Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    String Theory in a Nutshell
    Unavailable
    String Theory in a Nutshell
    Unavailable
    String Theory in a Nutshell
    Ebook1,180 pages14 hours

    String Theory in a Nutshell

    By Elias Kiritsis

    4/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    This book is the essential new introduction to modern string theory, by one of the world's authorities on the subject. Concise, clearly presented, and up-to-date, String Theory in a Nutshell brings together the best understood and most important aspects of a theory that has been evolving since the early 1980s. A core model of physics that substitutes one-dimensional extended "strings" for zero-dimensional point-like particles (as in quantum field theory), string theory has been the leading candidate for a theory that would successfully unify all fundamental forces of nature, including gravity.


    Starting with the basic definitions of the theory, Elias Kiritsis guides readers through classic and modern topics. In particular, he treats perturbative string theory and its Conformal Field Theory (CFT) tools in detail while also developing nonperturbative aspects and exploring the unity of string interactions. He presents recent topics including black holes, their microscopic entropy, and the AdS/CFT correspondence. He also describes matrix model tools for string theory. In all, the book contains nearly five hundred exercises for the graduate-level student, and works as a self-contained and detailed guide to the literature.



    String Theory in a Nutshell is the staple one-volume reference on the subject not only for students and researchers of theoretical high-energy physics, but also for mathematicians and physicists specializing in theoretical cosmology and QCD.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPrinceton University Press
    Release dateJun 16, 2011
    ISBN9781400839339
    Unavailable
    String Theory in a Nutshell
    Author

    Elias Kiritsis

    Elias Kiritsis is Directeur de Recherche at the CNRS, affiliated with the École Polytechnique in Paris, and Professor of Physics at the University of Crete.

    Related to String Theory in a Nutshell

    Titles in the series (12)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    Physics For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      First Experiments with TRANSISTORS

      Oct 1, 2019

      In the field of semi-conductors, we deal with materials such as silicon and germanium, and when these solids are employed in electronic circuits, it is generally stated that we are working with the electron flow within, or through, a solid. This enab

      8 min read

    • Article

      Learning Curve

      Sep 1, 2021

      Learning Curve
      5 min read

    • Article

      Fine Tuning Is Just Fine

      Sep 20, 2018

      It is hard to overstate the anticipation that preceded the opening of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) 10 years ago. Smashing protons together at energies well above those produced at any previous particle accelerator, the LHC seemed capable of vindic

      9 min read

    • Article

      Spray Coating Could Pave Way For Cheaper Solar Cells

      Jun 24, 2018

      Researchers say they’ve solved a major fabrication challenge for perovskite cells—the intriguing potential challengers to silicon-based solar cells. These crystalline structures show great promise because they can absorb almost all wavelengths of lig

      2 min read

    • Article

      A Supermassive Lens On The Constants Of Nature

      Nov 25, 2020

      The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics went to three researchers who confirmed that Einstein’s general relativity predicts black holes, and established that the center of our own galaxy houses a supermassive black hole with the equivalent of 4 million suns

      9 min read

    • Article

      References

      Sep 30, 2016

      1 For further discussion of the charge of ‘Playing God’ see C. A. J. Coady (2009) ‘Playing God’, in J. Savulescu and N. Bostrom (eds.) Human Enhancement, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 155-180. 2 Fukuyama, F. (2002). Our Posthuman Future. New Y

      6 min read

    • Article

      Cleaning Carbon Nanotubes Makes Them Work Better

      Jan 5, 2018

      Scientists have found a way to remove contaminants from carbon nanotubes, which need to be as clean as possible to maximize their utility in next-generation nanoscale devices. In the process, the researchers also discovered why the electrical propert

      2 min read

    • Article

      Multiband Quads

      Nov 1, 2021

      Multiband Quads
      18 min read

    • Article

      Learning Curve

      Jul 1, 2022

      Learning Curve
      5 min read

    • Article

      Emergency Communications

      Oct 1, 2023

      Emergency Communications
      6 min read

    • Article

      Theory Accounts For Weird ‘Heavy Fermion’ Superconductor

      May 17, 2018

      A 2017 theory to explain the contradictory behavior of an iron-based high-temperature superconductor is helping solve a puzzle in a different type of unconventional superconductor, the “heavy fermion” compound known as CeCu2Si2. The study, published

      4 min read

    • Article

      …About Grid-Dip Oscillators

      Nov 1, 2020

      The grid-dip oscillator – also known as a GDO or “Dipper” – was a fixture in the well-equipped ham shack of the mid-20th century, fading from popularity only as the use of vacuum tubes faded as well (it was the grid current of a vacuum tube that “dip

      15 min read

    • Article

      Is The Standard Model Broken?

      Jun 2, 2021

      Is The Standard Model Broken?
      3 min read

    Reviews for String Theory in a Nutshell

    4/5

    4 ratings2 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 5/5
      This book contains a lof of informations and is also the most creative book.
    • 5/5
      .