Introduction to Superstring Theory

TL;DR

This paper provides a comprehensive introduction to superstring theory, covering classical and quantum aspects, dualities, compactification, and supersymmetry breaking, aimed at readers new to the field.

Contribution

It offers a detailed overview of superstring theory concepts, including both perturbative and non-perturbative topics, in a pedagogical lecture note format.

Findings

Explains covariant and light-cone quantization methods.

Discusses anomaly cancellation and compactification techniques.

Introduces non-perturbative duality symmetries.

Abstract

In these lecture notes, an introduction to superstring theory is presented. Classical strings, covariant and light-cone quantization, supersymmetric strings, anomaly cancelation, compactification, T-duality, supersymmetry breaking, and threshold corrections to low-energy couplings are discussed. A brief introduction to non-perturbative duality symmetries is also included.