| course | dates | credits |
| String Theory | Jan 10 - Apr 8 | 9 |
| teachers | schedule | term |
| Sergio Cecotti | 11:30 - 13:00 | 2 |
Program:
- Overview: bosonic and fermionic Polyakov path integrals
- Introduction to 2d conformal and superconformal field theories
- String theory: physical spectra, vertices and BRST quantization
- Bosonic string: tree and one-loop amplitudes
- Consistent superstring theories in 10d: modular invariance and absence of divergences
- Heterotic string theory: fermionic formulation
- Bosonic string: toroidal compactifications, T-duality, orbifolds, and D-branes
- Heterotic string: chiral boson formulation
- Supersymmetric strings: low-energy effective theories and anomaly cancellation
- Supersymmetric strings: T-duality, D-branes and their BPS bound states
- Supersymmetric strings: non-perturbative physics at strong coupling
- (if we have time) Supersymmetric strings: compactifications on Calabi-Yau manifolds
Prerequisites:
Books:
J.Polchinski, "String Theory", vol. I, vol. II
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