Strings with spin

String Theory (Fall, 2010)

Lecture Playlist

  1. The historical origins of string theory

  2. Mathematics of string motion

  3. The energy spectrum of strings

  4. Closed strings and the level matching rule

  5. Bosonic strings

  6. Strings with spin

  7. Fermionic strings and path integrals

  8. Conformal mapping and string scattering

  9. Strings in compact dimensions

  10. T-duality, D-branes and modeling field theories

  11. String theory wrapup

October 25, 2010

 

Spin is introduced in the mass points that strings are built from, creating strings that behave like bosons and fermions.   Then Professor Susskind examines the scattering characteristics of strings and shows that the Veneziano amplitude from meson scattering has string like characteristics.

Topics: 
  • String mass points with spin
  • A review of particle scattering
  • Meson scattering and the Veneziano amplitude – string like
  • String scattering concepts