Reading Assignments for
Physics 234B String Theory II:

Beyond the Alphabet

Spring 2016

This is the list of the reading assignment choices, with the dates of their intended presentation in the discussion sessions. They will be assigned to the students officially registered for the course, on the first-come first-serve basis. Please review the list, choose one paper, and send me an email specifying your choice to horava@berkeley.edu). I will then confirm by a return email whether the paper has been assigned to you, and will update the list with the name of the presenter attached to each paper.

Once you read the paper assigned to you, you will prepare a two-page typed summary of your understanding of its main points, and you will present the summary in a talk during the corresponding discussion session. Each talk will be 20 minutes plus 5 minutes of questions from the audience. The discussion sessions will be on Thursdays, 4:10-5pm, and Fridays, 1:10-2pm -- all of them in our usual lecture room 402 Le Conte Hall. If anyone anticipates having time conflicts with the scheduled presentation times, please let me know by email asap.