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Introduction to Superstring Theory I
Carlo Angelantonj - University of Torino, Torino
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The aim of the course is to provide a brief introduction to the construction of consistent (super)string vacua in D=26 (D=10). Toroidal and orbifold compactifications as well as D-branes will be discussed. The plan of the lectures is:
1. Light-cone quantisation of the bosonic string. The one-loop partition function for closed strings.
2. Circle compactification: T-duality and gauge symmetry enhancement.
3. Orbifold compactifications.
4. Light-cone quantisation of the fermionic string. The consistency of the one-loop partition function for closed strings. Type IIA/IIB and heterotic strings in D=10.
5. D-branes and orientifold constructions.
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Standard references:
M.B. Green, J.H. Schwarz and E. Witten, Superstring Theory (Cambridge University Press)
J. Polchinski, String Theory (Cambridge University press)
E. Kiritsis, String Theory in a Nutshell (Princeton University Press)
K. Becker, M. Becker and J.H. Schwarz, String Theory and M-Theory (Cambridge University Press)
R. Blumenhagen, D. Luest and S. Theisen, Basic Concepts of String Theory (Springer)
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Useful review:
C. Angelantonj and A. Sagnotti, Open Strings, Phys. Rep. 371 (2002) 1-150 [arXiv: hep-th/0204089]
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