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Introduction to superstring theory - NJSF163

Title:	Úvod do teorie superstrun
Guaranteed by:	Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics (32-UCJF)
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual:	from 2023
Semester:	summer
E-Credits:	4
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:2/1, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time

Guarantor:	Mgr. Martin Schnabl, Ph.D. Renann Lipinski Jusinskas
Classification:	Physics > Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics

Annotation -

Last update: doc. Mgr. Milan Krtička, Ph.D. (23.01.2024)

Introduction to the superstring theory.

Course completion requirements - Czech

Last update: doc. Mgr. Milan Krtička, Ph.D. (23.01.2024)

Složení ústní zkoušky.

Literature -

Last update: doc. Mgr. Milan Krtička, Ph.D. (23.01.2024)

1) personal notes (relativistic particle);

2) String Theory Volume 2: Superstring Theory and Beyond, J. Polchinski (1998).

3) Superstring Theory (Volume 1 and 2), M. Green, J. Schwarz, E. Witten (1988).

3) Conformal invariance, supersymmetry and string theory, D. Friedan, E. Martinec, E. Shenker (1986).

4) Tree-level amplitudes from the pure spinor superstring, C. R. Mafra, O. Schlotterer (2022).

Requirements to the exam - Czech

Last update: doc. Mgr. Milan Krtička, Ph.D. (23.01.2024)

Požadavky ke zkoušce odpovídají sylabu předmětu v rozsahu prezentovaném na přednášce.

Syllabus -

Last update: doc. Mgr. Milan Krtička, Ph.D. (23.01.2024)

1) relativistic supersymmetric particle;

2) Brink-Schwarz superparticle and kappa symmetry;

3) RNS superstring: 2D supergravity, BRST quantization, bosonization, cohomology, tree level scattering;

4) Green-Schwarz superstring: action and physical spectrum;

5) Pure spinor superstring: ad-hoc introduction, BRST quantization, superfield spectrum.

6) Selected advanced topics (upon agreement with students): heterotic string, string loops, Green-Schwarz mechanism, etc.