Schedule Jan 06, 2009
Introduction to String Field Theory I
Barton Zwiebach, MIT & KITP

References for string field theory lectures:

Three nice old short reviews:
Is the String Field Big Enough ? B. Zwiebach. Fortschr.Phys.49 (2001) 387.
String Field Theory. Leonardo Rastelli (hep-th/0509129)
String Field Theory. Wati Taylor (hep-th/0605202).
Open string field theory basics: Tachyon potentials, star products and universality. Rastelli and Zwiebach (hep-th/0006240)
For more recent developments: Analytic solution ... M. Schnabl (hep-th/0511286)
Comments on Schnabl's ..... Y. Okawa (hep-th/0603159)
A comprehensive recent review: Analytical Solutions of Open String Field Theory. Fuchs and Kroyter 0807.4722

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