Mathematical Aspects of String... (V1)

By Shing-Tung Yau

Book Overview

Contents: Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, Path Integrals and String (B Hatfield); From Polyakov to Moduli (J Polchinski); Geometry of Quantum Strings (E D'Hoker & D H Phong); BRST Quantization and BRST Cohomology (N Marcus & A Sagnotti); Analytic Structure of Two-Dimensional Quantum Field Theories (P Nelson); Geometrical Meaning of Currents in String Theory (O Alvarez & P Windey); String Field Theory and the Geometry of Moduli Space (S Giddings); String Theory Without a Background Spacetime Geometry (G Horowitz); Holomorphic Curves on Manifolds of SU(3) Holonomy (E Witten); Vertex Operator Calculus (I Frenkel et al.); On Determinant Line Bundles (D Freed); h-Invariant and the Index (I Singer); Action Principles and Global Geometry (G Zuckerman)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9971502747
• ISBN13: 9789971502744
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 666 Pages
• Weight: 3.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.1" x 10.9"