Review of the hardback: 'This will be essential reading for all those working in mathematical physics.' Extrait de L'Enseignement Mathématique

Review of the hardback: 'As usual with Cambridge University Press the book is well produced and should certainly find a place in the libraries of any place where modern theoretical physics is pursued.' H. Osborn, Contemporary Physics

This is a systematic introduction to electromagnetic duality and its generalizations. The authors are the leading figures in this exciting area of mathematical physics, and their lectures have been organised not only to link with each other but also to describe the fundamental ideas, the developments and some earlier work whose significance has become apparent. This will be essential reading for all those working in mathematical physics.
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List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Particle physics and fundamental theory: introduction and guide to Duality and supersymmetric Theories David Olive, and Peter West; 2. Solitons N. S. Manton; 3. Nonlinear electromagnetic self-duality and Legendre transformations Mary K. Gaillard and Bruno Zumino; 4. Supersymmetric s-models in 2 dimensions Bruno Zumino; 5. Introduction to duality David I. Olive; 6. Supersymmetric monopoles and duality Jerome P. Gauntlett; 7. Seiberg-Witten theory and S-duality Tohru Eguchi; 8. Supergravity, Brane dynamics and string duality P. C. West; 9. Supergravity vacua and solitons G. W. Gibbons; 10. An introduction to non-perturbative string theory Ashoke Sen; 11. Lectures on D-branes Constantin Bachas.
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Review of the hardback: 'This will be essential reading for all those working in mathematical physics.' Extrait de L'Enseignement Mathématique
Essential reading for all mathematical physicists as a systematic book on this crucial subject.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780521641586
Publisert
1999-07-08
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
775 gr
Høyde
236 mm
Bredde
159 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
484