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Book Information:
Author:
Steven Weinberg
Title:
The quantum theory of fields. III. Supersymmetry
Additional book information:
Cambridge Univ. Press,
Cambridge,
2000,
xxii + 419 pp.,
ISBN 0-521-66000-9,
$49.95$
1. S. Weinberg, ``The quantum theory of fields. Vol. 3: Supersymmetry'', Cambridge, UK: Univ. Pr. (2000) 419 pp. MR 1737296
2. D. S. Freed, ``Five lectures on supersymmetry'', Providence, USA: AMS (1999) 119 pp. MR 1703528
3. S. R. Coleman and J. Mandula, ``All Possible Symmetries of the S Matrix'', Phys. Rev. 159, 1251 (1967).
4. P. Deligne et al., ``Quantum fields and strings: A course for mathematicians. Vol. 1, 2'', Providence, USA: AMS (1999) 1-1501. MR 1701618
5. N. Seiberg and E. Witten, ``Electric - magnetic duality, monopole condensation, and confinement in N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory'', Nucl. Phys. B 426, 19 (1994) [Erratum-ibid. B 430, 485 (1994)] [arXiv:hep-th/9407087]. MR 1293681, MR 95m:81202b
6. J. Wess and J. Bagger, ``Supersymmetry and Supergravity'', 2nd ed., Princeton, USA: Univ. Pr. (1992) 259 pp. MR 1152804
7. P. West, ``Introduction To Supersymmetry and Supergravity'', 2nd ed., Teaneck, NJ: World Scientific (1990) 425 pp. MR 1112396
- 1.
- S. Weinberg, ``The quantum theory of fields. Vol. 3: Supersymmetry'', Cambridge, UK: Univ. Pr. (2000) 419 pp. MR 1737296
- 2.
- D. S. Freed, ``Five lectures on supersymmetry'', Providence, USA: AMS (1999) 119 pp. MR 1703528
- 3.
- S. R. Coleman and J. Mandula, ``All Possible Symmetries of the S Matrix'', Phys. Rev. 159, 1251 (1967).
- 4.
- P. Deligne et al., ``Quantum fields and strings: A course for mathematicians. Vol. 1, 2'', Providence, USA: AMS (1999) 1-1501. MR 1701618
- 5.
- N. Seiberg and E. Witten, ``Electric - magnetic duality, monopole condensation, and confinement in N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory'', Nucl. Phys. B 426, 19 (1994) [Erratum-ibid. B 430, 485 (1994)] [arXiv:hep-th/9407087]. MR 1293681, MR 95m:81202b
- 6.
- J. Wess and J. Bagger, ``Supersymmetry and Supergravity'', 2nd ed., Princeton, USA: Univ. Pr. (1992) 259 pp. MR 1152804
- 7.
- P. West, ``Introduction To Supersymmetry and Supergravity'', 2nd ed., Teaneck, NJ: World Scientific (1990) 425 pp. MR 1112396
Review Information:
Reviewer:
Savdeep Sethi
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
Email:
sethi@theory.uchicago.edu
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
39 (2002), 433-439
Published electronically:
April 12, 2002
Review copyright:
© Copyright 2002
American Mathematical Society
