Lecturer: Mariana GRAÑA
Program
1. Generalities about string theory
- Why string theory? Problems in quantizing gravity
- Basics of string theory
- Worldsheet action
2. Open and Closed bosonic string
- Quantization and spectrum
- First look at D-branes
- String interactions
- Massless spectrum and low energy physics
- Compactification on a circle and T-duality
3. Superstring
- Fermions on the world-sheet
- Type II strings
- Heterotic string
- Massless spectrum and low energy physics
- Second look at D-branes
- Strings at strong coupling and dualities
Bibliography
- Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker and John H. Schwarz (2007) “String Theory and M-Theory: A Modern Introduction”. Cambridge University Press.
- Luis Ibañez and Angel Uranga (2012), “String theory and particle Physics”, Cambridge University Press
- David Tong, “String Theory”, available at http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/tong/string/string.pdf
- Michael Green, John H. Schwarz and Edward Witten (1987) “Superstring theory”, Cambridge University Press.
- Joseph Polchinski (1998) “String Theory”. Cambridge University Press
- Clifford Johnson (2003). “D-branes”. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Elias Kiritsis, (2007) “String Theory in a Nutshell”. Princeton University Press.
The lectures will be mainly based on the first book of the list
ECTS credits: 3
- Profesor: Mueller Thomas