Astrophysics Lectures - 10. Basics of String Theory and Light-cone Gauge

MIT 8.821 String Theory and Holographic Duality, Fall 2014 View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/8-821F14 Instructor: Hong Liu In this lecture, Prof. Liu first introduces general setup of string theory, including various forms of the string action and symmetries of the action. He then solves classical string dynamics in the light-cone gauge. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu