TIMETABLE (Last updated on January 11)
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18
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8:20-9:00
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Coffee & Sandwich
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9:00-10:30
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Theisen
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Theisen
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Hashimoto
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Hashimoto
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Hashimoto
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Lee
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Lee
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10:30-11:00
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Registration
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Coffee Break & Discussion
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11:00-12:30
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Theisen
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Theisen
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Hashimoto
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Hashimoto
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Hashimoto
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Lee
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Lee
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12:30-14:00
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Lunch
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14:00-15:30
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Registration
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Theisen
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Theisen
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Lee
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Lee
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TA
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15:30-16:00
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Coffee Break & Discussion
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16:00-17:30
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Poster
Session
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TA
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TA
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17:30-19:00
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Dinner
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In addition to the lectures and TA sessions, we are planning to have a gong show followed by a poster session.
A reading list for S. Theisen's lectures:
1. Green, Schwarz, Witten: Superstring Theory, Vols. I & II (Cambridge University Press)
2. Zwiebach: A First Course in String Theory (Cambridge University Press)
3. Polchinski: String Theory, Vols I & II (Cambridge University Press)
4. Blumenhagen, Luest, Theisen: Basic Concepts of String Theory (Springer)
1. is still the most valuable reference for string theory and it is the basis of
all other books written on the subject. In particular the part of Vol 2 on
geometrical methods is unsurpassed (but will be beyond what I will be able
to cover in my lectures)
2. this is very basic but a great book to read for undergraduate students as it contains
many useful techniques and results in field theory etc. It is very pedagogical.
3. this is very tough but contains lots of useful results.
4. this is at an intermediate level, (almost) all results are derived. My lectures will be
based on some of the sections in this book.
In addition to these books there are others and many lecture notes
on the net, for instance by Kiritsis [hep-th/9709062]
(which he later expanded to a text book), by Polchinski
[hep-th/9411028] and many more.
Additional reading list for K. Hashimoto's lectures:
arXiv:hep-th/0007170 "D-Brane Primer" by Clifford V. Johnson
"D-brane" Koji Hashimoto, Springer. This is pedagogical
and good for 1st year grad students.
A reading list for S. Lee's lectures:
Main references: Three papers by Witten