課程資訊
課程名稱
弦論
String Theory 
開課學期
103-2 
授課對象
理學院  物理學研究所  
授課教師
細道和夫 
課號
Phys7049 
課程識別碼
222EM6050 
班次
 
學分
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
選修 
上課時間
星期四2,3,4(9:10~12:10) 
上課地點
新物304 
備註
本課程以英語授課。
總人數上限:20人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1032Phys7049_string 
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課程概述

A pedagogical introduction to string theory.
(1) bosonic strings
(2) superstrings
(3) open strings, unoriented strings
(4) compactifications
(5) string duality and branes
 

課程目標
Understand basics of (super)string theory 
課程要求
Basic knowledge of quantum field theory and relativity.
Mathematical knowledge such as theory of Lie group & algebra, complex analysis, Fourier analysis etc.
 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
每週四 13:30~15:30 
指定閱讀
 
參考書目
References (will not be used as textbooks)
Polchinski, String Theory I, II
Zwiebach, A First Course in STRING THEORY
 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
   
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
Week 1
2/26  Nambu-Goto and Polyakov's action, Introduction to path integrals 
Week 2
3/05  Interaction of strings, Basics of 2D conformal field theories 
Week 3
3/12  Weyl anomaly and conditions for the vacua 
Week 4
3/19  BRST gauge fixing and reparametrization ghosts 
Week 5
3/26  Amplitudes and spectrum 
Week 6
4/02  (holiday) 
Week 7
4/09  Worldsheet supersymmetry. Introduction to spinors, SUSY, supergravity. 
Week 8
4/16  type IIA / IIB superstring and 10D supergravity 
Week 9
4/23  (exam week, accept questions at professor's office) 
Week 10
4/30  Open strings and D-branes 
Week 11
5/07  One-loop amplitudes, Unoriented strings 
Week 12
5/14  Compactification and T-duality 
Week 13
5/21  Tension, Charge and the action for D-branes 
Week 14
5/28  String dualities 
Week 15
6/04  Brane dynamics and developments in SUSY gauge theories 
Week 16
6/11  Black holes in string theory, AdS/CFT correspondence 
Week 17
6/18  AdS/CFT correspondence (continued)