and specialists from statistical physics, condensed matter physics, gauge and string theory, and mathematics, to stimulate discussion across these different research areas.
Download or read book Particle Physics of Brane Worlds and Extra Dimensions written by Sreerup Raychaudhuri and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The possibility that we live in a higher-dimensional world with spatial dimensions greater than three started with the early work of Kaluza and Klein. However, in addressing experimental constraints, early model-builders were forced to compactify these extra dimensions to very tiny scales. With the development of brane-world scenarios it became possible to consider novel compactifications which allow the extra dimensions to be large or to provide observable effects of these dimensions at experimentally accessible energy scales. This book provides a comprehensive account of these recent developments, keeping the high-energy physics implications in focus. After an historical survey of the idea of extra dimensions, the book deals in detail with models of large extra dimensions, warped extra dimensions and other models such as universal extra dimensions. The theoretical and phenomenological implications are discussed in a pedagogical manner for both researchers and graduate students.
Download or read book Inflation and String Theory written by Daniel Baumann and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible volume provides a modern treatment of the cosmological and string-theoretic background necessary to understand inflation in string theory.
Download or read book A Primer on String Theory written by Volker Schomerus and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise introduction to string theory explaining central concepts, mathematical tools and recent developments in the field of physics. Covering fundamental concepts including how strings interact with each other, this book is perfect for students with no prior knowledge as well as scholars from other disciplines.
Download or read book Semiclassical and Stochastic Gravity written by Bei-Lok B. Hu and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of semi-classical gravity theory and stochastic gravity as theories of quantum gravity in curved space-time.
Download or read book Extensions of f R Gravity written by Tiberiu Harko and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a detailed analysis of modified theories of gravity, discussing their development, cosmological and astrophysical implications and outstanding challenges.
Download or read book Non Inertial Frames and Dirac Observables in Relativity written by Luca Lusanna and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interpreting general relativity relies on a proper description of non-inertial frames and Dirac observables. This book describes global non-inertial frames in special and general relativity. The first part covers special relativity and Minkowski space time, before covering general relativity, globally hyperbolic Einstein space-time, and the application of the 3+1 splitting method to general relativity. The author uses a Hamiltonian description and the Dirac–Bergmann theory of constraints to show that the transition between one non-inertial frame and another is a gauge transformation, extra variables describing the frame are gauge variables, and the measureable matter quantities are gauge invariant Dirac observables. Point particles, fluids and fields are also discussed, including how to treat the problems of relative times in the description of relativistic bound states, and the problem of relativistic centre of mass. Providing a detailed description of mathematical methods, the book is perfect for theoretical physicists, researchers and students working in special and general relativity.
Download or read book Mass Dimension One Fermions written by Dharam Ahluwalia and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of the eigenspinors of the charge conjugation operator and mass one dimension fermions.
Download or read book Relativistic Fluid Dynamics in and out of Equilibrium written by Paul Romatschke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a powerful new framework for out-of-equilibrium hydrodynamics, with connections to kinetic theory, AdS/CFT and applications to high-energy particle collisions.
Download or read book Conformal Methods in General Relativity written by Juan A. Valiente Kroon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2016 volume, now reissued as OA, shows how conformal methods can be used to study Einstein's theory of gravity.
Download or read book Formulations of General Relativity written by Kirill Krasnov and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carefully documenting the different formulations of general relativity, the author reveals valuable insight into the nature of the gravitational force and its interaction with matter. This book will interest graduate students and researchers in the fields of general relativity, gravitational physics and differential geometry.
Download or read book A Primer on String Theory written by Volker Schomerus and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its conception in the 1960s, string theory has been hailed as one of the most promising routes we have to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity. This book provides a concise introduction to string theory explaining central concepts, mathematical tools and covering recent developments in physics including compactifications and gauge/string dualities. With string theory being a multidisciplinary field interfacing with high energy physics, mathematics and quantum field theory, this book is ideal for both students with no previous knowledge of the field and scholars from other disciplines who are looking for an introduction to basic concepts.
