String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2007

by C. Bachas (Editor), L. Baulieu (Editor), M. Douglas (Editor), E. Kiritsis (Editor), E. Rabinovici (Editor)

Overview

This book is a collection of lectures given in July 2007 at the Les Houches Summer School on "String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics." - Provides a pedagogical introduction to topics in String Theory, and Cosmology - Addresses each topic from the basis to the most recent developments - Covers the lectures by internationally-renowned and leading experts

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080951515
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	07/29/2008
Series:	Les Houches , #87
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	692
File size:	16 MB
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Table of Contents

1. I. Antoniadis, Topics in String Phenomenology2. E. Kiritsis, Orientifolds, and the Search for the Standard Model in String Theory3. K. Intriligator and N. Seiberg, Lectures on Supersymmetry Breaking4. G.F. Giudice, Supersymmetry And The Real World5. J. Maldacena, Les Houches Lectures on Cosmology and Fundamental Theory6. E. Rabinovici, Spontaneous Breaking of Space-Time Symmetries7. A. Uranga, The Standard Model from D-Branes in String Theory8. P. Vanhove, Non-Renormalisation Theorems in Superstring and Supergravity Theories9. F. Gianotti, Preparing the Lhc Experiments for First Data10. T. Damour and M. Lilley, String Theory, Gravity and Experiment11. J.F. Barbon and E. Rabinovici, Aspects of Hagedorn Holography12. F. Denef, Les Houches Lectures on Constructing String Vacua13. M. Benna and I. Klebanov, Gauge-String Dualities and Some Applications