Suggested list of topics for the final term paper

NONCOMMUTATIVE GEOMETRY AND STRING FIELD THEORY By Edward Witten (in conjunction with §9.6 of Polchinski Vol I) Published in Nucl.Phys.B268:253,1986

Target Space Duality in String Theory By A. Giveon, M. Porrati and E. Rabinovici (pages 1-38, in conjunction with §8 of Polchinski Vol I) Published in Phys.Rept. 244 (1994) 77-202, [arXiv:hep-th/9401139]

TASI lectures: K3 Surfaces and String Duality By Paul S. Aspinwall (pages 1-33) [arXiv:hep-th/9611137]

TASI lectures: special holonomy in string theory and M-theory By Steven S. Gubser [arXiv:hep-th/0201114]

Mirror Manifolds And Topological Field Theory By Edward Witten (35 pages) (Requires some basic knowledge of supersymmetry) [arXiv:hep-th/9112056]

STRING THEORY ON GROUP MANIFOLDS. By Doron Gepner and Edward Witten Published in Nucl.Phys.B278:493,1986

APPLIED CONFORMAL FIELD THEORY. By Paul H. Ginsparg (§6-7 or §6,8 or §5-6 or §9) Published in Les Houches Summer School 1988:1-168 (QCD161:G65:1988) [arXiv:hep-th/9108028]

DILATON TADPOLES, STRING CONDENSATES AND SCALE INVARIANCE. 2. By Willy Fischler and Leonard Susskind (10pp) Published in Phys.Lett.B173:262,1986 And/Or DILATON TADPOLES, STRING CONDENSATES AND SCALE INVARIANCE. By W. Fischler and Leonard Susskind (16pp) Published in Phys.Lett.B171:383,1986 (in conjunction with §9.5 of Polchinski Vol I)

Matrix models of 2d gravity By Paul Ginsparg [arXiv:hep-th/9112013]

THE HAGEDORN TRANSITION AND THE NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM OF STRING THEORY. By Joseph J. Atick and Edward Witten [Nucl.Phys.B310:291-334,1988]

Please feel free to suggest your own topic!