Geometry of String Theory Compactifications

ISBN-13: 9781108473736 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 500 str.

Alessandro (Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca) Tomasi

Opis

A unified perspective on new and advanced mathematical techniques used in string theory research for graduate students and researchers.

Recenzje

'Geometry of String Theory Compactifications would be a most appropriate acquisition for a comprehensive university library, especially one supporting an active group of string theory researchers, whether they be in mathematics or physics departments … Recommended.' M. C. Ogilvie, Choice

Spis treści

Conventions. Preface. Introduction. 1. String theory and supergravity; 2. Spinors; 3. From spinors to forms; 4. Differential geometry; 5. Geometry of forms; 6. Kähler geometry; 7. Ricci-flatness; 8. Vacua and reductions; 9. Minkowski compactifications; 10. The vacuum problem in general; 11. AdS vacua; 12. Frontiers. Bibliography. Index.