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Introduction to String Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-02-05 v2

Abstract

These are the lecture notes of the introductory String Theory course held by one of the authors for the master program of Theoretical Physics at Turin University. The world-sheet approach to String Theory is pedagogically introduced in the framework of the bosonic string and of the superstring.

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@article{arxiv.2311.18111,
  title  = {Introduction to String Theory},
  author = {Carlo Maccaferri and Fabio Marino and Beniamino Valsesia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.18111},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

300+ pages, several figures. Comments are welcome. V2: typos and minor corrections

R2 v1 2026-06-28T13:36:10.094Z