
Strings '93 - Proceedings Of The Conference
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Will be published approx. on 1. March 1995
Book
Hardback
504 pages
978-981-02-2187-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
ISBN-13
978-981-02-2187-4 (9789810221874)
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Persons
Editor
Lbl, Usa
Vrije Univ Brussel & Int'l Solvay Inst, Belgium
Lbl, Usa
Content
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).