String Theory and String Phenomenology (WS 05/06)

Dozent: A. Hebecker , Zeit und Ort: Di 9-11, Do 9-11, Philosophenweg 19, Seminarraum

mit Übungen (Di 18-20, gleicher Ort), Betreuung: Dr. M. Trapletti


Literature:

M.B. Green, J.H. Schwarz, E. Witten: Superstring Theory I and II, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1987 ("Klassiker")

J. Polchinski: String Theory I and II, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998

D. Luest, S. Theisen: Lectures on String Theory, Springer, 1989

B. Zwiebach: A First Course in String Theory, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004

M. Kaku: Introduction to Superstrings and M-Theory, Springer, 1999

D. Bailin and A. Love, Supersymmetric Gauge Field Theory and String Theory, IOP Publishing, 1994

C.V. Johnson: D-brane primer, http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0007170

T. Mohaupt: Introduction to String Theory, http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0207249

E. Kiritsis: Introduction to Superstring Theory, http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9709062

see also: C. Ewerz - Vorlesungsskript in der Institutsbibliothek


Problems:

Problem sheet   No 1   ,   No 2   ,   No 3   ,   No 4   ,   No 5   ,   No 6   ,   No 7   ,   No 8   ,   No 9   ,   No 10   ,   No 11   ,   No 12   ,   No 13   ,   No 14


Notes:

1 - Introduction

2 - The Classical Bosonic String

3 - Old Covariant Quantization

4 - Light Cone Quantization

5 - Modern Covariant Quantization

6 - Conformal Field Theory

7 - String Amplitudes   extra: ps version

8 - World Sheet Supersymmetry

9 - Quantization of the Superstring

10 - Consistent Superstring Theories I (type IIA, IIB and I)

11 - Consistent Superstring Theories II (heterotic)

12 - Low-Energy Effective Field Theories

13 - Calabi-Yau Compactifications

14 - Filling Some Gaps and Final Remarks (vertex operators, Veneziano amplitude, beta-functions, M theory)