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| Title: | String Theory Research Progress
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| Author: | Ferenc N Balogh (ed) |
| ISBN: | 1604560754 : 9781604560756 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 233 |
| Weight: | .682 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - February 2008 |
| List Price: | 59.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | PHYSICS |
String theory is a model of fundamental physics whose building blocks are one-dimensional extended objects called strings, rather than the zero-dimensional point particles that form the basis for the standard model of particle physics. The phrase is often used as shorthand for Superstring theory, as well as related theories such as M-theory. By replacing the point-like particles with strings, an apparently consistent quantum theory of gravity emerges. Moreover, it may be possible to 'unify' the known natural forces (gravitational, electromagnetic, weak nuclear and strong nuclear) by describing them with the same set of equations. Studies of string theory have revealed that it predicts higher-dimensional objects called branes. String theory strongly suggests the existence of ten or eleven (in M-theory) space-time dimensions, as opposed to the usual four (three spatial and one temporal) used in relativity theory.
Preface; String Theory and its Application to Non-cumulative Gauge Theory; In Search of the (Minimal Supersymmetric) Standard Model String; Introduction to Non-Critical String Theory: Classical and Quantum Aspects; String Theory with A Continuous Spin Spectrum; The Coulomb Gas Realization of Structure Constants and String Interactions in ADS; Special Bibliography on String Theory; Index.
