• DOI:10.1007/bfb0113507
• Corpus ID: 117831570

Lectures on string theory

@inproceedings{Lst1989LecturesOS,
  title={Lectures on string theory},
  author={Dieter L{\"u}st and Stefan Theisen},
  year={1989}
}

• D. Lüst, S. Theisen
• Published 1989
• Physics

This book provides an introduction to string theory, at present one of the fastest-growing areas in theoretical high-energy physics. It introduces modern techniques and concepts, such as conformal and superconformal field theory, Kac-Moody algebras, etc., stressing their relevance and application to string theory rather than the formal aspects. The reader is led from a basic discussion of the classical bosonic string to the construction of four-dimensional heterotic string models, an area of current research. The so-called covariant lattice construction is discussed in detail.