String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics
Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2007
- 1st Edition, Volume 87 - July 29, 2008
- Latest edition
- Editors: C. Bachas, L. Baulieu, M. Douglas, E. Kiritsis, E. Rabinovici, P. Vanhove, P. Windey, L.G. Cugliandolo
- Language: English
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Description
Description
This book is a collection of lectures given in July 2007 at the Les Houches Summer School on "String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics."
Key features
Key features
- Provides a pedagogical introduction to topics in String Theory, and Cosmology
- Addresses each topic from the basis to the most recent developments
- Covers the lectures by internationally-renowned and leading experts
Readership
Readership
Graduate students, researchers
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. I. Antoniadis, Topics in String Phenomenology
2. E. Kiritsis, Orientifolds, and the Search for the Standard Model in String Theory
3. K. Intriligator and N. Seiberg, Lectures on Supersymmetry Breaking
4. G.F. Giudice, Supersymmetry And The Real World
5. J. Maldacena, Les Houches Lectures on Cosmology and Fundamental Theory
6. E. Rabinovici, Spontaneous Breaking of Space-Time Symmetries
7. A. Uranga, The Standard Model from D-Branes in String Theory
8. P. Vanhove, Non-Renormalisation Theorems in Superstring and Supergravity Theories
9. F. Gianotti, Preparing the Lhc Experiments for First Data
10. T. Damour and M. Lilley, String Theory, Gravity and Experiment
11. J.F. Barbon and E. Rabinovici, Aspects of Hagedorn Holography
12. F. Denef, Les Houches Lectures on Constructing String Vacua
13. M. Benna and I. Klebanov, Gauge-String Dualities and Some Applications
2. E. Kiritsis, Orientifolds, and the Search for the Standard Model in String Theory
3. K. Intriligator and N. Seiberg, Lectures on Supersymmetry Breaking
4. G.F. Giudice, Supersymmetry And The Real World
5. J. Maldacena, Les Houches Lectures on Cosmology and Fundamental Theory
6. E. Rabinovici, Spontaneous Breaking of Space-Time Symmetries
7. A. Uranga, The Standard Model from D-Branes in String Theory
8. P. Vanhove, Non-Renormalisation Theorems in Superstring and Supergravity Theories
9. F. Gianotti, Preparing the Lhc Experiments for First Data
10. T. Damour and M. Lilley, String Theory, Gravity and Experiment
11. J.F. Barbon and E. Rabinovici, Aspects of Hagedorn Holography
12. F. Denef, Les Houches Lectures on Constructing String Vacua
13. M. Benna and I. Klebanov, Gauge-String Dualities and Some Applications
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 87
- Published: October 14, 2008
- Language: English
About the editor
About the editor
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L.G. Cugliandolo
Affiliations and expertise
Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energi, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, FranceView book on ScienceDirect
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