String theory compactifications. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mariana Graña, Hagen Triendl.
• Authors: Graña, Mariana; Triendl, Hagen
• Contents: Abstract; String Theory Compactifications; 1 Lecture 1: Introduction to String Theory; 1.1 Bosonic Strings; 1.2 Superstrings; 2 Lecture 2: Compactifications on Tori; 2.1 Kaluza-Klein Compactifications on S1 (in Field Theory); 2.2 Compactifications of the Bosonic String on S1; 2.3 Toroidal String Compactifications; 3 Lecture 3: Calabi-Yau Compactifications; 3.1 The Geometry of Calabi-Yau Manifolds; 3.2 Effective Theory for Compactifications of Type II Theories on CY3; 4 Lecture 4: Fluxes and Generalized Geometry; 4.1 Charges and Fluxes; 4.2 Generalized Geometry. 4.3 Flux Compactifications and Generalized Complex Geometry5 Lecture 5: 4D Effective Actions #x83;; 5.1 Compactifications on Twisted Tori and N=8 Gauged Supergravity; 5.2 Compactifications on Generalized Complex Geometries and N=2 Gauged Supergravity; 5.3 Exceptional Generalized Geometry; 6 Lecture 6: Open Problems in Phenomenology; 6.1 Calabi-Yau Orientifold Reductions; 6.2 Moduli Stabilization in Type IIB; 6.3 Moduli Stabilization Including Non Perturbative Effects and de Sitter Vacua; References.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 539.7/258; Physics; String models; SCIENCE -- Physics -- Quantum Theory; String models; Physics; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences; Mathematics -- Applied; Mathematical modelling; Science -- Quantum Theory; Statistical physics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319543161; 3319543164
• Related ISBNs: 9783319543154; 3319543156
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 31, 2017).
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