Introduction to String Theory, Fall 2017

Lecture 1 Introduction, Bosonic string

Lecture 2 2d conformal field theory

Lecture 3 2d conformal field theory continued

Lecture 4 Vertex operators, Weyl anomaly, non-linear sigma model

Lecture 5 Faddeev–Popov gauge fixing, BRST quantization

Lecture 6 Bosonic string amplitudes

Lecture 7 RNS formalism, Type II

Lecture 8 D-branes, torus partition functions

Lecture 9 T-duality

Lecture 10 Type I, orientifolds

Lecture 11 Toroidal compactification, heterotic

Lecture 12 String dualities, M-theory

Lecture 13 String dualities, heterotic M-theory

Lecture 14 D-brane dynamics

Lecture 15 Black holes in string theory

Lecture 16 AdS/CFT

Lecture notes are written by referring to various sources without mentioning them. Comments are welcome.

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