書目名稱 | M-Theory and Quantum Geometry |
編輯 | Lárus Thorlacius,Thordur Jonsson |
視頻video | http://file.papertrans.cn/621/620012/620012.mp4 |
叢書名稱 | Nato Science Series C: |
圖書封面 |  |
描述 | The fundamental structure of matter and spacetime at the shortest length scales remains an exciting frontier of basic research in theoretical physics. A unifying theme in this area is the quantization of geometrical objects. The majority of lectures at the Advanced Study Institute on Quantum Ge- ometry in Akureyri was on recent advances in superstring theory, which is the leading candidate for a unified description of all known elementary par- ticles and interactions. The geometric concept of one-dimensional extended objects, or strings, has always been at the core of superstring theory but in recent years the focus has shifted to include also higher-dimensional ob- jects, so called D-branes, which play a key role in the non-perturbative dynamics of the theory. A related development has seen the strong coupling regime of a given string theory identified with the weak coupling regime of what was previ- ously believed to be a different theory, and a web of such" dualities" that interrelates all known superstring theories has emerged. The resulting uni- fied theoretical framework, termed M-theory, has evolved at a rapid pace in recent years. |
出版日期 | Book 2000 |
關鍵詞 | elementary particle; gauge theories; quantum gravity; string theory; strong interaction |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4303-5 |
isbn_softcover | 978-0-7923-6475-7 |
isbn_ebook | 978-94-011-4303-5Series ISSN 1389-2185 |
issn_series | 1389-2185 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2000 |