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003			ISI Library, Kolkata
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008			140801s2015 enka b 001 0 eng c
020			_a9780521768139 (hardback)
040			_aISI Library _beng
082	0	4	_a530.14 _223 _bOr77
100	1		_aOrtin, Tomas, _eauthor
245	1	0	_aGravity and strings / _cTomas Ortin.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2015.
300			_axxvi, 1015 p. : _billustrations ; _c26 cm.
490	0		_aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a1. Differential geometry -- 2. Symmetries and Noether's theorems -- 3. A perturbative introduction to general relativity -- 4. Action principles for gravity -- 5. Pure N=1,2,d=4 supergravities -- 6. Matter-coupled N=1,d=4 supergravity -- 7. Matter-coupled N=2,d=4 supergravity -- 8. A generic description of all the N≥2,d=4 SUEGRAs -- 9. Matter-coupled N=1,d=5 supergravity -- 10. Conserved charges in general relativity -- 11. The Schwarzschild black hole -- 12. The Reissner-Nordström black hole -- 13. The Taub-NUT solution -- 14. Gravitational pp-waves -- 15. The Kaluza-Klein black hole -- 16. Dilaton and dilaton/axion black holes -- 17. Unbroken supersymmetry I : supersymmetric vacua -- 18. Unbroken supersymmetry II : partially supersymmetric solutions -- 19. Supersymmetric black holes from supergravity -- 20. String theory -- 21. The string effective action and T duality -- 22. From eleven to four dimensions -- 23. The type-IIB superstring and type-II T duality -- 24. Extended objects -- 25. The extended objects of string theory -- 26. String black holes in four and five dimensions -- 27. The FGK formalism for (single, static) black holes and branes -- Appendixes -- References -- Index.
520			_aSelf-contained and comprehensive, this definitive new edition provides a complete overview of the intersection of gravity, supergravity, and superstrings.
650		0	_aQuantum gravity.
650		0	_aString models.
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