Preface to Second Edition |
Preface to First Edition |
A Brief History of String Theory / Chapter 1: |
Classical String Theory / Chapter 2: |
The Relativistic Particle / 2.1: |
Reparametrization Invariance / 2.1.1: |
Examples / 2.1.2: |
The Bosonic String / 2.2: |
Worldsheet Symmetries / 2.2.1: |
String Equations of Motion / 2.3: |
Mode Expansions / 2.3.1: |
Mass-Shell Constraints / 2.3.2: |
Quantization of the Bosonic String / Chapter 3: |
Canonical Quantization / 3.1: |
Normal Ordering / 3.1.1: |
The Physical String Spectrum / 3.2: |
The Open String Spectrum / 3.2.1: |
The Closed String Spectrum / 3.2.2: |
Worldsheet-Spacetime Interplay / 3.2.3: |
Vertex Operators / 3.3: |
String Perturbation Theory / 3.3.1: |
Chan-Paton Factors / 3.5: |
Superstrings / Chapter 4: |
Motivation / 4.1: |
The RNS Superstring / 4.2: |
The Superstring Spectrum / 4.2.1: |
The Open Superstring Spectrum / 4.3.1: |
The Closed Superstring Spectrum / 4.3.2: |
The GSO Projection / 4.4: |
Spacetime Supersymmetry / 4.4.1: |
Example: One-Loop Vacuum Amplitude / 4.5: |
Fermionic Spin Structures / 4.5.1: |
Ramond-Ramond Charges and T-Duality / Chapter 5: |
Ramond-Ramond Charges / 5.1: |
Remarks on Superstring Types / 5.1.1: |
Type II Ramond-Ramond States / 5.1.2: |
T-Duality for Closed Strings / 5.1.3: |
String Geometry / 5.2.1: |
T-Duality for Open Strings / 5.3: |
T-Duality for Type II Superstrings / 5.4: |
D-Branes and Gauge Theory / Chapter 6: |
D-Branes / 6.1: |
Wilson Lines / 6.2: |
D-Brane Terminology / 6.2.1: |
Collective Coordinates for D-Branes / 6.3: |
Non-Abelian Gauge Symmetry / 6.3.1: |
The Born-Infeld Action / 6.4: |
D-Brane Dynamics / Chapter 7: |
The Dirac-Born-Infeld Action / 7.1: |
Example / 7.1.1: |
Supergravity Couplings / 7.1.2: |
Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory / 7.2: |
Forces Between D-Branes / 7.2.1: |
BPS States / 7.3.1: |
Ramond-Ramond Couplings of D-Branes / Chapter 8: |
D-Brane Anomalies / 8.1: |
Chern-Simons Actions / 8.2: |
Branes within Branes / 8.3: |
Solutions to Exercises / Chapter 9: |
Bibliography |
Index |
Preface to Second Edition |
Preface to First Edition |
A Brief History of String Theory / Chapter 1: |