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Supersymmetry and string theory : beyond the standard model / Michael Dine.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.Edition: Second editionDescription: xxi, 482 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781107048386 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 539.725 23 D583
Contents:
1. Before the standard model -- 2. The standard model -- 3. Phenomenology of the standard model -- 4. The standard model as an effective field theory -- 5. Anomalies, instantons and the strong CP problem -- 6. Grand unification -- 7. Magnetic monopoles and solitons -- 8. Technicolor: a first attempt to explain hierarchies -- 9. Supersymmetry -- 10. A first look at supersymmetry breaking -- 11. The minimal supersymmetric standard model -- 12. Supersymmetric grand unification -- 13. Supersymmetric dynamics -- 14. Dynamical supersymmetry breaking -- 15. Theories with more than four conserved supercharges -- 16. More supersymmetric dynamics -- 17. An introduction to general relativity -- 18. Cosmology -- 19. Astroparticle physics and inflation -- 20. Introduction -- 21. The bosonic string -- 22. The superstring -- 23. The heterotic string -- 24. Effective actions in ten dimensions -- 25. Compactification of string theory I: Tri and orbifolds -- 26. Compactification of string theory II: Calabi-Yau compactifications -- 27. Dynamics of string theory at weak coupling -- 28. Beyond weak coupling: non-perturbative string theory -- 29. Large and warped extra dimensions -- 30. The landscape: a challenge to the naturalness principle -- 31. Coda: where are we headed? Appendices.
Summary: This fully updated second edition provides a thorough overview of string theory and supersymmetry and includes the groundbreaking Higgs discovery.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Before the standard model --
2. The standard model --
3. Phenomenology of the standard model --
4. The standard model as an effective field theory --
5. Anomalies, instantons and the strong CP problem --
6. Grand unification --
7. Magnetic monopoles and solitons --
8. Technicolor: a first attempt to explain hierarchies --
9. Supersymmetry --
10. A first look at supersymmetry breaking --
11. The minimal supersymmetric standard model --
12. Supersymmetric grand unification --
13. Supersymmetric dynamics --
14. Dynamical supersymmetry breaking --
15. Theories with more than four conserved supercharges --
16. More supersymmetric dynamics --
17. An introduction to general relativity --
18. Cosmology --
19. Astroparticle physics and inflation --
20. Introduction --
21. The bosonic string --
22. The superstring --
23. The heterotic string --
24. Effective actions in ten dimensions --
25. Compactification of string theory I: Tri and orbifolds --
26. Compactification of string theory II: Calabi-Yau compactifications --
27. Dynamics of string theory at weak coupling --
28. Beyond weak coupling: non-perturbative string theory --
29. Large and warped extra dimensions --
30. The landscape: a challenge to the naturalness principle --
31. Coda: where are we headed?
Appendices.

This fully updated second edition provides a thorough overview of string theory and supersymmetry and includes the groundbreaking Higgs discovery.

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