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Title

Strings, conformal fields, and M-theory / Michio Kaku.

Author

Kaku, Michio.

Publication

New York : Springer, [2000], ©2000.

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Description

xv, 531 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

• "String theory (and its latest incarnation, M-theory) has advanced at an astonishing pace in the last decade, and this book aims to acquaint the reader with the most active topics of research in the field. Building on the foundations laid in his Introduction to Superstrings and M-Theory, Kaku discusses such topics as conformal field theory, knot theory, the Yang-Baxter relation, quantum groups, nonpolynomial string field theory, topological field theory, S-T-U dualities, D-branes, and M-theory.
• The book conveys the vitality of current research in string theory and M-theory and places the reader at its forefront."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Graduate texts in contemporary physics

Uniform Title

Graduate texts in contemporary physics.

Subject

• String models
• Conformal invariants
• Quantum field theory

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

I. Conformal Field Theory and Perturbation Theory. 1. Introduction to Superstrings. 2. BPZ Bootstrap and Minimal Models. 3. WZW Model, Cosets, and Rational Conformal Field Theory. 4. Modular Invariance and the A-D-E Classification. 5. N = 2 SUSY and Parafermions. 6. Yang - Baxter Relation. 7. Toward a Classification of Conformal Field Theories. 8. Knot Theory and Quantum Groups -- II. Nonperturbative Methods. 9. String Field Theory. 10. Nonpolynomial String Field Theory. 11. 2D Gravity and Matrix Models. 12. Topological Field Theory. 13. Seiberg - Witten Theory. 14. M-Theory and Duality. 15. D-Branes and CFT/ADS Duality.

ISBN

0387988920 (alk. paper)

LCCN

99016033

OCLC

ocm41452560

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries