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String theory and the real world
Title statement String theory and the real world / Gordon Kane. [elektronický zdroj] Publication San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2017] Distribution Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2017] Phys.des. 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). ISBN 9781681744896 (online) 9781681744919 mobi Edition [IOP release 3] IOP concise physics, ISSN 2053-2571 Note "Version: 20170301"--Title page verso. "A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso. Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Includes bibliographical references. Contents Preface -- 1. Introduction : the Standard Models -- 2. The Planck scale--compactification Content note 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. Notes to Availability Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Note Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web.. Požadavky na systém: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Another responsib. Morgan & Claypool Publishers, Institute of Physics (Great Britain), Subj. Headings String models. * Particle & high-energy physics. * Cosmology & the universe. * Condensed matter physics (liquid state & solid state physics) * SCIENCE / Cosmology. * SCIENCE / Energy. Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books Country Kalifornie Language angličtina Document kind Electronic books URL Plný text pro studenty a zaměstnance UPOL 
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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 comprehensive underlying theory of particle physics and cosmology, perhaps soon. We are living in a hugely exciting era for science, one during which it may be possible to achieve a real and true understanding of our physical world.
Preface -- 1. Introduction : the Standard Models -- 2. The Planck scale--compactification3. Testing theories in physics, including string theories -- 3.1. Kaluza-Klein theories, anomalies, and the physics of extra dimensions4. 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 sectors5. 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 scales6. 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.
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