The history of string theory spans several decades of intense research including two superstring revolutions. Through the combined efforts of many researchers...
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In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called...
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Bosonic string theory is the original version of string theory, developed in the late 1960s and named after Satyendra Nath Bose. It is so called because...
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'Superstring theory' is a shorthand for supersymmetric string theory because unlike bosonic string theory, it is the version of string theory that accounts...
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type II string theory is a unified term that includes both type IIA strings and type IIB strings theories. Type II string theory accounts for two of the five...
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In string theory, a heterotic string is a closed string (or loop) which is a hybrid ('heterotic') of a superstring and a bosonic string. There are two...
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String field theory (SFT) is a formalism in string theory in which the dynamics of relativistic strings is reformulated in the language of quantum field...
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In string theory, the string theory landscape (or landscape of vacua) is the collection of possible false vacua, together comprising a collective "landscape"...
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In physics, a string is a physical entity postulated in string theory and related subjects. Unlike elementary particles, which are zero-dimensional or...
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In theoretical physics, type I string theory is one of five consistent supersymmetric string theories in ten dimensions. It is the only one whose strings...
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nevertheless equivalent when employed as extra dimensions of string theory. Early cases of mirror symmetry were discovered by physicists. Mathematicians...
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D0-branes in Type IIA string theory. In geometry, it is often useful to introduce coordinates. For example, in order to study the geometry of the Euclidean plane...
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IIA string theory Type IIB string theory Heterotic string N=2 superstring M-theory Matrix theory Introduction to M-theory F-theory String field theory Matrix...
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of such a theory at a string theory conference at the University of Southern California in 1995. Witten's announcement initiated a flurry of research activity...
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theory. Twistorial formulae for interactions beyond the self-dual sector also arose in Witten's twistor string theory, which is a quantum theory of holomorphic...
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In theoretical physics, topological string theory is a version of string theory. Topological string theory appeared in papers by theoretical physicists...
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physics, matrix string theory is a set of equations that describe superstring theory in a non-perturbative framework. Type IIA string theory can be shown...
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E8 theory, noncommutative geometry, and causal fermion systems have not demonstrated any level of mathematical consistency. History of string theory Wolchover...
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blocks of matter and light. Under string theory, strings are bundles of energy vibrating in complex ways in both the three familiar dimensions of space...
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In string theory, a domain wall is a theoretical (d−1)-dimensional singularity. A domain wall is meant to represent an object of codimension one embedded...
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theoretical physics, F-theory is a branch of string theory developed by Iranian-American physicist Cumrun Vafa. The new vacua described by F-theory were discovered...
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Brane (redirect from Brane theory)
dictionary. In string theory and related theories (such as supergravity theories), a brane is a physical object that generalizes the notion of a zero-dimensional...
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within the framework of field theory. But in the guise of string theory, S-matrix theory is still a popular approach to the problem of quantum gravity. The...
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non-critical string theory describes the relativistic string without enforcing the critical dimension. Although this allows the construction of a string theory in...
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A theory of everything (TOE), final theory, ultimate theory, unified field theory, or master theory is a hypothetical, singular, all-encompassing, coherent...
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Twistor string theory is an equivalence between N = 4 supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory and the perturbative topological B model string theory in twistor...
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theories of quantum gravity, formulated in terms of string theory or M-theory. On the other side of the correspondence are conformal field theories (CFT)...
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Supergravity (redirect from Supergravity theory)
History of Time speculated that this theory could be the Theory of Everything. However, in later years this was abandoned in favour of string theory....
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property of string theories and a supposed property of quantum gravity that states that the description of a volume of space can be thought of as encoded...
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Worldsheet (category String theory)
In string theory, a worldsheet is a two-dimensional manifold which describes the embedding of a string in spacetime. The term was coined by Leonard Susskind...
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