String theory and particle physics : an introduction to string phenomenology /
Luis E. Ibáñez, Angel M. Uranga.
- xiii, 673 páginas
Incluye bibliografía.
Preface -- 1. The standard model and beyond -- 2. Supersymmetry -- 3. Introduction to string theory: the bosonic string -- 4. Superstrings -- 5. Toroidal compactification of superstrings -- 6. Branes and string duality -- 7. Calabi-Yau compactification of heterotic superstrings -- 8. Heterotic string orbifolds and other exact CFT constructions -- 9. Heterotic string compactifications: effective action -- 10. Type IIA orientifolds: intersecting brane worlds -- 11. Type IIB orientifolds -- 12. Type II compactifications: effective action -- 13. String instantons and effective field theory -- 14. Flux compactifications and moduli stabilization -- 15. Moduli stabilization and supersymmetry breaking in string theory -- 16. Further phenomenological properties. Strings and cosmology -- 17. The space of string vacua.