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

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

researchers, string theory has developed into a broad and varied subject with connections to quantum gravity, particle and condensed matter physics, cosmology...

The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next is a 2006 book by the theoretical physicist Lee Smolin...

Open string may refer to: Open string (music), a fundamental note of a stringed instrument Open string (physics), a string with endpoints in string theory...

theoretical physics, type II string theory is a unified term that includes both type IIA strings and type IIB strings theories. Type II string theory accounts...

pulling or stretching force transmitted axially along an object such as a string, rope, chain, rod, truss member, or other object, so as to stretch or pull...

the field of physics is called a physicist. Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines. Over much of the past two millennia, physics, chemistry,...

important role in modern physics, especially in string theory. Regardless of whether Calabi–Yau compactifications of string theory provide a correct description...

Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-618-55105-7. Duff, M. J. (2011). "String...

a popular grand unified theory String (physics), one of the main objects of study in string theory Black string is a higher-dimensional (more than 4-dimensional)...

the current particle physics theory is not solved; many theories have addressed this problem, such as loop quantum gravity, string theory and supersymmetry...

theory, the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings. String theory describes how strings propagate through...

compactifies time, in string theory where one compactifies the extra dimensions of the theory, and in two- or one-dimensional solid state physics, where one considers...

nuclear and condensed matter physics by translating problems in those subjects into more mathematically tractable problems in string theory. The AdS/CFT correspondence...

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...

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

black hole physics, developments in string theory also suggests that there are universal principles shared among all the theories in the string landscape...

String phenomenology is a branch of theoretical physics that uses tools from mathematics and computer science to study the implications of string theory...

(2004). "Perturbative Gauge Theory as a String Theory in Twistor Space". Communications in Mathematical Physics. 252 (1–3): 189–258. arXiv:hep-th/0312171...

is a researcher in string theory, quantum gravity, supersymmetric quantum field theories, and other areas of mathematical physics. Witten's work has also...

theoretical physics at Stanford University and founding director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. His research interests are string theory...

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

research on string theory. He is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, director of its center for theoretical physics, and the chairman...

Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain, and...

from cosmological observations and particle physics experiments become available. The central idea of string theory is to replace the classical concept...

historical discussions, classical physics refers to pre-1900 physics, while modern physics refers to post-1900 physics, which incorporates elements of quantum...

nuclear and condensed matter physics by translating problems in those subjects into more mathematically tractable problems in string theory. The AdS/CFT correspondence...

In string theory, the string theory landscape (or landscape of vacua) is the collection of possible false vacua, together comprising a collective "landscape"...

supersymmetry: New constraints on the numbers of physical string states", Nuclear Physics B, 429 (3): 533–588, arXiv:hep-th/9402006, Bibcode:1994NuPhB...