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String Theory 101

2012; Springer Science+Business Media; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-642-25947-0_1

1616-6361

Neil Lambert,

Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

In these lecture notes we will give a basic description of string theory aimed at students with no previous experience. Most of the discussion focuses on the bosonic string quantized used the so-called old covariant formulation, although we will also briefly introduce light cone quantization. In the final lecture we will discuss how supersymmetry can be included on the worldsheet, leading to type IIA, type IIB and heterotic superstrings.