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String theory and the real world

This book attempts to explain why 'string theory' may provide the comprehensive underlying theory that describes and explains our world. It is an enthusiastic view of how compactified string/M-theories (plus data that may be reachable) seem to have the possibilities of leading to a compreh...

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Hlavní autor: Kane, G. L., 1937- (Autor) 
Korporace: IOPscience (online služba) (Distributor) 
Morgan & Claypool Publishers (Nakladatel, vydavatel) 
Institute of Physics Publishing (Nakladatel, vydavatel) 
Médium: E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: San Rafael : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2017
Edice:IOP concise physics
Žánr/forma:monografie
elektronické knihy
ISBN:978-1-6817-4489-6
978-1-6817-4491-9
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Obsah:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction : the Standard Models
  • 2. The Planck scale
  • compactification
  • 3. Testing theories in physics, including string theories
  • 3.1. Kaluza-Klein theories, anomalies, and the physics of extra dimensions
  • 4. The mass-energy scales of particle physics and cosmology
  • the 'hierarchy' problem
  • supersymmetry
  • hidden sectors
  • 4.1. Unification of forces
  • the QCD scale and the proton mass
  • 4.2. If we did not know about protons, QCD would make us think of them
  • 4.3. Theories versus solutions
  • a major confusion
  • spontaneous symmetry breaking
  • 4.4. Hidden sectors
  • 5. The scales we need to explain
  • 5.1. Higgs physics
  • electroweak symmetry breaking
  • the supersymmetry Higgs sector
  • 5.2. The [mu] 'problem'
  • 5.3. Overview of scales
  • 6. How would we decide we had a good theory to describe and explain our world?
  • 6.1. Compactified M-theory on a G2 manifold : early results
  • 6.2. Compactified M-theory : superpotential, phenomenological theory
  • 6.3. The main results and predictions for M-theory so far and in progress
  • 6.4. Summary : the Higgs physics
  • 6.5. Summary : where are the superpartners?
  • 7. Brief topics : views from our perspective
  • 7.1. Dark matter : what is it, what is its connection to string theory, and how can we study it?
  • 7.2. Axions
  • 7.3. Moduli : stabilization and cosmological history
  • 7.4. Matter asymmetry
  • 7.5. The Standard Model : quark and lepton masses, one heavy quark, MDOWN
  • MUP
  • 7.6. The cosmological constant
  • 7.7. Generic
  • 7.8. No adjustable parameters? No flexibility. What if ...?
  • 7.9. A final theory?
  • 8. Perspectives