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Advanced string theory book recommendations [duplicate]
Let's say I fully understand Polchinski books on string theory
Are there any recommended and more advanced book on strings?
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Approach to QFT needed for string theory, canonical quantization or path integral? [closed]
Recently I have been searching for good introductory books to Quantum Field Theory in the hope of getting a good enough basis for string theory in about a semester or two. There exist two different ...
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Prerequisites for IAS volumes on Quantum Fields and Strings
I'm a physics grad student interested in pursuing physics in a mathematically rigorous manner. However, I've hit a roadblock with the two volume book, Quantum Fields and Strings: A Course For ...
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Are there any "Problems and Solutions" books or notes for advanced Quantum Field theory or/and String theory or/and Supersymmetry?
I was wondering whether or not there are any good resources of the type "Problems and Solutions" on String theory, on Supersymmetry and on advanced Quantum Field theory (separately).
[I am aware ...
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Any resources for string theory using algebraic quantum field theory?
I don't mean algebraic geometry and all that. I seek a no nonsense introduction to string theory in terms of algebraic quantum field theory.
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QFT background needed for AdS/CFT integrability [closed]
Apologies if this type of question isn't permitted.
I'm very interested in integrability in the context of AdS/CFT. I'm starting my Masters soon in a very GATIS-involved institute and would like to ...
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Mathematician learning theoretical physics [duplicate]
EDIT: I was aware of the supposed duplicate. But I'm interested in a clear and focused path through the basics to advanced theoretical physics such as string theory - a path that avoids studying ...
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What are the AdS/CFT papers which study the stringy effects in the bulk? [closed]
I would like to know of a list of pedagogical/classic/nice papers that study stringy effects in the bulk. May be a sequence which a student follows to understand the stringy nature that is at play.
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What are the mathematical prerequisites to understand this paper? [closed]
What are the mathematical prerequisites to understand this paper?
Blumenhagen et al. Four-dimensional String Compactifications with D-Branes, Orientifolds and Fluxes. Phys. Rept. 445 no. 1-6, pp. 1-...