Exploring the information obtained with hadron and lepton probes from low to high energies. Relativistic heavy ion physics and the quark-gluon plasma. Studies of weak and strong interactions. Advanced seminar on current topics. Short presentations by both experimentalists and theorists.
Emphasis varies yearly.
Offered if sufficient interest is indicated. Consult R. L. Jaffe. An introduction to string theory. Basics of conformal field theory. Light-cone and covariant quantization of the relativistic bosonic string.