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...
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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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theory accounts for two of the five consistent superstring theories in ten dimensions. Both theories have N = 2 {\displaystyle {\mathcal {N}}=2} extended...
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superstring revolution. Prior to Witten's announcement, string theorists had identified five versions of superstring theory. Although these theories initially...
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superstring theory. Speaking at a string theory conference in 1995, Edward Witten made the surprising suggestion that all five superstring theories were...
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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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in superstring theory that eliminates tachyons. GSW The 2-volume work on superstring theory by Green, Schwarz, and Witten. GUT Grand unified theory, a...
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The Elegant Universe (redirect from The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory)
which introduces string and superstring theory, and provides a comprehensive though non-technical assessment of the theory and some of its shortcomings...
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and John H. Schwarz that anomalies in type I string theory cancel sparked the first superstring revolution. However, a key property of these models,...
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Cosmic string (redirect from Cosmic superstring)
definition, whereas the field theory cosmic strings are almost exclusively treated classically. In superstring theory, the role of cosmic strings can...
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Green–Schwarz mechanism (category String theory)
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...
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Fuzzballs are hypothetical objects in superstring theory, intended to provide a fully quantum description of the black holes predicted by general relativity...
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field theory with Berkovits' superstring field theory. Conformal field theory F-theory Fuzzballs List of string theory topics Little string theory Loop...
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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...
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String (physics) (category String theory)
five known versions of string theory incorporating the idea of supersymmetry (these five are known as superstring theories) and two versions without supersymmetry...
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General relativity (redirect from General theory of relativity)
usual three. In what is called the second superstring revolution, it was conjectured that both string theory and a unification of general relativity and...
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Oppenheimer Memorial Prize with Feza Gürsey. Glashow is a skeptic of superstring theory due to its lack of experimentally testable predictions. He had campaigned...
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gravity — Superstring theory — Supergravity — Supersymmetric theory — Multiverse theory — Holographic principle — Quantum gravity — M-theory Economics:...
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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...
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Dimension (redirect from Dimension theory)
dimensions are used to describe superstring theory (6D hyperspace + 4D), 11 dimensions can describe supergravity and M-theory (7D hyperspace + 4D), and the...
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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...
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in the context of string theory, and a new version of string theory called superstring theory (supersymmetric string theory) became the real focus. Nevertheless...
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Supergravity (redirect from Supergravity theory)
(1984). "Anomaly cancellation in supersymmetric D = 10 gauge theory and superstring theory". Physics Letters B. 149 (1–3): 117–122. Bibcode:1984PhLB..149...
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string theory is that it requires extra dimensions of spacetime for its mathematical consistency. In superstring theory, the version of the theory that...
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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...
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Multiverse (redirect from Multiverse theory)
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...
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Edward Witten (section M-theory)
World Scientific, 1985. Green, M., John H. Schwarz, and E. Witten. Superstring Theory. Vol. 1, Introduction. Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics...
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Pierre Ramond (section Superstring theory)
Florida in Gainesville, Florida. He initiated the development of superstring theory. Ramond completed his BSEE from Newark College of Engineering (now...
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leading candidates are M-theory, superstring theory and loop quantum gravity. Weinberg, S. (1993). Dreams of a Final Theory: The Search for the Fundamental...
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spacetime in M-theory. Proposed by Petr Hořava and Edward Witten, the theory is important for various relations between M-theory and superstring theory. nLab contributors...
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