Transcription of String Theory - DAMTP
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Preprint typeset in JHEP style - HYPER VERSIONJ anuary 2009 String TheoryUniversity of Cambridge Part III Mathematical TriposDr David TongDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,Centre for Mathematical Sciences,Wilberforce Road,Cambridge, CB3 OWA, 1 Recommended Books and Resources J. Polchinski, String TheoryThis two volume work is the standard introduction to the subject. Our lectures willmore or less follow the path laid down in volume one covering the bosonic String . Thebook contains explanations and descriptions of many details that have been deliberately(and, I suspect, at times inadvertently) swept under a very large rug in these two covers the superstring . M. Green, J. Schwarz and E. Witten, superstring TheoryAnother two volume set. It is now over 20 years old and takes a slightly old-fashionedroute through the subject, with no explicit mention of conformal field Theory . How-ever, it does contain much good material and the explanations are uniformly one is most relevant for these lectures.
Volume two covers the superstring. M. Green, J. Schwarz and E. Witten, Superstring Theory Another two volume set. It is now over 20 years old and takes a slightly old-fashioned route through the subject, with no explicit mention of conformal eld theory. How-ever, it does contain much good material and the explanations are uniformly excellent.
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