second superstring revolution, the five superstring theories (Type I, Type IIA, Type IIB, HO and HE) are regarded as different limits of a single theory tentatively...

The history of string theory spans several decades of intense research including two superstring revolutions. Through the combined efforts of many researchers...

theory accounts for two of the five consistent superstring theories in ten dimensions. Both theories have N = 2 {\displaystyle {\mathcal {N}}=2} extended...

superstring revolution. Prior to Witten's announcement, string theorists had identified five versions of superstring theory. Although these theories initially...

superstring theory. Speaking at a string theory conference in 1995, Edward Witten made the surprising suggestion that all five superstring theories were...

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...

in superstring theory that eliminates tachyons. GSW The 2-volume work on superstring theory by Green, Schwarz, and Witten. GUT Grand unified theory, a...

and John H. Schwarz that anomalies in type I string theory cancel sparked the first superstring revolution. However, a key property of these models,...

which introduces string and superstring theory, and provides a comprehensive though non-technical assessment of the theory and some of its shortcomings...

definition, whereas the field theory cosmic strings are almost exclusively treated classically. In superstring theory, the role of cosmic strings can...

first superstring revolution in superstring theory. In 1984, Michael Green and John H. Schwarz realized that the anomaly in type I string theory with the...

field theory with Berkovits' superstring field theory. Conformal field theory F-theory Fuzzballs List of string theory topics Little string theory Loop...

Fuzzballs are hypothetical objects in superstring theory, intended to provide a fully quantum description of the black holes predicted by general relativity...

physics: Is string theory, superstring theory, or M-theory, or some other variant on this theme, a step on the road to a "theory of everything", or just...

usual three. In what is called the second superstring revolution, it was conjectured that both string theory and a unification of general relativity and...

five known versions of string theory incorporating the idea of supersymmetry (these five are known as superstring theories) and two versions without supersymmetry...

Oppenheimer Memorial Prize with Feza Gürsey. Glashow is a skeptic of superstring theory due to its lack of experimentally testable predictions. He had campaigned...

gravity — Superstring theory — Supergravity — Supersymmetric theory — Multiverse theory — Holographic principle — Quantum gravity — M-theory Economics:...

Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory, published in 1999, is a popularization of superstring theory and M-theory. It was a finalist for the Pulitzer...

dimensions are used to describe superstring theory (6D hyperspace + 4D), 11 dimensions can describe supergravity and M-theory (7D hyperspace + 4D), and the...

one obtains type IIB superstring theory in 10 dimensions. The SL(2,Z) S-duality symmetry of the resulting type IIB string theory is manifest because it...

in the context of string theory, and a new version of string theory called superstring theory (supersymmetric string theory) became the real focus. Nevertheless...

(1984). "Anomaly cancellation in supersymmetric D = 10 gauge theory and superstring theory". Physics Letters B. 149 (1–3): 117–122. Bibcode:1984PhLB..149...

string theory is that it requires extra dimensions of spacetime for its mathematical consistency. In superstring theory, the version of the theory that...

to the theory of phase transitions, but is best known for his trail-blazing work, much of it in collaboration with Schwarz, on superstring theory, including...

most popular attempt to describe the fundamental nature of matter—superstring theory—also turns out (much to the theorists' surprise) to imply a vast multiplicity...

World Scientific, 1985. Green, M., John H. Schwarz, and E. Witten. Superstring Theory. Vol. 1, Introduction. Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics...

Florida in Gainesville, Florida. He initiated the development of superstring theory. Ramond completed his BSEE from Newark College of Engineering (now...

leading candidates are M-theory, superstring theory and loop quantum gravity. Weinberg, S. (1993). Dreams of a Final Theory: The Search for the Fundamental...

of such theories include: Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), N = 4 supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory,: 450  and superstring theory. In a supersymmetric...