String Theory Learning Seminar

A learning seminar on String theory, BPS states, and related topics. Organized with Sven Hirsch and Andrés Ibáñez Núñez.

Schedule

Jan 28: Organizational meeting, topics assignment.
Feb 4: Tommaso Botta: Introduction.
Feb 11: Andrés Ibáñez Núñez: QFT in dimension 0 and 1.
Feb 18: Tianqing Zhou: QFT in dimension 1.
Feb 26: Tianqing Zhou: Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics.
March 5: Peter Moody: Introduction to String Theory
March 12: No seminar
March 19: No Seminar (Spring Break)
March 26: Igoc Chaban: SUSY Quantum Mechanics in R^N.
April 2: Peter Moody: SUSY Quantum Mechanics on arbitrary manifolds.
April 9: Sven Hirsch: BPS inequalities in geometric analysis.
April 16:
April 23:
April 30:

Literature

Mirror Symmetry by Hori, Katz, Klemm, Pandharipande, Thomas, Vafa, Vakil, Zaslow.
Dirichlet Branes and Mirror Symmetry by Aspinwall, Bridgeland, Craw, Douglas, Gross, Kapustin, Moore, Segal, Szendrői, Wilson.
Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals by Feynman and Hibbs.