Notes on (0,2) Superconformal Field Theories

Abstract

In these lecture notes, I review the ``linear sigma model" approach to (0,2) string vacua. My aim is to provide the reader with a toolkit for studying a very broad class of (0,2) superconformal field theories with the requisite properties to be candidate string vacua. These lectures were delivered at the 1994 Trieste Summer School.

30 pages. Uses harvmac.tex, epsf.tex and AMS fonts

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