The physics and mathematics of microstates in string theory: And a monstrous Farey tail

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Authors
  • P. de Lange
Supervisors
Cosupervisors
Award date 04-03-2016
ISBN
  • 9789402800548
Number of pages 169
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam (ITFA)
Abstract A dissertation that delves into physical and mathematical aspects of string theory. In the first part of this work, microscopic properties string theoretic black holes are investigated. The second part is concerned with the moonshine phenomenon. The theory of generalized umbral moonshine is developed. Also, concepts in monstrous moonshine are used to study the entropy of certain two dimensional conformal field theories.
Document type PhD thesis
Note Cover title: Microstates moonshine monster. Research conducted at: Universiteit van Amsterdam
Language English
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