STRING THEORY I
Physics 642 - Fall 2007

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Unit 4: Amplitudes

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. Tree amplitudes
    • Interactions
    • Scattering
    • Open strings
    • Closed strings
    • Moduli
    • BRST invariance
  2. Loop amplitudes
    • One-loop amplitudes
    • String on a torus
    • The bc system
    • Vacuum energy
    • Thermodynamics
    • Amplitudes on a torus
    • Higher genus surfaces

REFERENCES

  • Polchinski, Chapters 6, 7, 9.
  • GSW, .
  • BBS, .

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