A First Course in String Theory

Аннотация

An accessible introduction to string theory, this book provides a detailed and self-contained demonstration of the main concepts involved. The first part be- gins with a discussion of special relativity, electromagnetism, and the physics of extra dimensions. D-branes and the classical dynamics of relativistic strings are examined next, followed by the quantization of open and closed bosonic strings in the light-come gauge, and a brief introduction to superstrings