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A first course in string theory. 2nd ed. (English) Zbl 1185.81005

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (ISBN 978-0-521-88032-9/hbk). xxii, 673 p. (2009).
This is a revised and enlarged version of the first edition (2004; Zbl 1072.81001). The elementary character of the presentation has been kept although new sections and chapters on less basic topics have been added. In Part I (Basics) clarity and readability has been improved by several changes in the formulation and additional figures. Moreover, a number of new exercises based on the experience gained by the author from teaching the stuff in the meantime have been included. New sections concern closed strings, cosmic strings, and orbifolds. Chapter 14 is new and introduces to the basics of superstring theory. In part two (Developments) the material relevant for particle physics is now contained in chapter 21 together with a new section on moduli stabilization and the so called landscape idea. A new chapter, 23, is devoted to the ADS/CFT correspondence. The 2nd edition fully verifies the opinion given by the reviewer of the 1st one: This book provides an excellent basis for an introductory course and is well suited for a self study.

MSC:

81-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to quantum theory
81T30 String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory
83E30 String and superstring theories in gravitational theory

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Zbl 1072.81001
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