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Syllabus
1. Superstring theory: a quick review
(quantization, supersymmetry, toroidal compactification)
2. D-branes and open strings
(calculation of tension and charge, T-duality, supersymmetry)
3. Effective actions
(Dirac-Born-Infeld, higher derivative corrections, D-brane dynamics)
4. Non-perturbative dualities
(lifts to M theory, D-instantons, duality tests)
5. D-branes in non-trivial backgrounds
(Boundary CFT, WZW branes, Myers effect, g-theorem)
6. Brane engineering
(Intersecting branes, quiver gauge theories, mirror symmetry)
7. Introduction to holography
(black branes, decoupling limits, D-brane as probes)
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