书目名称 | Introduction to Supergravity |
编辑 | Yoshiaki Tanii |
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概述 | This book is a pedagogical introduction to supergravity for graduate students and non-expert researchers.Supergravities in four and higher dimensional spacetime are discussed from a standpoint of supe |
丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics |
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描述 | .This book is a pedagogical introduction to supergravity, a gravitational field theory that includes supersymmetry (symmetry between bosons and fermions) and is a generalization of Einstein‘s general relativity. Supergravity provides a low-energy effective theory of superstring theory, which has attracted much attention as a candidate for the unified theory of fundamental particles, and it is a useful tool for studying non-perturbative properties of superstring theory such as D-branes and string duality..This work considers classical supergravities in four and higher spacetime dimensions with their applications to superstring theory in mind. More concretely, it discusses classical Lagrangians (or field equations) and symmetry properties of supergravities. Besides local symmetries, supergravities often have global non-compact symmetries, which play a crucial role in their applications to superstring theory. One of the main features of this book is its detailed discussion of these non-compact symmetries..The aim of the book is twofold. One is to explain the basic ideas of supergravity to those who are not familiar with it. Toward that end, the discussions are made both pedagogical an |
出版日期 | Book 2014 |
关键词 | Field theory; Gravity; Non-compact symmetry; Superstring; Supersymmetry |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54828-7 |
isbn_softcover | 978-4-431-54827-0 |
isbn_ebook | 978-4-431-54828-7Series ISSN 2197-1757 Series E-ISSN 2197-1765 |
issn_series | 2197-1757 |
copyright | The Author(s) 2014 |