Lectures. Ce: Theory Division, 1997. 248 p. CERN-TH/97-
218. hep-th/9709062/ Полностью распознано. Киритсис Э. Введение в теорию суперструн.
Lectures presented at the Catholic University of Leuven and at the University of Padova during the academic year 1996-
97. To be published by Leuven University Press.
Abstract.
In these lecture notes, an introduction to superstring theory is presented. Classical strings, covariant and light-cone quantization, supersymmetric strings, anomaly cancelation, compactification, T-duality, supersymmetry breaking, and threshold corrections to low-energy couplings are discussed. A brief introduction to non-perturbative duality symmetries is also included. Lectures presented at the Catholic University of Leuven and at the University of Padova during the academic year 1996-
97. To be published by Leuven University Press.
Contents (chapters):
Introduction
Historical perspective
Quantization of the bosonic string
Interactions and loop amplitudes
Conformal field theory
CFT on the torus
Scattering amplitudes and vertex operators of bosonic strings
Strings in background fields and low-energy effective actions
Superstrings and supersymmetryss
Anomalies
Compactification and supersymmetry breaking
Loop corrections to effective couplings in string theory
Non-perturbative string dualities: a foreword
Outlook
Acknowledgments
Appendix A: Theta functions
Appendix B: Toroidal lattice sums
Appendix C: Toroidal Kaluza-Klein reduction
Appendix D: N=1,2,4, D=4 supergravity coupled to matter
Appendix E: BPS multiplets and helicity supertrace formulae
Appendix F: Modular forms
Appendix G: Helicity string partition functions
Appendix H: Electric-Magnetic duality in D=4
References
218. hep-th/9709062/ Полностью распознано. Киритсис Э. Введение в теорию суперструн.
Lectures presented at the Catholic University of Leuven and at the University of Padova during the academic year 1996-
97. To be published by Leuven University Press.
Abstract.
In these lecture notes, an introduction to superstring theory is presented. Classical strings, covariant and light-cone quantization, supersymmetric strings, anomaly cancelation, compactification, T-duality, supersymmetry breaking, and threshold corrections to low-energy couplings are discussed. A brief introduction to non-perturbative duality symmetries is also included. Lectures presented at the Catholic University of Leuven and at the University of Padova during the academic year 1996-
97. To be published by Leuven University Press.
Contents (chapters):
Introduction
Historical perspective
Quantization of the bosonic string
Interactions and loop amplitudes
Conformal field theory
CFT on the torus
Scattering amplitudes and vertex operators of bosonic strings
Strings in background fields and low-energy effective actions
Superstrings and supersymmetryss
Anomalies
Compactification and supersymmetry breaking
Loop corrections to effective couplings in string theory
Non-perturbative string dualities: a foreword
Outlook
Acknowledgments
Appendix A: Theta functions
Appendix B: Toroidal lattice sums
Appendix C: Toroidal Kaluza-Klein reduction
Appendix D: N=1,2,4, D=4 supergravity coupled to matter
Appendix E: BPS multiplets and helicity supertrace formulae
Appendix F: Modular forms
Appendix G: Helicity string partition functions
Appendix H: Electric-Magnetic duality in D=4
References