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1 online resource (xxviii, 662 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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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 |
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1. I. Antoniadis, Topics in String Phenomenology -- 2. E. Kiritsis, Orientifolds, and the Search for the Standard Model in String Theory -- 3. K. Intriligator and N. Seiberg, Lectures on Supersymmetry Breaking -- 4. G.F. Giudice, Supersymmetry And The Real World -- 5. J. Maldacena, Les Houches Lectures on Cosmology and Fundamental Theory -- 6. E. Rabinovici, Spontaneous Breaking of Space-Time Symmetries -- 7. A. Uranga, The Standard Model from D-Branes in String Theory -- 8. P. Vanhove, Non-Renormalisation Theorems in Superstring and Supergravity Theories -- 9. F. Gianotti, Preparing the Lhc Experiments for First Data -- 10. T. Damour and M. Lilley, String Theory, Gravity and Experiment -- 11. J.F. Barbon and E. Rabinovici, Aspects of Hagedorn Holography -- 12. F. Denef, Les Houches Lectures on Constructing String Vacua -- 13. M. Benna and I. Klebanov, Gauge-String Dualities and Some Applications. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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String models -- Congresses.
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SCIENCE -- Waves & Wave Mechanics.
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String models
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Congress |
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Added Author |
Bachas, C. Editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ecole d'été de physique théorique (Les Houches, Haute-Savoie, France) (87th : 2007 : Les Houches, Haute-Savoie, France). String theory and the real world. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2008 008054813X 9780080548135 (OCoLC)229026044 |
| ISBN |
9780080560540 (electronic bk.) |
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0080560547 (electronic bk.) |
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9780080951515 (electronic bk.) |
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0080951511 (electronic bk.) |
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9780080548135 |
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008054813X |
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CHBIS 006041666 |
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CHDSB 005985876 |
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CHVBK 170506657 |
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DEBBG BV039831482 |
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DEBBG BV042307201 |
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DEBSZ 305738259 |
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DEBSZ 482358343 |
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NZ1 13068815 |
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AU@ 000058960064 |
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