String Theory 2
Lecture course in the Summer 2025
This course is intended as a continuation of String Theory 1 taught in the Winter term by Prof. Hebecker. The focus lies on on superstrings, anomaly cancellation, phenomenology of string compactifications, and string dualities. Left-overs, such as AdS/CFT and detailed mathematical tests of string dualities, might be covered in a Master seminar next Winter.
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Description
Prerequisites
Understanding of bosonic string quantization, basics of conformal field theory, familiarity with differential geometry and ingredients of quantum field theory
Credits
This course is listed as a specialization module in the physics Master programme, and as a "Vertiefungsmodul" in the mathematics Master focus area "Modular forms, complex analysis, and mathematical physics". The method of evaluation is yet to be determined, and depending on interest might involve a 24h take-home final exam or an oral examination at the end of July. To be admitted to the exam, you have to be registered in heiCO and participate regularly and consistently in the exercise sessions. We intend to provide roughly one problem set per week.
Instructors
Lecturer: Dr. Ondra Hulik,
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Tutor: Prof. Johannes Walcher,
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Time and Place
Lectures on Tuesday & Thursday, 9-11, in Mathematikon SR 6, exercise sessions on Wednesday, 16-18 in Mathematikon SR 3
