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Introduction to Superstrings and M-Theory

By: Michio Kaku, J. L. Birman (Editor), H. E. Stanley (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 August 1999 | Edition Number 2

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Called by some "the theory of everything," superstrings may solve a problem which has eluded physicists for the past 50 years -- the final unification of the two great theories of the twentieth century, general relativity and quantum field theory. This is a course-tested comprehensive introductory graduate text on superstrings which stresses the most current areas of interest, not covered in other presentation, including: string field theory, multi loops, Teichmueller spaces, conformal field theory, and four-dimensional strings. The book begins with a simple discussion of point particle theory, and uses the Feynman path integral technique to unify the presentation of superstrings. Prerequisites are an aquaintance with quantum mechanics and relativity. This second edition has been revised and updated throughout.

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Foundations of Physics, on the first edition:
"... the dedicated reader...will be well versed in this fascinating area of theoretical physics."
Physics Today, on the first edition:
"...presents a pedagogical survey on string theory. It covers material from early developments to present-day research ... divided into three parts ... results of quantization, string field theory, and phenomenology ... an impressive effort..."

FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS
"Kaku's book, at 568 pages, is a comprehensive, self-contained text on string theory...[It] contains useful summaries of mathematical topics such as index theory, cohomology, and Kahler manifolds. This is a book for the really serious student of string theory; the dedicated reader who emerges after page 568 will be well versed in this fascinating area of theoretical physics."

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Preface
Acknowledgments
First Quantization and Path Integrals	p. 1
Path Integrals and Point Particles	p. 3
Nambu-Goto Strings	p. 49
Superstrings	p. 101
Conformal Field Theory and Kac-Moody Algebras	p. 141
Multiloops and Teichmuller Spaces	p. 178
Second Quantization and the Search for Geometry	p. 245
Light Cone Field Theory	p. 247
BRST Field Theory	p. 291
Phenomenology and Model Building	p. 335
Anomalies and the Atiyah-Singer Theorem	p. 337
Heterotic Strings and Compactification	p. 373
Calabi-Yau Spaces and Orbifolds	p. 404
M-Theory	p. 455
M-Theory and Duality	p. 457
Compactifications and BPS States	p. 482
Solitons, D-Branes, and Black Holes	p. 511
A Brief Introduction to Group Theory	p. 545
A Brief Introduction to General Relativity	p. 557
A Brief Introduction to the Theory of Forms	p. 561
A Brief Introduction to Supersymmetry	p. 566
A Brief Introduction to Supergravity	p. 573
Notation	p. 577
References	p. 579
Index	p. 581
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