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Gravity and strings / Tomas Ortin.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge monographs on mathematical physicsPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxvi, 1015 p. : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780521768139 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.14 23 Or77
Contents:
1. Differential geometry -- 2. Symmetries and Noether's theorems -- 3. A perturbative introduction to general relativity -- 4. Action principles for gravity -- 5. Pure N=1,2,d=4 supergravities -- 6. Matter-coupled N=1,d=4 supergravity -- 7. Matter-coupled N=2,d=4 supergravity -- 8. A generic description of all the N≥2,d=4 SUEGRAs -- 9. Matter-coupled N=1,d=5 supergravity -- 10. Conserved charges in general relativity -- 11. The Schwarzschild black hole -- 12. The Reissner-Nordström black hole -- 13. The Taub-NUT solution -- 14. Gravitational pp-waves -- 15. The Kaluza-Klein black hole -- 16. Dilaton and dilaton/axion black holes -- 17. Unbroken supersymmetry I : supersymmetric vacua -- 18. Unbroken supersymmetry II : partially supersymmetric solutions -- 19. Supersymmetric black holes from supergravity -- 20. String theory -- 21. The string effective action and T duality -- 22. From eleven to four dimensions -- 23. The type-IIB superstring and type-II T duality -- 24. Extended objects -- 25. The extended objects of string theory -- 26. String black holes in four and five dimensions -- 27. The FGK formalism for (single, static) black holes and branes -- Appendixes -- References -- Index.
Summary: Self-contained and comprehensive, this definitive new edition provides a complete overview of the intersection of gravity, supergravity, and superstrings.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Differential geometry --
2. Symmetries and Noether's theorems --
3. A perturbative introduction to general relativity --
4. Action principles for gravity --
5. Pure N=1,2,d=4 supergravities --
6. Matter-coupled N=1,d=4 supergravity --
7. Matter-coupled N=2,d=4 supergravity --
8. A generic description of all the N≥2,d=4 SUEGRAs --
9. Matter-coupled N=1,d=5 supergravity --
10. Conserved charges in general relativity --
11. The Schwarzschild black hole --
12. The Reissner-Nordström black hole --
13. The Taub-NUT solution --
14. Gravitational pp-waves --
15. The Kaluza-Klein black hole --
16. Dilaton and dilaton/axion black holes --
17. Unbroken supersymmetry I : supersymmetric vacua --
18. Unbroken supersymmetry II : partially supersymmetric solutions --
19. Supersymmetric black holes from supergravity --
20. String theory --
21. The string effective action and T duality --
22. From eleven to four dimensions --
23. The type-IIB superstring and type-II T duality --
24. Extended objects --
25. The extended objects of string theory --
26. String black holes in four and five dimensions --
27. The FGK formalism for (single, static) black holes and branes --
Appendixes --
References --
Index.

Self-contained and comprehensive, this definitive new edition provides a complete overview of the intersection of gravity, supergravity, and superstrings.

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