String Theory Volume 1, An Introduction to the Bosonic String
Joseph Polchinski
Contents
1. A first look at strings;
2. Conformal field theory;
3. The Polyakov path integral;
4. The string spectrum;
5. The string S-matrix;
6. Tree level amplitudes;
7. One loop amplitudes;
8. Toroidal compactification and T-duality;
9. Higher order amplitudes;
Appendix A: A short course on path integrals;
References;
Glossary;
Index.
