Gravity and strings / Tomás Ortín, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
| Author/creator | Ortín, Tomás, 1964- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Second edition. |
| Publication | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015. |
| Description | xxvi, 1,015 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics. ^A236857 |
| Contents | Differential geometry -- Symmetries and Noether's theorems -- A perturbative introduction to general relativity -- Action principles for gravity -- Pure N=1,2,d=4 supergravities -- Matter-coupled N=1,d=4 supergravity -- Matter-coupled N=2,d=4 supergravity -- A generic description of all the N=2,d=4 SUEGRAS -- Matter-coupled N=1,d=5 supergravity -- Conserved charges in general relativity -- The Schwarzschild black hole -- The Reissner-Nordstrom black hole -- The Taub-NUT solution -- Gravitational pp-waves -- The Kaluza-Klein black hole -- Dilaton and dilaton/axion black holes -- Unbroken supersymmetry I: supersymmetric vacua -- Unbroken supersymmetry II: partially supersymmetric solutions -- Supersymmetric black holes from supergravity -- String theory -- The string effective action and T duality -- From eleven to four dimensions -- The type-IIB superstring and type-II T duality -- Extended objects -- The extended objects of string theory -- String black holes in four and five dimensions -- The FGK formalism for (single, static) black holes and branes. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 969-1001) and index. |
| LCCN | 2014017469 |
| ISBN | 9780521768139 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0521768136 (hardback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | QC178 .O78 2015 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |