Symmetries of the Polyakov action Conformal gauge and quantization (BRST cohomology), physical states, critical dimension, compactification.
Start: Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014, 10:00, Seminarraum FH gelb 10 (Freihaus, 10th floor).
Lecture notes for this course are available. beim Vortragenden J. Polchinski: String Theory Vol. I and II, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998; M. B. Green, J. H. Schwarz, E. Witten: Superstring Theory, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1987; D. Lüst, S. Theisen: Lectures on String Theory, Lect. Notes in Physics 346, Springer 1989.