String theory and black holes

Three invited lectures by Amanda W. Peet
21, 23, 24 November 2004
Sixth Mexican School on Gravitation and Mathematical Physics
"Approaches to Quantum Gravity"
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Slides

Series of three:

• PDF file of first lecture [1.5MB]
• PDF file of second lecture [1.1MB]
• PDF file of third lecture [0.87MB]

Some of my other lecture notes

• MIT CTP 2003 invited lectures
• PiTP 2002 invited lectures
• TASI 1999 invited lectures
• CQG 1997 invited review
• Online presentations archive: a selection
• Web hub for introductory course on string theory

Some resources by other authors

• Best introductory book on string theory and black holes:-
  Black Holes, Information and the String Theory Revolution: The Holographic Universe, by Leonard Susskind and James Lindesay (2004)
• Best introductory textbook on string theory:-
  A First Course in String Theory, by Barton Zwiebach (2004)
• Best advanced textbooks on string theory:-
  String Theory by Joseph Polchinski (1998) and
  Superstring Theory by Michael Green, John Schwarz and Edward Witten (1988)

Et cetera

• My home page

Last updated 2006-01-01
URL: http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~peet/online/mx6qg/