GGI Lectures on the Pure Spinor Formalism of the Superstring

Abstract

Notes taken by Oscar A. Bedoya of lectures of Nathan Berkovits in June 2009 at the Galileo Galilei Institute School "New Perspectives in String Theory". Topics include the pure spinor superparticle and superstring, tree and loop amplitudes, Ramond-Ramond backgrounds, and open problems.

arXiv commentLecture notes from GGI school in June 2009, 23 pages harvmac

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