Physics · Relativity & Gravitation
A topic within Relativity & Gravitation, itself one of 12 topics in that field and part of Physics.
2 works
Joseph Polchinski
Introduces string theory to physicists outside the field, arguing that requiring a consistent quantum theory of one-dimensional objects forces general relativity and gauge symmetry to appear together.
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Builds the bosonic string from the Nambu-Goto action through conformal field theory and BRST quantisation, the standard route into string theory for a physics graduate student.
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