String Theory

Diploma(s)

Master ICFP

M2 ICFP

Spring semester

Level Master 2 3 ECTS - English

Cours en option pour le parcours de Physique théorique

Instructor(s) Miguel PAULOS

Teaching Assistant Vanvliet

Contact - Education office

enseignement@phys.ens.fr

The goal of this course is to introduce string theory.

String Theory is the best developed contender for a complete theory of quantum gravity. This course serves a first introduction to this vast subject, studying in detail the theory in the first quantized formalism, culminating with a discussion of scattering amplitudes.

Syllabus

Worldline formalism
The classic bosonic string
Quantization
2d CFTs
Path integral formalism
Scattering amplitudes
Superstrings
Non-perturbative aspects

Prerequisites

Both Quantum Field Theory, General Relativity will help in the understanding of the course, although for the most part it is self contained.

Evaluation

Evaluation of the course will take the form of an end-of-term exam