Venue: Emmy Noether Seminar Room
Class Timings: Tuesdays & Thursdays from 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
First Meeting: 21 January 2025
Course Description: Free Heterotic string, Free Type II and type I superstring theories, Interactions, picture changing operators, computation of amplitudes
References: Superstring theory by Joseph Polchinski
Course Evaluation: Viva & Project
Prerequisites: Quantum field theory, General Relativity, String theory 1
Course Outcome:
1. Knowledge of superstring and heterotic string theory
2. Learning about vertical integration technique
3. Learning about computation of scattering amplitudes in superstring and heterotic string theory
- Teacher: Ashoke Sen
Credit Score: 4