String Theory, Vol. 1 (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)

著者 : JosephPolchinski

• Cambridge University Press (2005年6月20日発売)

作品紹介・あらすじ

String Theory comprises two volumes which give a comprehensive and pedagogic account of the subject. Volume 1, first published in 1998, provides a thorough introduction to the bosonic string. The first four chapters introduce the central ideas of string theory, the tools of conformal field theory and of the Polyakov path integral, and the covariant quantization of the string. The next three chapters treat string interactions: the general formalism, and detailed treatments of the tree level and one loop amplitudes. Chapter eight covers toroidal compactification and many important aspects of string physics, such as T-duality and D-branes. Chapter nine treats higher-order amplitudes, including an analysis of their finiteness and unitarity, and various nonperturbative ideas. An appendix giving a short course on path integral methods is included. This is an essential text and reference for graduate students and researchers interested in modern superstring theory.

感想・レビュー・書評

[豆腐小僧さんの感想 · 2011年10月6日]

大学院時代のゼミで輪講した。超弦理論の勉強はとにかく難しく感じたが、それって単にこの本が難しいだけだったんじゃ…、と他の本を読んで思った。難しいと思った人はとにかく最後まで読み進むか他の本を読んで全体像を掴んでから細部を気にした方が良いと思う。