Physics 483/484 String Theory I
& II
Primary Text: String Theory, vol. I & II by Polchinski
Location & Time: KPTC 103, T-Th 12-1:20
(Winter); KPTC 103, T-Th 1:30-2:50
(Spring)
This pair of courses will serve as a two part introduction to
superstring theory. It will be aimed
at advanced graduate students with a background in quantum field
theory.
There is a mailing for the course, which can be found here.
This list will be used for course
announcements.
Additional
Reference
Material:
Superstring Theory, vol. I & II by Green, Schwarz and Witten
D-branes,
by Clifford Johnson
Some nice lecture notes by Paul Ginsparg on conformal field theory
can be found here.
Problem Sets:
Assignment 1
Assignment
2
Assignment 3
Assignment 4
Assignment 5
Assignment 6