Abstract:
We give an elementary introduction to the theory of supermembranes.
Note:
  • Based on lectures given at the T. A. S. I. Summer School, University of Colorado, Boulder, June 1996; the Topical Meeting, Imperial College, London, July 1996 and the 26th British Universities Summer School in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics, University of Swansea, September 1996. Dedicated to the memory of Abdus Salam. 76 pages, Latex Report-no: CTP-TAMU-nn/96
  • inspirereview:I-f-4
  • lectures: Swansea 1996/09/03
  • lectures: London 1996/07/05
  • lectures: Boulder 1996/06/02
  • membrane model: p-brane
  • any-dimensional
  • field theory: soliton
  • quantization
  • Hamiltonian formalism
  • supersymmetry