String Theory In Curved Space Times, A Collaborative Research Report
Will be published approx. on 2. June 1998
Book
Hardback
500 pages
978-981-02-3439-3 (ISBN)
Description
The main goal and impact of modern string theory is to provide a consistent quantum theory of gravity. This book provides an updated collection of original new developments and fundamental research in string theory in connection with gravity and physics at the Planck energy scale.Topics treated in this volume by pioneering researchers in the field include: classical and quantum string dynamics in strong gravitational fields, space-time singularities, black holes and cosmological backgrounds; particle and string scattering at the Planck energy scale; string cosmology and its observational consequences; the new features of multistrings and of quantum particle transmutation for strings in curved spacetimes.The book deals with (i) the several new methods developed to solve the highly nonlinear string dynamics in curved spactimes: approximative perturbative methods, asymptotic expansions, exact local expansions and exact global (over the whole world sheet) string solitonic solutions, (ii) the string energy momentum tensor and the equation of state for the string matter, the stretching of the string size in spacetimes with event horizons and near spacetime singularities, (iii) the canonical and semiclassical quantization of strings in curved spacetimes and the physical effects found for: the mass spectrum, structure of levels, scattering amplitudes, number operator and particle transmutation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
ISBN-13
978-981-02-3439-3 (9789810234393)
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Content
String theory in cosmological spacetimes, H.J. de Vega, N. Sanchez; evolution of a string network in backgrounds with rolling horizons, M. Gasperini et al; particle transmutation and fermion number violation from the scattering of string and superstrings in curved spacetimes, H.J. de Vega et al; particle and string scattering at the Planck scale, C.O. Lousto, N. Sanchez; strings in curved spacetimes: the Null string approach, H.J. de Vega, A. Nicolaidis; strings and multi-strings in black hole and cosmological spacetimes, A.L. Larsen, N. Sanchez; integrable field theories, C. Destri, H.J. de Vega; Von Neumann and Shannon-Wehrl entropy for squeezed states and cosmological particle production, M. Gasperini, M. Giovannini; preheating and reheating in inflationary cosmology: a pedagogical review, D. Boyanovsky et al; circular strings and multi-strings in the Sitter and Anti de Sitter spacetimes, H.J. de Vega et al; the two-dimensional stringy black hole - a new approach and new effect, H.J. de Vega et al; relic gravitons from the pre-Big Bang - what we know and what we do not know, M. Gasperini; classical splitting of fundamental strings, H.J. de Vega et al; cosmic strings and black holes, a.L. Larsen; strings next to and inside black holes, H.J. de Vega, I.L. Egusquiza; string dynamics in cosmological and black hole backgrounds: the Null string expansion, C.O. Lousto, N. Sanchez; the black hole: scatterer, absorber and emitter of particle, N. Sanchez; une approche du temps et des frequences - vers le metre et la seconde, S. Debarbat, M. Granveaud.