8.821 | Fall 2008 | Graduate

String Theory

Course Description

This is a one-semester class about gauge/gravity duality (often called AdS/CFT) and its applications.
Learning Resource Types
Problem Sets with Solutions
Lecture Notes
Projects
Simplified drawing of the near-horizon geometry of many D3-branes.
A cartoon of the near-horizon geometry of many D3-branes. (Image by MIT OpenCourseWare.)