STRING THEORY

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Syllabus of Part I

Syllabus of Part II

Homework

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I.     [ notes in pdf format ]

1 A first look at strings [ notes in pdf format ] ( Polchinski - CHAPTER 1 )
2 Conformal field theory [ notes in pdf format ] ( Polchinski - CHAPTER 2 )
3 BRST Quantization [ notes in pdf format ] ( Polchinski - CHAPTER 4 )
4 Tree-level amplitudes [ notes in pdf format ] ( Polchinski - CHAPTER 6 )
5 Loop amplitudes [ notes in pdf format ] ( Polchinski - CHAPTERS 7, 9 )

PART II.     [ notes in pdf format ]

6 Compactification and duality [ notes in pdf format ] ( Polchinski - CHAPTER 8 )
6 Superstrings [ notes in pdf format ] ( Polchinski - CHAPTER 10 )
6 Heterotic strings [ notes in pdf format ] ( Polchinski - CHAPTER 11 )
6 Low energy physics [ notes in pdf format ] ( Polchinski - CHAPTER 12 )
6 D-branes [ notes in pdf format ] ( Polchinski - CHAPTER 13 )
6 Strings at strong coupling [ notes in pdf format ] ( Polchinski - CHAPTER 14 )

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