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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

mechanical study of bosons and fermions, respectively. They play a prominent role in quantum statistical mechanics and quantum field theory. Let V {\displaystyle...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

usually for orchestral string instruments, used to indicate that the player should play the passage on the highest-pitched, thinnest string 1+3⁄5′ Tierce organ...

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

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...

subdisciplines, and related fields. Related glossaries include Glossary of computer science, Glossary of robotics, and Glossary of machine vision. Contents:  A B C...

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...

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...

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

these particles. In the 1980s, a new mathematical model of theoretical physics, called string theory, emerged. It showed how all the different subatomic particles...

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

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)...

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