Introduction to superstrings and M-theory.

zbMath0932.81025MaRDI QIDQ1279537

Michio Kaku

Publication date: 7 February 1999

Published in: Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theorycompactificationpath integraldualityTeichmüller spaceorbifoldRiemann surface\(S\)-matrixVirasoro algebrasupersymmetryGSO projectionBRST quantizationbranestring field theoryKac-Moody algebraheterotic stringghostCalabi-Yau spacelight-cone quantizationGupta-Bleuler quantizationAtiyah-Singer theoremCoulomb quantization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Black holes (83C57) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Constructive quantum field theory (81T08) Applications of manifolds of mappings to the sciences (58D30) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to global analysis (58-01) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to quantum theory (81-01)

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