Strings, Branes And Extra Dimensions: Tasi 2001 : Boulder, Colorado, USA, 4-29 June 2001

by Gubser, Steven Scott; Lykken, J. D.

• ISBN13: 9789812387882
• ISBN10: 9812387889
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

This invaluable volume comprises the lecture notes of the 2001 School of the Theoretical Advanced Study Institute (TASI 2001). Intended mostly for advanced graduate students in theoretical physics, it presents a rare blend of formal and phenomenological topics, ranging from a thorough exposition of the minimal supersymmetric standard model to an exploration of modern topics in string field theory. Particular attention is given to the physics of extra dimensions, including possible experimental signatures, and to supersymmetric gauge theories and their relation to string theory in negatively curved backgrounds. The topics are rounded out by lectures on cosmology and on QCD at high density. The lecturers are exceptional leaders in their fields.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Lecturers, local organizing committee, and director	ix
Student participants	x
Student seminars	xi
Supersymmetric gauge theories and the AdS/CFT correspondence	3	(158)
Eric D'Hoker
Daniel Z. Freedman
Perturbative string theory and Ramond-Ramond Flux	161	(36)
Louise Dolan
Special holonomy in string theory and M-theory	197	(40)
Steven S. Gubser
Phenomenology of extra dimensions	237	(36)
JoAnne L. Hewett
Weak scale supersymmetry --- A top-motivated-bottom-up approach	273	(64)
Gordon L. Kane
Recent developments in cosmology	337	(22)
Andrew R. Liddle
Lectures on heterotic M-theory	359	(50)
Burt A. Ovrut
Color superconductivity	409	(62)
Krishna Rajagopal
Grand unification, Higgs bosons, and baryogenesis	471	(48)
Marc Sher
Collider experiment: strings, branes and extra dimensions	519	(42)
Maria Spiropulu
An unorthodox introduction to supersymmetric gauge theory	561	(80)
Matthew J. Strassler
D-Branes, tachyons, and string field theory	641	(122)
Washington Taylor
Barton Zwiebach
Introduction to model building in heterotic M-theory	763
Daniel Waldram