Gravity and strings

By: Ortín, TomásMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical PhysicsPublication details: Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, [c2015]Edition: 2nd edISBN: 9780521768139LOC classification: QC178
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 Appendices: A.1 Lie groups, symmetric spaces, and Yang–Mills fields A.2 The irreducible, non-symmetric Riemannian spaces of special holonomy A.3 Miscellanea on the symplectic group A.4 Gamma matrices and spinors A.5 Kähler geometry A.6 Special Kähler geometry A.7 Quaternionic-Kähler geometry.
Summary: Self-contained and comprehensive, this definitive new edition of Gravity and Strings is a unique resource for graduate students and researchers in theoretical physics. From basic differential geometry through to the construction and study of black-hole and black-brane solutions in quantum gravity - via all the intermediate stages - this book provides a complete overview of the intersection of gravity, supergravity, and superstrings. Now fully revised, this second edition covers an extensive array of topics, including new material on non-linear electric-magnetic duality, the electric-tensor formalism, matter-coupled supergravity, supersymmetric solutions, the geometries of scalar manifolds appearing in 4- and 5-dimensional supergravities, and much more. Covering reviews of important solutions and numerous solution-generating techniques, and accompanied by an exhaustive index and bibliography, this is an exceptional reference work.---summary provided by publisher
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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
Appendices: A.1 Lie groups, symmetric spaces, and Yang–Mills fields
A.2 The irreducible, non-symmetric Riemannian spaces of special holonomy
A.3 Miscellanea on the symplectic group
A.4 Gamma matrices and spinors
A.5 Kähler geometry
A.6 Special Kähler geometry
A.7 Quaternionic-Kähler geometry.

Self-contained and comprehensive, this definitive new edition of Gravity and Strings is a unique resource for graduate students and researchers in theoretical physics. From basic differential geometry through to the construction and study of black-hole and black-brane solutions in quantum gravity - via all the intermediate stages - this book provides a complete overview of the intersection of gravity, supergravity, and superstrings. Now fully revised, this second edition covers an extensive array of topics, including new material on non-linear electric-magnetic duality, the electric-tensor formalism, matter-coupled supergravity, supersymmetric solutions, the geometries of scalar manifolds appearing in 4- and 5-dimensional supergravities, and much more. Covering reviews of important solutions and numerous solution-generating techniques, and accompanied by an exhaustive index and bibliography, this is an exceptional reference work.---summary provided by publisher

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