Introduction to superstring theory

Kiritsis E.

In these lecture notes, an introduction to superstring theory is presented. Classical strings, covariant and light-cone quantization, supersymmetric strings, anomaly cancelation, compactification, T-duality, supersymmetry breaking, and thresholdcorrections to low-energy couplings are discussed. A brief introduction to non-perturbative duality symmetries is also included.