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

Credit Score: 4