TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zwiebach, Barton, 
TI  - A first course in string theory
SN  - 9780521176330
U1  - 530 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Cambridge University press
KW  - String models
KW  - Nuclear reactions
N1  - Part I. Basics: 

1. A brief introduction; 
2. Special relativity and extra dimensions; 
3. Electromagnetism and gravitation in various dimensions; 
4. Nonrelativistic strings; 
5. The relativistic point particle; 
6. Relativistic strings; 
7. Strong parameterization and classical motion; 
8. World-sheet currents; 
9. Light-cone relativistic strings; 
10. Light-cone fields and particles; 
11. The relativistic quantum point particle; 
12, Relativistic quantum closed strings; 
13. Relativistic quantum closed strings; 
14. A look at relativistic superstrings; 

Part II. Developments: 

15. D-branes and gauge fields; 
16. String charge and electric charge; 
17. T-duality of closed strings; 
18. T-duality of open strings; 
19. Electromagnetism fields in D-branes; 
20. Nonlinear and Born-Infeld electrodynamics; 
21. Strong theory and particle physics; 
22. String thermodynamics and black holes; 
23. Strong interactions and AdS/CFT; 
24. Covariant string quantization; 
25. String interactions and Riemann surfaces; 
26. Loop amplitudes in string theory; References
ER  -