M-Theory and Quantum Geometry
- ISBN-10
- 0792364740
- ISBN-13
- 9780792364740
- Category
- Mathematics
- Pages
- 454
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-09-30
- Publisher
- Springer Science & Business Media
- Author
- Lárus Thorlacius
Description
The fundamental structure of matter and spacetime at the shortest length scales remains an exciting frontier of basic research in theoretical physics. A unifying theme in this area is the quantisation of geometrical objects. The majority of contributions to this volume cover recent advances in superstring theory, which is the leading candidate for a unified description of all known elementary particles and interactions. The geometrical concept of one-dimensional extended objects (strings) has always been at the core of superstring theory, but recently the focus has shifted to include higher-dimensional objects (D-branes), which play a key role in non-perturbative dynamics of the theory. Related developments are also described in M-theory, our understanding of quantum effects in black-hole physics, gauge theory of the strong interaction, and the dynamic triangulation construction of the quantum geometry of spacetime.
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