剑桥数学物理专着系列：弦理论： 卷1，玻色弦简介 String Theory: Volume 1, An Introduction to the Bosonic String

基本信息

Format Paperback | 424 pages

Dimensions 175 x 248 x 23mm | 725g

Publication date 30 Mar 2007

Publisher Cambridge University Press

ISBN10 0521672279

ISBN13 9780521672276

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

《玻色弦简介》包括两卷，对这一主题进行了全面和教学性的阐述。卷一于1998年出版，对玻色子弦作了全面介绍。前四章介绍了弦理论的中心思想，共形场论和波利亚科夫路径积分的工具，以及弦的协变量子化。接下来的三章讨论弦的相互作用：一般形式主义，以及树级和单环振幅的详细处理。第八章涉及环形压缩和弦物理学的许多重要方面，如T-duality和D-branes。第九章讨论高阶振幅，包括对其有限性和单元性的分析，以及各种非微扰的想法。本书还包括一个附录，对路径积分方法进行了简要介绍。对于对现代超弦理论感兴趣的研究生和研究人员来说，这是一本必不可少的教材和参考书。

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.

作者简介

小约瑟夫·杰拉德·波尔钦斯基，美国理论物理学家和弦论学家。

Joseph Gerard Polchinski Jr (May 16, 1954 – February 2, 2018) was an American theoretical physicist and string theorist

目录

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.