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Introductory lectures on the phenomenology of the minimal supersymmetric Standard Model. The emphasis is on general signatures for supersymmetry and on the motivation for constructing supersymmetric models. These lectures are intended for…
Possible existence of antimatter in our Galaxy, in particular of antistars is discussed and the mechanism of their creation is described.
We review the basic principles of the construction of open and unoriented superstring models and analyze some representative examples.
In these lectures, after a short introduction to cosmology, we discuss the supergravity embedding of higher curvature models of inflation. The supergravity description of such models is presented for the two different formulations of…
These lectures present some basic facts in field theory necessary to understand the quantum theory of the Standard Model of weak and electromagnetic interactions.
An introductory account is given of the modern understanding of the physics of the early Universe. Particular emphasis is placed on the paradigm of cosmological inflation, which postulates a period of accelerated expansion during the…
The origins of the 11-dimensional supermembrane are recalled, and a curious property is discussed: the field theory limit of a supermembrane in a hyper-K\"ahler background is a 3-dimensional sigma-model with N=4 supersymmetry, but the…
Membranes are present in all cells and tissues. Mathematical models of cells and tissues need a compact mathematical description of membranes with a resolution of about 1 nm. Membranes isolate cells because ions have difficulty penetrating…
Introduction to the meaning of dark matter and a few historical gestures. What it is? By what the dark matter is formed? Experimental phenomenon evidences and relative explanation under the point of view of the physics of the elementary…
This thesis develops the theory of bundle gerbes and examines a number of useful constructions in this theory. These allow us to gain a greater insight into the structure of bundle gerbes and related objects. Furthermore they naturally lead…
Essentials of sheaves are briefly presented, followed by related comments on presheaves, bundles, manifolds and singularities, aiming to point to their differences not only in their different formal mathematical structures, but also in the…
We present an introduction to modern continuous model theory with an emphasis on its interactions with topics covered in this volume such as $C^*$-algebras and von Neumann algebras. The role of ultraproducts is highlighted and expositions…
This article recounts definition, classification, history, and applications of microstructured optical fibers.
We describe the structure of finite Boolean inverse monoids and apply our results to the representation theory of finite inverse semigroups. We then generalize to semisimple Boolean inverse semigroups.
These are expanded notes of four introductory talks on A-infinity algebras, their modules and their derived categories.
We give a gentle introduction to Frobenius splittings. Then we recall a few results that have been obtained with the method.
An introduction to and overview of the contents of this Special Issue are given. 32 classes of superconducting materials are discussed, grouped under the three categories "conventional", "possibly unconventional" and "unconventional"…
In this paper, we present the proof of superlensing an arbitrary object using complementary media and we study reflecting complementary media for electromagnetic waves. The analysis is based on the reflecting technique and new results on…
In this article we give an elementary introduction to the representation theory of finite magnetic groups from a purely mathematical point of view. -- En este art\'iculo damos una introducci\'on elemental a la teor\'ia de representaciones…
These informal notes deal with some basic properties of metric spaces, especially concerning lengths of curves.