GGI Lectures on the Pure Spinor Formalism of the Superstring

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Notes taken by Oscar A.

• Bedoya of lectures of Nathan Berkovits in June 2009 at the Galileo Galilei Institute School "New Perspectives in String Theory".
• Topics include the pure spinor superparticle and superstring, tree and loop amplitudes, Ramond-Ramond backgrounds, and open problems.