Strings for Particle Physicists
Gary Shiu · 2010
This is a set of four lectures on string phenomenology delivered at the TASI 2008 Summer School. These lectures are devoted to introducing some basic notions of string theory, with an emphasis on their applications to particle physics model building. I will discuss different ways of building four-dimensional string vacua with N ≤ 1 supersymmetry, and various attempts to construct realistic models. Focussing on Dbrane models, I will describe how several beyond the Standard Model ideas such as supersymmetry, extra dimensions (large or warped), and technicolor-like theories can arise in string theory.