String Theory - Spring 2009

Kostas Skenderis & Masaki Shigemori

  • First class: Monday February 2

  • No class: March 23, April 13

  • Last class: Monday May 18

  • Midterm: Monday March 30

  • Lecture times: Mondays 14.00-17.00

  • room: REC-B 3.41
    • (you can find the buildings on this map)

  • credits: 6EC

    • Contact details:

    Kostas Skenderis

    Office: 3.43 J/K
    Telephone: 525 7306
    Email: K.Skenderis@uva.nl

    Masaki Shigemori

    Office: 3.64 J/K
    Telephone: 525 5738
    Email

    URL: http://staff.science.uva.nl/~skenderi/string_theory_2009.html


    This course consists of a basic introduction to string theory. We will partly follow the book (Can also be ordered at bol.com). We will also use the lectures notes by Paul Ginsparg, Applied Conformal Field Theory , and the two standard textbooks Below we will keep track of the topics covered each week, so that you can see where we stand in the class. There are several books about string theory, and there is a lot of material available on the web, so it shouldn't be too hard to find additional background material. Homework will be given every week and one of the homework problems should be handed in for grading. There will be a midterm and a final exam. The homework will count for 20% of the final grade, the midterm exam for another 20% and the final exam for 60%. The lectures will start with one hour recitation of the material from the previous week and a discussion of the homework.