Duality and Supersymmetric Theories

Essential reading for all mathematical physicists as a systematic book on this crucial subject.

David I. Olive (Edited by), Peter C. West (Edited by)

9780521103084, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 March 2009

484 pages, 35 b/w illus. 10 tables
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.71 kg

Review of the hardback: 'As usual with Cambridge University Press the book is well produced and should certainly find a place in the libraries of any place where modern theoretical physics is pursued.' H. Osborn, Contemporary Physics

This is a systematic introduction to electromagnetic duality and its generalizations. The authors are the leading figures in this exciting area of mathematical physics, and their lectures have been organised not only to link with each other but also to describe the fundamental ideas, the developments and some earlier work whose significance has become apparent. This will be essential reading for all those working in mathematical physics.

List of contributors
Acknowledgements
1. Particle physics and fundamental theory: introduction and guide to Duality and supersymmetric Theories David Olive, and Peter West
2. Solitons N. S. Manton
3. Nonlinear electromagnetic self-duality and Legendre transformations Mary K. Gaillard and Bruno Zumino
4. Supersymmetric s-models in 2 dimensions Bruno Zumino
5. Introduction to duality David I. Olive
6. Supersymmetric monopoles and duality Jerome P. Gauntlett
7. Seiberg-Witten theory and S-duality Tohru Eguchi
8. Supergravity, Brane dynamics and string duality P. C. West
9. Supergravity vacua and solitons G. W. Gibbons
10. An introduction to non-perturbative string theory Ashoke Sen
11. Lectures on D-branes Constantin Bachas.

Subject Areas: Quantum physics [quantum mechanics & quantum field theory PHQ], Applied mathematics [PBW]