《弦論第1卷》是2019年世界圖書出版公司出版的圖書，作者是[美] J.波欽斯基。
基本介紹
- 中文名：弦論第1卷
- 作者：[美] J.波欽斯基
- 出版社：世界圖書出版公司
- 出版時間：2019年2月1日
- ISBN：9787519253998
內容簡介,圖書目錄,作者簡介,
內容簡介
這套兩卷本的《弦論》系統介紹了弦理論的各個方面。諾貝爾獎獲得者Steven Weinberg教授稱本書作者是弦理論很好的“入門”引導者, 他發現的D-膜是研究各種不同弦理論之間的對偶關係的重要組成部分。此外，作者還有從繁雜的數學公式中發現其物理重要性並能清楚地向讀者闡述的超人智慧。本套書是弦理論和數學物理中的諸多專家都公認的難得的佳作，值得每一位想學習和掌握弦理論的研究生和科研人員擁有。
圖書目錄
Foreword
Preface
Notation
1 A first look at strings
1.1 Why strings?
1.2 Action principles
1.3 The open string spectrum
1.4 Closed and unoriented strings
Exercises
2 Conformal field theory
2.1 Massless scalars in two dimensions
2.2 The operator product expansion
2.3 Ward identities and Noether's theorem
2.4 Conformal invariance
2.5 Free CFTs
2.6 The Virasoro algebra
2.7 Mode expansions
2.8 Vertex operators
2.9 More on states and operators
Exercises
3 The Polyakov path integral
3.1 Sums over world-sheets
3.2 The Polyakov path integral
3.3 Gauge fixing
3.4 The Weyl anomaly
3.5 Scattering amplitudes
3.6 Vertex operators
3.7 Strings in curved spacetime
Exercises
4 The string spectrum
4.1 Old covariant quantization
4.2 BRST quantization
4.3 BRST quantization of the string
4.4 The no-ghost theorem
Exercises
5 The string S-matrix
5.1 The circle and the torus
5.2 Moduli and Riemann surfaces
5.3 The measure for moduli
5.4 More about the measure
Exercises
6 Tree-level amplitudes
6.1 Riemann surfaces
6.2 Scalar expectation values
6.3 The bc CFT
6.4 The Veneziano amplitude
6.5 Chan-Paton factors and gauge interactions
6.6 Closed string tree amplitudes
6.7 General results
Exercises
7 One-loop amplitudes
7.1 Riemann surfaces
7.2 CFT on the torus
7.3 The torus amplitude
7.4 Open and unoriented one-loop graphs
Exercises
8 Toroidal eompaetification and T-duality
8.1 Toroidal compactification in field theory
8.2 Toroidal compactification in CFT
8.3 Closed strings and T-duality
8.4 Compactification of several dimensions
8.5 Orbifolds
8.6 Open strings
8.7 D-branes
8.8 T-duality of unoriented theories
Exercises
9 Higher order amplitudes
9.1 General tree-level amplitudes
9.2 Higher genus Riemann surfaces
9.3 Sewing and cutting world-sheets
9.4 Sewing and cutting CFTs
9.5 General amplitudes
9.6 String field theory
9.7 Large order behavior
9.8 High energy and high temperature
9.9 Low dimensions and noncritical strings
Exercises
Appendix A： A short course on path integrals
A.1 Bosonic fields
A.2 Fermionic fields
Exercises
References
Glossary
Index
作者簡介
J.波欽斯基（Joseph Polchinski），加州大學聖塔芭芭拉分校（Institute for Theoretical Physics University of California at Santa Barbara）的理論物理學家。
