| Membranes and Other Extendons: Classical and Quanthum Mechanics of Extended Geometrical Objects Contributor(s): Eizenberg, Elena (Author), Ne'eman, Yuval (Author) |
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ISBN: 9810206313 ISBN-13: 9789810206314 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $61.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - General |
| Dewey: 530.1 |
| LCCN: 96115962 |
| Series: World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.14" W x 8.54" (0.68 lbs) 188 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The interest in membranes and higher dimensional extended geometrical objects was inspired by the great successes of the string and superstring, first in 1968-73 as a theory of hadrons and then since 1984 as a "theory of everything" -- a unified theory of all interactions, including quantum gravity. In particular, membranes, "supermembranes" and "spinning membranes" have been studied since 1985; an unexpected connection with supergravity opened in 1988 some new prospects for a quantized theory. General theorems about higher dimensional "p-branes" or "extendons" were also derived. The subject is very promising, whether as a more comprehensive fundamental unification or as a description of composite hadrons.Where there are now probably some fifty texts of all kinds dealing with strings, this is the first treatise on membranes and higher dimensional extendons. |