String Theory and the Path to Unification
by Keith R. Dienes
Publisher: arXiv 1997
Number of pages: 104
Description:
This is a pedagogical review article surveying the various approaches towards understanding gauge coupling unification within string theory. The author provides an overview of the different approaches that have been taken in recent years.
Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(1.4MB, PDF)
Similar books
String Theory
by David Tong - University of Cambridge
These lecture notes provide a detailed introduction to the bosonic string and conformal field theory. The text is aimed at beginning graduate students. It assumes a working knowledge of quantum field theory and general relativity.
(12697 views)
by David Tong - University of Cambridge
These lecture notes provide a detailed introduction to the bosonic string and conformal field theory. The text is aimed at beginning graduate students. It assumes a working knowledge of quantum field theory and general relativity.
(12697 views)
An Introduction to Black Holes, Information and the String Theory Revolution
by Leonard Susskind, James Lindesay - OECD Publishing
Leonard Susskind, one of the co-inventors of the Holographic Principle as well as one of the founders of String theory, develops and explains these concepts. This well-planned, stimulating and provocative book can be enthusiastically recommended.
(14476 views)
by Leonard Susskind, James Lindesay - OECD Publishing
Leonard Susskind, one of the co-inventors of the Holographic Principle as well as one of the founders of String theory, develops and explains these concepts. This well-planned, stimulating and provocative book can be enthusiastically recommended.
(14476 views)
Lectures on String Theory
by Gleb Arutyunov - Utrecht University
The text covers the basic concepts of modern string theory: covariant and light-cone quantisation of bosonic and fermionic strings, geometry and topology of string world-sheets, vertex operators and string scattering amplitudes, etc.
(12552 views)
by Gleb Arutyunov - Utrecht University
The text covers the basic concepts of modern string theory: covariant and light-cone quantisation of bosonic and fermionic strings, geometry and topology of string world-sheets, vertex operators and string scattering amplitudes, etc.
(12552 views)
An Introduction to String Theory
by James Bedford - arXiv
An introduction to string theory, focusing on the Bosonic string, but treating the superstring as well. A number of appendices on more advanced topics are also provided, including an introduction to orientifolds in various brane configurations.
(11163 views)
by James Bedford - arXiv
An introduction to string theory, focusing on the Bosonic string, but treating the superstring as well. A number of appendices on more advanced topics are also provided, including an introduction to orientifolds in various brane configurations.
(11163 views)