Date of Award

1-1-2017

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Physics

Content Description

1 online resource (ii, xii, 394 pages) : illustrations.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Oleg Lunin

Committee Members

Daniel Robbins, Ariel Caticha, Jesse Ernst, Leopoldo Pando Zayas

Keywords

black holes, D branes, integrability, string theory, String models, Symmetry (Physics), Supersymmetry

Subject Categories

Other Physics

Abstract

In this thesis we study hidden symmetries within the framework of string theory. Symmetries play a very important role in physics: they lead to drastic simplifications, which allow one to compute various physical quantities without relying on perturbative techniques.

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