String Theory and Particle Physics
An Introduction to String Phenomenology

A systematic introduction to string phenomenology, outlining how string theory is connected to the real world of particle physics.

Luis E. Ibáñez (Author), Angel M. Uranga (Author)

9780521517522, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 9 February 2012

688 pages, 109 b/w illus. 64 tables
24.9 x 17.5 x 3.6 cm, 1.48 kg

'… an excellent text. It is also a useful resource for experienced researchers, since much of the material, otherwise difficult to obtain (or even to read), has been curated in a pedagogically sound and clear fashion.' Physics Today

String theory is one of the most active branches of theoretical physics and has the potential to provide a unified description of all known particles and interactions. This book is a systematic introduction to the subject, focused on the detailed description of how string theory is connected to the real world of particle physics. Aimed at graduate students and researchers working in high energy physics, it provides explicit models of physics beyond the Standard Model. No prior knowledge of string theory is required as all necessary material is provided in the introductory chapters. The book provides particle phenomenologists with the information needed to understand string theory model building and describes in detail several alternative approaches to model building, such as heterotic string compactifications, intersecting D-brane models, D-branes at singularities and F-theory.

Preface
1. The standard model and beyond
2. Supersymmetry
3. Introduction to string theory: the bosonic string
4. Superstrings
5. Toroidal compactification of superstrings
6. Branes and string duality
7. Calabi–Yau compactifications of heterotic superstrings
8. Heterotic string orbifolds and other exact CFT constructions
9. Heterotic string compactifications: effective action
10. Type IIA orientifold compactifications: intersecting brane worlds
11. Type IIB orientifold compactifications
12. Type II compactifications: effective action
13. String instantons and effective field theory
14. Flux compactifications and moduli stabilization
15. Moduli stabilization and supersymmetry breaking in string theory
16. Further phenomenological properties. Strings and cosmology
17. The space of string vacua
Appendices
Index.

Subject Areas: Statistical physics [PHS]