Strings, Branes and Non-trivial Space-times

This thesis deals with different aspects of string and /p/-brane theories. One of the motivations for string theory is to unify the forces in nature and produce a quantum theory of gravity. /p/-branes and related objects arise in string theory and are related to a non-perturbative definition of the...

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Main Author: Björnsson, Jonas
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Karlstads universitet, Avdelningen för fysik och elektroteknik 2008
Subjects:
CFT
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-1619
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7063-179-5