Membranes and Other Extendons: Classical and Quanthum Mechanics of Extended Geometrical Objects

Eizenberg, Elena; Ne'eman, Yuval

ISBN 10: 9810206313 / ISBN 13: 9789810206314

Editore: World Scientific Publishing Company, 1995

Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G9810206313I3N10

Riassunto:

The interest in membranes and higher dimensional extended geometrical objects was inspired by the great successes of the string and superstring, first in 1968-73 as a theory of hadrons and then since 1984 as a “theory of everything” ― a unified theory of all interactions, including quantum gravity. In particular, membranes, “supermembranes” and “spinning membranes” have been studied since 1985; an unexpected connection with supergravity opened in 1988 some new prospects for a quantized theory. General theorems about higher dimensional “p-branes” or “extendons” were also derived. The subject is very promising, whether as a more comprehensive fundamental unification or as a description of composite hadrons.Where there are now probably some fifty texts of all kinds dealing with strings, this is the first treatise on membranes and higher dimensional extendons.

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Titolo: Membranes and Other Extendons: Classical and...
Casa editrice: World Scientific Publishing Company
Data di pubblicazione: 1995
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Good
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