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General prerequisites:
Quantum Field Theory (MT)
Course term: Hilary
Course lecture information: 16 lectures
Course weight: 1
Course overview:
1 unit
16 lectures
Areas: PT
Sequels: String Theory II (TT)
Lecturer: Prof Xenia de la Ossa
Method of Assessment: Invigilated Written Exam
16 lectures
Areas: PT
Sequels: String Theory II (TT)
Lecturer: Prof Xenia de la Ossa
Method of Assessment: Invigilated Written Exam
Course synopsis:
Historical background, Dolen-Horn-Schmid duality, the Veneziano and Virasoro-Shapiro amplitudes. Nambu-Goto and Polyakov world-sheet actions, equations of motion and constraints, open and closed strings and their corresponding boundary conditions. Old covariant quantization: the Virasoro algebra, physical state conditions, ghosts, critical spacetime dimension, and spacetime particle spectrum. Basic considerations of light-cone gauge quantization. Vertex operators and string scattering amplitudes. Strings in background fields, spacetime effective action. Circle compactification, elementary consideration of D-branes, T-duality.
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Problem sheet 3: Solutions AssignmentOpens: Sunday, 17 January 2027, 12:00 AM
I have included solutions of the first three questions. For that last question please see Polchinski Vol 1 Sect 8.1 or BLT Sects 10.1 and 10.2.
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