Supersymmetry and string theory :

Dine, Michael.

Supersymmetry and string theory : beyond the standard model Michael Dine, University of California, Santa Cruz. - Second edition. - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. - xxi, 482 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 470-476) and index.

Before the standard model -- The standard model -- Phenomenology of the standard model -- The standard model as an effective field theory -- Anomalies, instantons and the strong CP problem -- Grand unification -- Magnetic monopoles and solitons -- Technicolor: a first attempt to explain hierarchies -- Supersymmetry -- A first look at supersymmetry breaking -- The minimal supersymmetric standard model -- Supersymmetric grand unification -- Supersymmetric dynamics -- Dynamical supersymmetry breaking -- Theories with more than four conserved supercharges -- More supersymmetric dynamics -- An introduction to general relativity -- Cosmology -- Astroparticle physics and inflation -- String theory -- The bosonic string -- The superstring -- The heterotic string -- Effective actions in ten dimensions -- Compactification of string theory I: Tri and orbifolds -- Compactification of string theory II: Calabi-Yau compactifications -- Dynamics of string theory at weak coupling -- Beyond weak coupling: non-perturbative string theory -- Large and warped extra dimensions -- The landscape: a challenge to the naturalness principle -- Coda: where are we headed?.

9781107048386

2015013721


Supersymmetry.
String models.

QC174.17.S9 / D56 2015

539.7258 D61S2



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