Entry requirements

120 credits in science/technology. Participation in String Theory I. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to

• derive the spectrum of strings in various backgrounds, e.g., in the presence of D-branes or compact dimensions
• apply T-duality to open and closed strings
• explain the special features of the electrodynamics on D-branes including the differences to Maxwell's theory and T-duality
• explain basic ideas of the superstring as well as world-sheet versus targetspace supersymmetry
• account for string dualities and the AdS/CFT correspondence
• outline a way of how the particles of the Standard Model of particle physics can be obtained from string theory,
• explain the string theory description of black holes, the counting of their microstates, and their role in the AdS/CFT correspondence
• explain how string interactions are accounted for in the theory

Content

Bosonic strings and superstrings in various backgrounds, D-branes, compact dimensions and T-duality, Born-Infeld electrodynamics, basics of superstrings, supersymmetry and string dualities, string thermodynamics and black holes, AdS/CFT correspondence, string interactions.

Instruction

Lectures

Assessment

Homework assignments.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.