| Particles ("review") | homework | background material |
|---|
| Gluon propagators (VIIIA3, 1st ½) | | VIB8 (background field gauge) |
| Maximal supersymmetry (VIIIC4) | | VIIIB3 (triangle anomaly cancelation) |
| Weyl scale gauges (IXB5) | IXA6.1 (due 4/14) | IXA7 (Weyl scale), IXB1 (linearized gravity) |
| 1st-quantization (VIIIC5, 2nd ½) | | VIIA2 (loop ∫'s) |
| Strings | | |
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| Topology (XIA2) | | |
| Partition function (XIC1) | | |
| Jacobi Θ functions (XIC2) | XIC2.1 (due 4/24) | VIIB5 (bosonization) |
| Green function (XIC3) | XIC3.1 (due 4/26) | |
| Open (XIC4) | | VC9 (group theory) |
| Closed (XIC5) | | |
| Super (XIC6) | XIC6.1 (due 5/3) | IIIC6 (Chern-Simons), XIA3 (S-duality on 2-form B), XIB5 (triality) |
| Anomalies (XIC7) | | VIIIB2-3 (anomalies), XC1-2 (chirality of spinors in all dimensions) |
| (Free) String field theory | (as time permits) | |
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| Lightcone (XIIA1) | | IIB3 (field equations) |
| 4+4 (XIIA2) | | IIC3 (supergroups) |
| BRST (XIIB1) | | |
| Action (XIIB3) | | |
| Mass (XIIB6) | | IIB4 (massive field eqs.) |
| Background (XIIB7) | | |
| String (XIIB8) | | |
| More examples (IIB2) | | |
| Extended BRST (XIIA2-5) | | VIA1 (general BRST), VIA3 (BRST for particles) |