This page is a glossary of terms in string theory, including related areas such as supergravity, supersymmetry, and high energy physics. Contents:  Conventions...

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...

In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called...

'Superstring theory' is a shorthand for supersymmetric string theory because unlike bosonic string theory, it is the version of string theory that accounts...

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...

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...

Bosonic string theory is the original version of string theory, developed in the late 1960s. It is so called because it contains only bosons in the spectrum...

mechanical study of bosons and fermions, respectively. They play a prominent role in quantum statistical mechanics and quantum field theory. [citation needed]...

In physics, a string is a physical entity postulated in string theory and related subjects. Unlike elementary particles, which are zero-dimensional or...

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...

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

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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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...

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...

of string theory for particle physics and cosmology. In cosmology, string phenomenology studies, among others, implications of string theory for inflation...

group theory concerns an algebraic structure called group. Outline of algebra Glossary of field theory Glossary of group theory Glossary of linear algebra...

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...

This is a glossary of properties and concepts in category theory in mathematics. (see also Outline of category theory.) Notes on foundations: In many...

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...

dictionary. In string theory and related theories (such as supergravity), a brane is a physical object that generalizes the notion of a zero-dimensional...

nevertheless equivalent when employed as extra dimensions of string theory. Early cases of mirror symmetry were discovered by physicists. Mathematicians...

In string theory, D-branes, short for Dirichlet membrane, are a class of extended objects upon which open strings can end with Dirichlet boundary conditions...

Twistor string theory is an equivalence between N = 4 supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory and the perturbative topological B model string theory in twistor...

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)...

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...

In theoretical physics, topological string theory is a version of string theory. Topological string theory appeared in papers by theoretical physicists...

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...

This is a list of graph theory topics, by Wikipedia page. See glossary of graph theory for basic terminology. Amalgamation Bipartite graph Complete bipartite...

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