SEPTEMBER |
M |
Tu |
W |
Th |
F |
SEP 3
Labor Day
Holiday |
SEP 4
Registration Day |
SEP 5
First Day of Classes |
SEP 6
L1: overview
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SEP 7 |
| SEP 10 |
SEP 11
L2: classical bosonic strings.
pset 1 out |
SEP 12
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SEP 13
L3: quantum bosonic strings, light cone gauge
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SEP 14
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SEP 17
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SEP 18
pset 2 out
L4: LCG cont'd, torus compactification |
SEP 19
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SEP 20
L5: strings in background fields |
SEP 21
pset 1 DUE, 3pm |
SEP 24
Student Holiday
No Classes
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SEP 25
L6: path integral gauge fixing, CFT 1
|
SEP 26
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SEP 27
L7: CFT 2
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SEP 28 |
OCTOBER |
M |
Tu |
W |
Th |
F |
| OCT 1 |
OCT 2
L8: weyl anomaly, FP ghosts save the day.
pset 2 DUE, 11am
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OCT 3
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OCT 4
L9: BRST, moduli and CKG
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OCT 5
Add Date |
OCT 8
Columbus Day
Vacation |
OCT 9
Columbus Day
Vacation |
OCT 10 |
OCT 11
L10: tree amplitudes.
pset 3 DUE, 11am |
OCT 12
Family Weekend
Oct 12-14 |
OCT 15
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OCT 16
L11: Modular invariance. |
OCT 17 |
OCT 18
L12: open strings. |
OCT 19 |
OCT 22
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OCT 23
L13: D-branes. |
OCT 24 |
OCT 25
L14: superstrings. |
OCT 26 |
OCT 29
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OCT 30
L15: superstring spectrum. |
OCT 31 |
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NOVEMBER |
M |
Tu |
W |
Th |
F |
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NOV 1
L16: spin structures. heterosis. |
NOV 2
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| NOV 5 |
NOV 6
L17: spin fields
|
NOV 7 |
NOV 8
pset 5 due
L18: superstring scattering. |
NOV 9
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NOV 12
Veteran's Day
Holiday |
NOV 13
L19: type II D-branes |
NOV 14 |
NOV 15
L20: orientifolds |
NOV 16 |
NOV 19
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NOV 20
pset 6 due
L21: orientifolds, cont'd. CY compactification |
NOV 21
Drop Date |
NOV 22
Thanksgiving
Holiday |
NOV 23
Thanksgiving
Holiday |
NOV 26
|
NOV 27
L22: compactification cont'd, sigma models and cohomology
|
NOV 28 |
NOV 29
pset 7 due
L23: heterotic on CY |
NOV 30 |
DECEMBER |
M |
Tu |
W |
Th |
F |
DEC 3
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DEC 4
L24: unification, warped compactification
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DEC 5
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DEC 6
L25: AdS/CFT
|
DEC 7 |
DEC 10
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DEC 11
L26: moduli stabilization |
DEC 12
Last Day of Classes |
DEC 13
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DEC 14 |
DEC 17
FINALS WEEK |
DEC 18
FINALS WEEK |
DEC 19
FINALS WEEK |
DEC 20
FINALS WEEK |
DEC 21
FINALS WEEK |
