Duality and Supersymmetric Theories

by David I. Olive, Peter C. West

Overview

This is the first systematic introduction to electromagnetic duality and its generalizations. The authors, leading figures in this exciting new area of mathematical physics, describe the fundamental ideas, latest developments, and some earlier work whose significance has only recently become apparent. This volume will be essential reading for all those working in mathematical physics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521641586
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/08/1999
Series:	Publications of the Newton Institute , #18
Pages:	484
Product dimensions:	6.26(w) x 9.29(h) x 1.18(d)

Table of Contents

List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Particle physics and fundamental theory: introduction and guide to Duality and supersymmetric Theories David Olive, and Peter West; 2. Solitons N. S. Manton; 3. Nonlinear electromagnetic self-duality and Legendre transformations Mary K. Gaillard and Bruno Zumino; 4. Supersymmetric s-models in 2 dimensions Bruno Zumino; 5. Introduction to duality David I. Olive; 6. Supersymmetric monopoles and duality Jerome P. Gauntlett; 7. Seiberg-Witten theory and S-duality Tohru Eguchi; 8. Supergravity, Brane dynamics and string duality P. C. West; 9. Supergravity vacua and solitons G. W. Gibbons; 10. An introduction to non-perturbative string theory Ashoke Sen; 11. Lectures on D-branes Constantin Bachas.

Editorial Reviews

"The book provides a valuable compendium at a level which should make it useful to graduate students starting research in this area...As usual with CUP [Cambridge University Press] the book is well produced and should certainly find a place in the libraries of any places where modern theoretical physics is pursued." Contemporary Physics

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