FIRST PERIOD

SECOND PERIOD

• Quantum Field Theory: Dirac equation, free-field quantization, Feynman rules, QED, 1-loop renormalization, non-abelian theories, renormalization group, Ward identities, supersymmetry, non-perturbative techniques.
  

• Modern General Relativity: Riemmanian geometry, Einstein equations, introduction to supergravity, special solutions (black-holes, dS, AdS), gravitational waves, introduction to cosmology. 

• Particle Phenomenology: The Standard Model, the MSSM and variations, present status and expectations from LHC. Beyond the Standard Model.
  

  Instructors : A. Lahanas (Athens), K. Tamvakis (Ioannina), M. Spiropulu (CERN)

• String Theory: The bosonic string theory. The open and closed (oriented and unoriented) string spectrum, conformal field theory, Polyakov path integral, scattering amplitudes, toroidal compactification, T-duality, D-branes and orientifolds, the superstring theory. Type-I, II and heterotic strings, superstring interactions, superstring phenomenology, AdS/CFT Correspondence, Holography.
  

  Instructors : C. Angelantonj (Torino), C. Bachas (ENS, Paris), K. Narain (Trieste), A. Petkou (Heraklion), K. Skenderis (Amsterdam), K. Sfetsos (Patras).

• Modern Cosmology:  The isotropic universe, the age and distance scales, the hot big bang, topological defects, inflationary cosmology, matter in the universe, galaxies and their evolution, structure formation, galaxy formation, cosmic microwave background fluctuations.