Lecturer: A. Hebecker , Time and Location: Wed 9-11, Fri 9-11, Philosophenweg 19, Seminar Room
with Tutorials (Wed 14-16, Philosophenweg 12, "neuer HS"), Tutor: Sebastian Kraus
Friday, 15 February, 10:15 - 12:15 Uhr (Phil.weg 12, großer Hörsaal)
1 - Introduction/motivation + 2 - Classical bosonic string
3 - (Covariant) canonical quantization
4 - (Covariant) canonical quantization - continued
6 - Modern covariant quantization - path integral
7 - Modern covariant quantization - BRST
11 - World sheet supersymmetry
12 - Quantization of the superstring
13 - Consistent superstring theories
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
Blumenhagen / Luest / Theisen: Basic Concepts of String theory, 2012
D. Luest, S. Theisen: Lectures on String Theory, Springer, 1989
B. Zwiebach: A First Course in String Theory, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004
P. West: Introduction to Strings and Branes
M. Dine: SUSY and Strings
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
Blumenhagen / Plauschinn: Introduction to Conformal Field Theory, 2009
Di Francesco / Mathieu / Senechal: Conformal Field Theory, 1997
P. Ginsparg: Applied Conformal Field Theory
D. Tong: Lectures on String Theory
T. Mohaupt: Introduction to String Theory
E. Kiritsis: Introduction to Superstring Theory
Vorlesungsskript of T. Weigand (Heidelberg)
Vorlesungsskript of C. Ewerz (Heidelberg)
2 - The Classical Bosonic String
3 - Old Covariant Quantization
5 - Modern Covariant Quantization
7 - String Amplitudes extra: ps version
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