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Graduate Record 2020-2021 
    
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Graduate Record 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

PHYS 5160 - Introduction to String Theory

This course introduces a modern topic in theoretical high energy physics to an advanced undergraduate / beginner graduate student audience. Among the directions which are being explored are the physics of extra dimensions, and a unified treatment of gravity and electromagnetism in the context of string theory. Prerequisite: Physics 3210 (Classical Mechanics), 3430 (Electricity & Magnetism II) and 3660 (Quantum Mechanics II), or permission of the instructor.



Credits: 3