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Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Hong Liu

Departments

Physics

As Taught In

Fall 2014

Level

Graduate

Topics

Science

Physics

Particle Physics

Quantum Mechanics

Theoretical Physics

Learning Resource Types

Lecture Videos

Problem Sets with Solutions

Lecture Notes

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Lecture Videos

Lecture 1: Emergence of Gravity

Lecture 10: Basics of String Theory and Light-cone Gauge

Lecture 11: String Theory in the Light-Cone Gauge

Lecture 12: String Spectrum and Graviton

Lecture 13: Physics of D-branes, Part I

Lecture 14: Physics of D-branes, Part II

Lecture 15: Physics of D-branes, Part III

Lecture 16: Geometry of D-branes and AdS / CFT Conjecture

Lecture 17: More on AdS / CFT Duality

Lecture 18: General Aspects of the Duality

Assignments

MIT8_821F14_pssol1.pdf

MIT8_821F14_pssol2.pdf

Lecture Notes

String Theory and Holographic Duality, Lec1

String Theory and Holographic Duality, Lec10

String Theory and Holographic Duality, Lec11

String Theory and Holographic Duality, Lec12

String Theory and Holographic Duality, Lec13

String Theory and Holographic Duality, Lec14

String Theory and Holographic Duality, Lec15

String Theory and Holographic Duality, Lec16

String Theory and Holographic Duality, Lec17

String Theory and Holographic Duality, Lec18

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