STRING THEORY I
Physics 642 - Fall 2007

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Unit 2: Conformal field theory

TEXTBOOKS: String theory, by Joseph Polchinski, Cambridge University Press.
Superstring theory, by Michael Green, John Schwarz and Edward Witten, Cambridge University Press.
String theory and M-theory, by Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker and John Schwarz, Cambridge University Press.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. Massless scalars in two dimensions
  2. Green functions
  3. Amplitudes
  4. The Noether Theorem
  5. Conformal invariance
  6. Free CFTs
  7. Virasoro algebra
  8. Mode expansions
  9. Vertex operators
  10. Primary fields
  11. Operator product expansion
  12. Unitary CFTs

REFERENCES

  • Polchinski, Chapter 2.
  • GSW, .
  • BBS, .

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