Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Basics
- Part II Developments
- 14 D-branes and gauge fields
- 15 String charge, electric charge, and particle physics
- 16 String thermodynamics and black holes
- 17 T-duality of closed strings
- 18 T-duality of open strings
- 19 Electromagnetic fields on D-branes
- 20 Nonlinear and Born–Infeld electrodynamics
- 21 Covariant string quantization
- 22 String interactions and Riemann surfaces
- 23 Loop amplitudes in string theory
- References
- Index
20 - Nonlinear and Born–Infeld electrodynamics
from Part II - Developments
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Basics
- Part II Developments
- 14 D-branes and gauge fields
- 15 String charge, electric charge, and particle physics
- 16 String thermodynamics and black holes
- 17 T-duality of closed strings
- 18 T-duality of open strings
- 19 Electromagnetic fields on D-branes
- 20 Nonlinear and Born–Infeld electrodynamics
- 21 Covariant string quantization
- 22 String interactions and Riemann surfaces
- 23 Loop amplitudes in string theory
- References
- Index
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- Type
- Chapter
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- A First Course in String Theory , pp. 442 - 458Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004