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String theory

In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings. String theory describes how these strings move through space and interact with each other by vibrations.

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related to Popular science · 53
String theory → Alfred, Basic Books, Bibcode, Brian, Company, Complete Guide, Cosmos, Fall, Greene, Gubser, Hidden Dimensions, Houghton Mifflin Co, ISBN, Jonathan Cape, Knopf, Laws, Lee, London, New York, Norton
related to Textbooks · 44
String theory → An Introduction, Barton, Basic Concepts, Becker, Beyond, Blumenhagen, Bosonic String, Branes, Brief History, Cambridge University Press, Dean, Edward, First Course, From Dual Models, Gravity, Green, Ibáñez, Introduction, ISBN, John
has application · 35
String theory → AdS, AdS/CFT, An, Another, At, Big Bang, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Butti-Zaffaroni, By, Calabi-Yau, D3-branes, During, For, Hawking's, IIB, In, More, One, Over, Planck
related to Early results · 30
String theory → Albert Einstein, Brans, Chew, Dicke, Einstein, Einstein's, Geoffrey Chew, German, Gunnar Nordström, Heisenberg, Holger Bech Nielsen, In, Kaluza, Leonard Susskind, Nordström, Oskar Klein, Regge, S-matrix, Some, Steven Frautschi
related to First superstring revolution · 29
String theory → Alvarez-Gaumé, Andrew Strominger, Calabi, Cumrun Vafa, Daniel Friedan, David Gross, During, E8, Edward Witten, Emil Martinec, Following Witten's, Gary Horowitz, Gaumé, Green, In, Jeffrey Harvey, Lance Dixon, Luis, Philip Candelas, Ryan Rohm
related to Second superstring revolution · 23
String theory → AdS/CFT, Andrew Strominger, Cumrun Vafa, D-branes, During, Edward Witten, IIA D0, In, It, Leonard Susskind, M-theory, Nathan Seiberg, Paul Townsend, Petr Hořava, Southern California, Stephen Shenker, The, This, Tom Banks, University
related to Dualities · 15
String theory → Another, For, Here, If, IIA, IIB, One, Roughly, S-duality, Similarly, SO, T-duality, The, This, Type
related to AdS/CFT correspondence · 14
String theory → AdS/CFT, Alexander Markovich Polyakov, By, Edward Witten, Igor Klebanov, Important, In, Juan Maldacena, Maldacena's, One, Sitter/conformal, Steven Gubser, The AdS/CFT, This
related to Derivation within string theory · 14
String theory → Andrew Strominger, Bekenstein, Cumrun Vafa, D-brane, D-branes, Hawking, In, One, Strominger, Subsequent, The, Their, These, Vafa
related to Particle physics · 14
String theory → By, Calabi, Despite, M-theory, One, Other, Standard Model, Starting, String, Such, The, This, Typically, Yau

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String theoryis atheoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings0.90text
String theoryis atheory of quantum gravity.String theory is a broad and varied subject that attempts to address a number of deep questions of fundamental physics0.90text
String theoryis atheoretical framework that attempts to address these questions.The starting point for string theory is the idea that the point-like particles of particle physics can also be mod…0.90text
String theoryis aidea that the point-like particles of quantum field theory can also be modeled as one-dimensional objects called strings0.90text
String theoryis apowerful0.90text
the electromagnetic fieldinstance ofThese problems have led some in the community to criticize these approaches to the unification of physics and question the value of continued research on these problems.StringsT…0.80text
which are extended in spaceinstance ofThese problems have led some in the community to criticize these approaches to the unification of physics and question the value of continued research on these problems.StringsT…0.80text
timeinstance ofThese problems have led some in the community to criticize these approaches to the unification of physics and question the value of continued research on these problems.StringsT…0.80text
is known as quantum field theoryinstance ofThese problems have led some in the community to criticize these approaches to the unification of physics and question the value of continued research on these problems.StringsT…0.80text
a garden hoseinstance ofA standard analogy for this is to consider a multidimensional object0.80text
chargeinstance ofThey have mass and can have other attributes0.80text
the AdS/CFT correspondenceinstance ofThe study of D-branes in string theory has led to important results0.80text

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