| Collation |
xxvi, 1015 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics |
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Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 969-1001) and index. |
| Contents |
Differential geometry -- Symmetries and Noether's theorems -- A perturbative introduction to general relativity -- Action principles for gravity -- Pure N=1,2,d=4 supergravities -- Matter-coupled N=1,d=4 supergravity -- Matter-coupled N=2,d=4 supergravity -- A generic description of all the N≥2,d=4 SUEGRAs -- Matter-coupled N=1,d=5 supergravity -- Conserved charges in general relativity -- The Schwarzschild black hole -- The Reissner-Nordström black hole -- The Taub-NUT solution -- Gravitational pp-waves -- The Kaluza-Klein black hole -- Dilaton and dilaton/axion black holes -- Unbroken supersymmetry I : supersymmetric vacua -- Unbroken supersymmetry II : partially supersymmetric solutions -- Supersymmetric black holes from supergravity -- String theory -- The string effective action and T duality -- From eleven to four dimensions -- The type-IIB superstring and type-II T duality -- Extended objects -- The extended objects of string theory -- String black holes in four and five dimensions -- The FGK formalism for (single, static) black holes and branes. |
| Subject |
Quantum gravity.
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String models.
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Quantum gravity. fast (OCoLC)fst01085110 |
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String models. fast (OCoLC)fst01135293 |
| ISBN |
9780521768139 |
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0521768136 |
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