PřF:FA234 Introduction to string theory - Course Information
FA234 Introduction to string theory
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 4/0. 4 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. Rikard von Unge, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Michal Lenc, Ph.D.
Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. Rikard von Unge, Ph.D. - Timetable
- Thu 16:00–19:50 F3,03015
- Prerequisites
- ( F7140 General theory of relativity && F7040 Quant. electrodynamics )
Basic knowledge of General Relativity and Quantum Field Theory. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives
- The course is an elementary introduction to String Theory.
- Syllabus
- The Nambu-Goto action and its descendants. The classical motion of strings. Mode expansion. Light-cone quantization. Covariant quantization. D-branes. T-duality. Path integral quantization. Interactions. Strings in background fields. Supersymmetry. Superstrings.
- Literature
- ZWIEBACH, Barton. A first course in string theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, xx, 558. ISBN 0521831431. info
- Assessment methods
- The exam will be in the form of homework the solution of which will be presented at a koloquium.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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