Self-contained and comprehensive, this definitive new edition of Gravity and Strings is a unique resource for graduate students and researchers in theoretical physics. From basic differential geometry through to the construction and study of black-hole and black-brane solutions in quantum gravity - via all the intermediate stages - this book provides a complete overview of the intersection of gravity, supergravity, and superstrings. Now fully revised, this second edition covers an extensive array of topics, including new material on non-linear electric-magnetic duality, the electric-tensor formalism, matter-coupled supergravity, supersymmetric solutions, the geometries of scalar manifolds appearing in 4- and 5-dimensional supergravities, and much more. Covering reviews of important solutions and numerous solution-generating techniques, and accompanied by an exhaustive index and bibliography, this is an exceptional reference work.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780521768139
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-521-76813-9
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Erscheinungstermin: 26.03.2015
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 2. Auflage 2015
- Serie: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
- Produktform: Gebunden, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 1939 g
- Seiten: 1048
- Format (B x H x T): 175 x 250 x 60 mm
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