String theory and the real world /

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"Version: 20170301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.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.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.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.Gordon Kane is the Victor Weisskopf Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan and Director Emeritus at the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics (MCTP), a leading center for the advancement of theoretical physics. He was director of the MCTP from 2005-2011 and Victor Weisskopf Collegiate Professor of Physics from 2002-2011. He received the Lilienfeld Prize from the American Physical Society in 2012, and the J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics in 2017. Kane is an internationally recognized scientific leader in theoretical and phenomenological particle physics, and theories for physics beyond the Standard Model. In recent years he has been a leader in string phenomenology. Kane has been with the University of Michigan since 1965.Title from PDF title page (viewed on April 10, 2017).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).

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Particle & high-energy physics.
Cosmology & the universe.
SCIENCE / Cosmology.
String models.
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