Warped passages : unraveling the mysteries of the Universe's hidden dimensions /
Discusses dimensions of space, early twentieth-century advances, the physics of elementary particles, string theory and branes, and proposals for extra-dimension universes.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Warped passages : |b unraveling the mysteries of the Universe's hidden dimensions / |c Lisa Randall. |
| 250 | # | # | |a 1st ed. |
| 260 | # | # | |a New York : |b Ecco, |c c2005. |
| 300 | # | # | |a xii, 499 p. : |b il. ; |c 24 cm. |
| 520 | # | # | |a Discusses dimensions of space, early twentieth-century advances, the physics of elementary particles, string theory and branes, and proposals for extra-dimension universes. |
| 505 | 0 | # | |a Introduction -- Entryway passages : demystifying dimensions -- Restricted passages : rolled-up extra dimensions -- Exclusive passages : branes, braneworlds, and the bulk -- Approaches to theoretical physics -- Relativity : the evolution of Einstein's gravity -- Quantum mechanics : principled uncertainty, the principal uncertainties, and the uncertainty principle -- The standard model of particle physics : matter's most basic known structure -- Experimental interlude : verifying the standard model -- Symmetry : the essential organizing principle -- The origin of elementary particle masses : spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Higgs mechanism -- Scaling and grand unification : relating interactions at different lengths and energies -- The hierarchy problem : the only effective trickle-down theory -- Supersymmetry : a leap beyond the standard model -- Allegro (ma non troppo) passage for strings -- Supporting passages : brane development -- Bustling passages : braneworlds -- Sparsely populated passages : multiverses and sequestering -- Leaky passages : fingerprints of extra dimensions -- Voluminous passages : large extra dimensions -- Warped passage : a solution to the hierarchy problem -- The warped annotated "Alice" -- Profound passage : an infinite extra dimension -- A reflective and expansive passage -- Extra dimensions : are you in or out? -- (In)conclusion. |
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| 650 | # | 0 | |a Particles (Nuclear physics) |
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| 650 | # | 0 | |a String models. |
| 650 | # | 0 | |a Branes. |
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| 504 | # | # | |a Incluye referencias bibliográficas. |
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