Section: Intercollegiate Classes | String Theory II (2024-25)

Lecturer: Profile: Xenia De La Ossa

Course information

General prerequisites:

Pre-requisites: Quantum Field Theory, and Advanced Quantum Field Theory for Particle Physics, Supersymmetry and Supergravity

Course term: Trinity

Course lecture information: 16 lectures

Course weight: 1

Course overview:

16 lectures.
Areas: PT

Course synopsis:

Classical superstring action, RNS string, quantization and GSO-projection; 10d superstrings: Type IIA, IIB, I and Heterotic strings; Open strings and D-branes; Supergravities and spacetime effective actions, M-theory and 11d supergravity; Compactifications; Dualities between string theories.

Section outline

- Select activity Class Signup
  
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  Registration start: Monday, 21 April 2025, 12:00 PM
  
  Registration end: Friday, 23 May 2025, 12:00 PM
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  Class tutors will use this activity to provide overall feedback to students at the end of the course.
  
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