STRINGS '93 - PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE

AvSEVRIN RIVLIS SEVRIN M B HALPERN,M B Halpern

Inbunden, Engelska, 1995

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Beskrivning

This volume gives an up-to-date account of the major activities in the general area of string theory. String phenomenology, mirror symmetry, duality black hole physics, topological and conformal field theory, 2D gravity and QCD related developments are reviewed in detail.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1995-03-01
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:504
Förlag:World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
ISBN:9789810221874

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Innehållsförteckning

Part 1 Black holes: three-dimensional black holes in string theory, G. Horowitz; monopole conformal field theory and string black holes, J. Polchinsky; black hole evaporation and quantum gravity, K. Schoutens et al. Part 2 Conformal field theory and integrable systems: the WZNW model at two loops and induced chiral actions, P. van Nieuwenhuizen et al; recent progress in irrational conformal field theory, M. Halpern. Part 3 QCD: some comments on QCD string, M. Douglas; two-dimensional QCD and strings, D.J. Gross and W. Taylor. Part 4 String theory - compactification, phenomenology,...: spacetime topology change - the physics of calabi-yau moduli space, P. Aspinwall et al; topics in string phenomenology, M. Dine; duality as a gauge symmetry and topology change, A. Giveon; quantization of the mirror symmetry, H. Ooguri; does string theory have a duality symmetry relating weak and strong coupling?, J. Schwarz; space-time transitions in string theory, E. Witten. Part 5 2D gravity: extended conformal symmetry and 2D gravity, A. Sevrin et al. (Part Contents).