Nordita Courses

Loops and Strings - Introduction to String Theory I

by Diego Chialva (Nordita)

Europe/Stockholm
122:026

122:026

Description
This seminar will introduce and discuss the basic features of string theory (mainly in its perturbative forms) with particular attention to the fundamental concepts at the basis of the string formulation of quantum gravity. In details: we will deal with quantization of matter and gravity, building (scattering) observables, and the definition of the theory at the perturbative level with some insights of non-perturbative formulations. A second lecture scheduled for next week will delve more into the subject of low energy effective theories as well as some non-perturbative aspects.