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PHYS GU4012

STRING THEORY

3.00 points · University catalogue

This course is intended as an introduction to string theory for undergraduates. No advanced graduate-level preparation is assumed, and the material will be covered at (no higher than) the advanced undergraduate level. Advanced topics such as supersymmetry, T-duality, and covariant quantization will not be covered. The focus will be on the dynamics of classical and quantum mechanical strings, with an emphasis on integrating undergraduate material in classical mechanics, relativity, electrodynamics and quantum mechanics.

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisites: PHYS UN3003 and PHYS UN3008 and PHYS GU4021 PHYS W3003 , PHYS W3008 , PHYS W4021 . PHYS W4023 would be helpful but is not required. Students should have some familiarity with tools for graphical presentation and numeric problem solving such as Mathematica and/or MatLab.

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