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String Theory comprises two volumes which give a comprehensive and pedagogic account of the subject. Volume 1, first published in 1998, provides a thorough introduction to the bosonic string. The first four chapters introduce the central ideas of string theory, the tools of conformal field theory and of the Polyakov path integral, and the covariant quantization of the string. The next three chapters treat string interactions: the general formalism, and detailed treatments of the tree level and one loop amplitudes. Chapter eight covers toroidal compactification and many important aspects of string physics, such as T-duality and D-branes. Chapter nine treats higher-order amplitudes, including an analysis of their finiteness and unitarity, and various nonperturbative ideas. An appendix giving a short course on path integral methods is included. This is an essential text and reference for graduate students and researchers interested in modern superstring theory.
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Table of Contents for Vol.1
Foreword
Preface
Notation
1. A first look at strings
2. Conformal field theory
3. The Polyakov path integral
4. The string spectrum
5. The string S-matrix
6. Tree-level amplitudes
7. One-loop amplitudes
8. Toroidal compactification and T-duality
9. Higher order amplitudes
Appendix A: a short course on path integrals
References
Glossary
Index.
Table of Contents for Vol.2
Foreword
Preface
Notation
10. Type I and type II superstrings
11. The heterotic string
12. Superstring interactions
13. D-branes
14. Strings at strong coupling
15. Advanced CFT
16. Orbifolds
17. Calabi-Yau compactification
18. Physics in four dimensions
19. Advanced topics
Appendix B. Spinors and SUSY in various dimensions
References
Glossary
Index.
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