The World in Eleven Dimensions: Supergravity, Supermembranes and M-theory

A unified theory embracing all physical phenomena is a major goal of theoretical physics. In the early 1980s, many physicists looked to eleven-dimensional supergravity in the hope that it might provide that elusive superunified theory. In 1984 supergravity was knocked off its pedestal by ten-dimensi...

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Main Author Duff, M.J
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol CRC Press 1999
Institute of Physics Pub
Taylor & Francis
Edition1
SeriesSeries in High Energy Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation
Subjects
Atomic and molecular physics
Bianchi Identities
Biology, life sciences
Black Hole Solutions
Bps State
Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics)
Conformal Field Theories
Effective Field Theory
Eleven Dimensions
Extreme Black Holes
Fermionic Degrees
Fundamental String
Gauge Field
Heterotic String
Heterotic String Theory
Kaluza Klein Theory
Life sciences: general issues
Magnetic Charge
Majorana Spinor
Materials / States of matter
Mathematics and Science
Moduli Space
Particle and high-energy physics
Physics
Spacetime Supersymmetry
String Duality
String Theory
Super Membrane
Supersymmetry Algebra
Type IIA
Type IIB
Type IIB String
Unbroken Supersymmetries
Fundamental String
eleven-dimensional supergravity
branes
supersymmetries
Moduli Space
eleven-dimensional superfivebrane
Kaluza Klein Theory
Conformal Field Theories
Gauge Field
Heterotic String Theory
Majorana Spinor
Magnetic Charge
quantum mechanics
black holes
Unbroken Supersymmetries
string theory
Bps State
Type IIB String
Bianchi Identities
Fermionic Degrees
Effective Field Theory
String Duality
Extreme Black Holes
Type IIA
M-theory
Black Hole Solutions
duality
Type IIB
Super Membrane
Spacetime Supersymmetry
Heterotic String
Eleven Dimensions
harmonic superpositions
Supersymmetry Algebra
eleven-dimensional supermembrane
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Summary:A unified theory embracing all physical phenomena is a major goal of theoretical physics. In the early 1980s, many physicists looked to eleven-dimensional supergravity in the hope that it might provide that elusive superunified theory. In 1984 supergravity was knocked off its pedestal by ten-dimensional superstrings, one-dimensional objects whose v
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
Nature requires five, custom allows seven, idleness takes nine, and wickedness eleven.' Mother Goose
ISBN:9780750306720
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DOI:10.1201/9781482268737