String Theory And Quantum Gravity '92 - Proceedings Of The Trieste Spring School And Workshop
Will be published approx. on 1. June 1993
Book
Hardback
420 pages
978-981-02-1342-8 (ISBN)
Description
This volume reports on work done on string theory and quantum gravity at the ICTP School and Workshop. Topics covered include quantum aspects of Black Holes; the dark side of string theory - Black Holes and Black Strings; and some recent developments in closed string field theory.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
ISBN-13
978-981-02-1342-8 (9789810213428)
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Content
Quantum aspects of black holes, J. Harvey; N=2 superconformal field theory, J. Distler; high energy scattering in 4-d gravity, H. Verlinde; C= 1 quantum gravity and 2-dimensional string theory, S. Das; C=1 quantum gravity and 2-dimensional string theory, A. Dhar; dynamical applications of topological field theories, S. Cecotti; recent developments in closed string field theory, A. Sen; quantum aspects of black holes, A. Strominger; quantum fermi liquid at C=1, S. Wadia; progress in the construction of strings for D larger than one, L. Alvarez-Gaume; simplicial quantum gravity in four, three and two dimensions, J. Ambjorn; gravitational collisions at planckian energies - the eikonal and beyond, D. Amati; physical states in G/G models and 2d gravity, J. Sonnenschein; moduli dependence of gauge and gravitational couplings from sting loops, K.S. Narain; the mirror of the z3 orbifolds, P. Candelas. Part contents.