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164 relations: ADE classification, AdS/CFT correspondence, Alexander Markovich Polyakov, Alexander Zamolodchikov, Alexei Zamolodchikov, André Neveu, Andrew Strominger, Anomaly (physics), Anton Kapustin, Arvind Rajaraman, Asad Naqvi, Ashoke Sen, Barton Zwiebach, Black brane, Black hole, Black string, Bogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield bound, Bosonic string theory, Brane, Brane cosmology, Brian Greene, Calabi–Yau manifold, Chern–Simons form, Compactification (physics), Conformal anomaly, Conformal field theory, Conformal symmetry, Conifold, Cumrun Vafa, D-brane, Daniel Friedan, David Berenstein, David Gross, Dilaton, Dimitri Nanopoulos, Dirac string, Donald Marolf, E6 (mathematics), E7 (mathematics), E8 (mathematics), Edward Witten, Emil Martinec, Erik Verlinde, Eva Silverstein, F-theory, F4 (mathematics), G2 (mathematics), G2 manifold, Gabriele Veneziano, Gary Gibbons, ..., Gauge theory, Generalized complex structure, Gerald B. Cleaver, Glossary of string theory, Graviton, Greg Moore (physicist), Hanany–Witten transition, Herman Verlinde, Heterotic string theory, Hirosi Ooguri, History of string theory, Hořava–Witten domain wall, Holger Bech Nielsen, Holographic principle, Holography, Horațiu Năstase, Hyperkähler manifold, Igor Klebanov, Instanton, Introduction to M-theory, Jacques Distler, Jeffrey A. Harvey, John Henry Schwarz, Joseph Polchinski, Juan Martín Maldacena, K-theory (physics), K3 surface, Kac–Moody algebra, Kalb–Ramond field, Kaluza–Klein theory, Kähler manifold, Leonard Susskind, Lie superalgebra, Lisa Randall, Loop algebra, Luboš Motl, M-theory, Magnetic monopole, Martin Roček, Matrix string theory, Matrix theory (physics), Matthias Staudacher, Michael Atiyah, Michael Duff (physicist), Michael Green (physicist), Michael R. Douglas, Michio Kaku, Mirror symmetry (string theory), Moduli space, Monstrous moonshine, Montonen–Olive duality, N=2 superstring, Nambu–Goto action, Nathan Seiberg, Nikita Nekrasov, Nima Arkani-Hamed, Non-linear sigma model, Orbifold, Orientifold, Oskar Klein, P-form electrodynamics, Paul Townsend, Peter van Nieuwenhuizen, Petr Hořava (theorist), Polyakov action, Quiver diagram, Rajesh Gopakumar, Ramond–Ramond field, Renata Kallosh, Ricci-flat manifold, RNS formalism, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Robert Myers (physicist), S-brane, S-duality, Sandip Trivedi, Seifallah Randjbar-Daemi, Sergei Gukov, Sergio Ferrara, Shiraz Minwalla, Simple Lie group, Spin(7)-manifold, Stephen Shenker, Steven Gubser, String (physics), String duality, String field theory, String theory, String theory landscape, Sunil Mukhi, Superconformal algebra, Supergravity, Supergroup (physics), Superspace, Superstring theory, Supersymmetry, Sylvester James Gates, T-duality, Tachyon, Tachyon condensation, Tamiaki Yoneya, Tasneem Zehra Husain, Theodor Kaluza, Tom Banks (physicist), Twisted K-theory, Two-dimensional conformal field theory, Type I string theory, Type II string theory, U-duality, Vertex operator algebra, Virasoro algebra, Warren Siegel, Wess–Zumino–Witten model, Willy Fischler. Expand index (114 more) »
ADE classification
In mathematics, the ADE classification (originally A-D-E classifications) is a situation where certain kinds of objects are in correspondence with simply laced Dynkin diagrams.
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AdS/CFT correspondence
In theoretical physics, the anti-de Sitter/conformal field theory correspondence, sometimes called Maldacena duality or gauge/gravity duality, is a conjectured relationship between two kinds of physical theories.
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Alexander Markovich Polyakov
Alexander Markovich Polyakov (Алекса́ндр Ма́ркович Поляко́в; born 27 September 1945) is a Russian theoretical physicist, formerly at the Landau Institute in Moscow and, since 1990, at Princeton University.
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Alexander Zamolodchikov
Alexander Borissowitsch Zamolodchikov (Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Замоло́дчиков; born September 18, 1952) is a Russian physicist, known for his contributions to condensed matter physics, two-dimensional conformal field theory, and string theory, and is currently the C.N. Yang/Wei Deng Endowed Chair of Physics at Stony Brook University.
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Alexei Zamolodchikov
Alexei Borisovich Zamolodchikov (Алексей Борисович Замолодчиков; 18 September 1952 – 18 October 2007) was a Russian physicist known for his contributions to quantum field theory, quantum gravity and the Liouville string theory.
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André Neveu
André Neveu (born 28 August 1946) is a French physicist working on string theory and quantum field theory who coinvented the Neveu–Schwarz algebra and the Gross–Neveu model.
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Andrew Strominger
Andrew Eben Strominger (born 1955) is an American theoretical physicist who is the Director of Harvard's Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature.
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Anomaly (physics)
In quantum physics an anomaly or quantum anomaly is the failure of a symmetry of a theory's classical action to be a symmetry of any regularization of the full quantum theory.
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Anton Kapustin
Anton Nikolayevich Kapustin (born November 10, 1971, Moscow) is a Russian-American theoretical physicist and the Earle C. Anthony Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology, and a former member of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University.
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Arvind Rajaraman
Arvind Rajaraman is an Indian-born theoretical physicist and string theorist.
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Asad Naqvi
Professor Asad Naqvi (Urdu:أسد نقوی), works at Goldman Sachs.
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Ashoke Sen
Ashoke Sen, FRS (born 1956) is an Indian theoretical physicist and distinguished professor at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad.
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Barton Zwiebach
Barton Zwiebach (full name Barton Zwiebach Cantor, born October 4, 1954) is a string theorist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, born in Lima, Perú.
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Black brane
In general relativity, a black brane is a solution of the equations that generalizes a black hole solution but it is also extended—and translationally symmetric—in p additional spatial dimensions.
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Black hole
A black hole is a region of spacetime exhibiting such strong gravitational effects that nothing—not even particles and electromagnetic radiation such as light—can escape from inside it.
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Black string
A black string is a higher dimensional (D>4) generalization of a black hole in which the event horizon is topologically equivalent to S2 × S1 and spacetime is asymptotically Md−1 × S1.
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Bogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield bound
The Bogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield bound (named after Evgeny Bogomolny, Manoj Prasad, and Charles Sommerfield) is a series of inequalities for solutions of partial differential equations depending on the homotopy class of the solution at infinity.
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Bosonic string theory
Bosonic string theory is the original version of string theory, developed in the late 1960s.
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Brane
In string theory and related theories such as supergravity theories, a brane is a physical object that generalizes the notion of a point particle to higher dimensions.
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Brane cosmology
Brane cosmology refers to several theories in particle physics and cosmology related to string theory, superstring theory and M-theory.
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Brian Greene
Brian Randolph Greene (born February 9, 1963) is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician, and string theorist.
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Calabi–Yau manifold
In algebraic geometry, a Calabi–Yau manifold, also known as a Calabi–Yau space, is a particular type of manifold which has properties, such as Ricci flatness, yielding applications in theoretical physics.
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Chern–Simons form
In mathematics, the Chern–Simons forms are certain secondary characteristic classes.
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Compactification (physics)
In physics, compactification means changing a theory with respect to one of its space-time dimensions.
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Conformal anomaly
A conformal anomaly, scale anomaly, or Weyl anomaly is an anomaly, i.e. a quantum phenomenon that breaks the conformal symmetry of the classical theory.
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Conformal field theory
A conformal field theory (CFT) is a quantum field theory that is invariant under conformal transformations.
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Conformal symmetry
In mathematical physics, the conformal symmetry of spacetime is expressed by an extension of the Poincaré group.
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Conifold
In mathematics and string theory, a conifold is a generalization of a manifold.
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Cumrun Vafa
Cumrun Vafa (کامران وفا; born 1960) is an Iranian-American string theorist from Harvard University, which he first joined as a Harvard Junior Fellow.
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D-brane
In string theory, D-branes are a class of extended objects upon which open strings can end with Dirichlet boundary conditions, after which they are named.
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Daniel Friedan
Daniel Harry Friedan (born October 3, 1948) is an American theoretical physicist and one of three children of the feminist author and activist Betty Friedan.
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David Berenstein
David Berenstein is a Colombian theoretical physicist and professor at University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.
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David Gross
David Jonathan Gross (born February 19, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist.
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Dilaton
In particle physics, the hypothetical dilaton particle, and scalar field, appears in theories with extra dimensions when the volume of the compactified dimensions varies.
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Dimitri Nanopoulos
Dimitri V. Nanopoulos (Δημήτρης Νανόπουλος; born 13 September 1948) is a Greek physicist.
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Dirac string
In physics, a Dirac string is a hypothetical one-dimensional curve in space, conceived of by the physicist Paul Dirac, stretching between two Dirac magnetic monopoles with opposite magnetic charges, or from one magnetic monopole out to infinity.
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Donald Marolf
Donald Marolf is a theoretical physicist, and currently a Professor of Physics, and head of the physics department at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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E6 (mathematics)
In mathematics, E6 is the name of some closely related Lie groups, linear algebraic groups or their Lie algebras \mathfrak_6, all of which have dimension 78; the same notation E6 is used for the corresponding root lattice, which has rank 6.
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E7 (mathematics)
In mathematics, E7 is the name of several closely related Lie groups, linear algebraic groups or their Lie algebras e7, all of which have dimension 133; the same notation E7 is used for the corresponding root lattice, which has rank 7.
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E8 (mathematics)
In mathematics, E8 is any of several closely related exceptional simple Lie groups, linear algebraic groups or Lie algebras of dimension 248; the same notation is used for the corresponding root lattice, which has rank 8.
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Edward Witten
Edward Witten (born August 26, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist and professor of mathematical physics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
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Emil Martinec
Emil John Martinec (born 1958) is an American string theorist, a physics professor at the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago, and director of the Kadanoff Center for Theoretical Physics.
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Erik Verlinde
Erik Peter Verlinde (born 21 January 1962) is a Dutch theoretical physicist and string theorist.
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Eva Silverstein
Eva Silverstein (born October 24, 1970) is an American theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and string theorist. She is best known for her work on early universe cosmology, developing the structure of inflation and its range of signatures, as well as extensive contributions to string theory and gravitational physics. Her early work included control of tachyon condensation in string theory and resulting resolution of some spacetime singularities (with Joseph Polchinski and others). Other significant research contributions include the construction of the first models of dark energy in string theory, some basic extensions of the AdS/CFT correspondence to more realistic field theories (with Shamit Kachru), as well as the discovery of a predictive new mechanism for cosmic inflation involving D-brane dynamics (with David Tong) which helped motivate more systematic analyses of primordial non-Gaussianity. Silverstein is a professor of physics at Stanford University and director of the Modern Inflationary Cosmology collaboration within the Simons Foundation Origins of the Universe initiative.
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F-theory
F-theory is a branch of string theory developed by Cumrun Vafa.
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F4 (mathematics)
In mathematics, F4 is the name of a Lie group and also its Lie algebra f4.
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G2 (mathematics)
In mathematics, G2 is the name of three simple Lie groups (a complex form, a compact real form and a split real form), their Lie algebras \mathfrak_2, as well as some algebraic groups.
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G2 manifold
In differential geometry, a G2 manifold is a seven-dimensional Riemannian manifold with holonomy group equal to ''G''2.
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Gabriele Veneziano
Gabriele Veneziano (born 7 September 1942) is an Italian theoretical physicist and one of the pioneers of string theory.
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Gary Gibbons
Gary William Gibbons (born 1 July 1946) is a British theoretical physicist.
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Gauge theory
In physics, a gauge theory is a type of field theory in which the Lagrangian is invariant under certain Lie groups of local transformations.
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Generalized complex structure
In the field of mathematics known as differential geometry, a generalized complex structure is a property of a differential manifold that includes as special cases a complex structure and a symplectic structure.
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Gerald B. Cleaver
Gerald B. Cleaver is a professor in the Department of Physics at Baylor University and is the Head of the Early Universe Cosmology and Strings (EUCOS) division of Baylor's Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics & Engineering Research (CASPER).
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Glossary of string theory
This page is a glossary of terms in string theory, including related areas such as supergravity, supersymmetry, and high energy physics.
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Graviton
In theories of quantum gravity, the graviton is the hypothetical elementary particle that mediates the force of gravity.
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Greg Moore (physicist)
Gregory Winthrop Moore (born 1961) is an American theoretical physicist who specializes in mathematical physics and string theory.
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Hanany–Witten transition
In theoretical physics the Hanany–Witten transition, also called the Hanany–Witten effect, refers to any process in a superstring theory in which two p-branes cross resulting in the creation or destruction of a third p-brane.
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Herman Verlinde
Herman Louis Verlinde (born 21 January 1962) is a Dutch theoretical physicist and string theorist.
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Heterotic string theory
In string theory, a heterotic string is a closed string (or loop) which is a hybrid ('heterotic') of a superstring and a bosonic string.
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Hirosi Ooguri
is a theoretical physicist at California Institute of Technology.
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History of string theory
The history of string theory spans several decades of intense research including two superstring revolutions.
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Hořava–Witten domain wall
In theoretical physics, a Hořava–Witten domain wall is a type of domain wall that behaves as a boundary of the eleven-dimensional spacetime in M-theory.
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Holger Bech Nielsen
Holger Bech Nielsen (born 25 August 1941, Copenhagen) is a Danish theoretical physicist, Professor emeritus at the Niels Bohr Institute, at the University of Copenhagen, where he started studying physics in 1961.
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Holographic principle
The holographic principle is a principle of string theories and a supposed property of quantum gravity that states that the description of a volume of space can be thought of as encoded on a lower-dimensional boundary to the region—preferably a light-like boundary like a gravitational horizon.
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Holography
Holography is the science and practice of making holograms.
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Horațiu Năstase
Horaţiu Năstase is a Romanian physicist and professor in the String Theory group at Instituto de Física Teórica of the Universidade Estadual Paulista in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Hyperkähler manifold
In differential geometry, a hyperkähler manifold is a Riemannian manifold of dimension 4k and holonomy group contained in Sp(''k'') (here Sp(k) denotes a compact form of a symplectic group, identified with the group of quaternionic-linear unitary endomorphisms of a k-dimensional quaternionic Hermitian space).
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Igor Klebanov
Igor Romanovich Klebanov (И́горь Романович Клеба́нов; 29 March 1962) is a theoretical physicist whose research is centered on relations between string theory and quantum gauge field theory.
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Instanton
An instanton (or pseudoparticle) is a notion appearing in theoretical and mathematical physics.
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Introduction to M-theory
In non-technical terms, M-theory presents an idea about the basic substance of the universe.
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Jacques Distler
Jacques Distler (born 1961) is a physicist working in string theory.
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Jeffrey A. Harvey
Jeffrey A. Harvey (born February 15, 1955 in San Antonio, Texas) an American string theorist at the University of Chicago.
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John Henry Schwarz
John Henry Schwarz (born November 22, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist.
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Joseph Polchinski
Joseph Gerard Polchinski Jr. (May 16, 1954 – February 2, 2018) was an American theoretical physicist and string theorist.
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Juan Martín Maldacena
Juan Martín Maldacena (September 10, 1968 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a theoretical physicist.
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K-theory (physics)
In string theory, K-theory classification refers to a conjectured application of K-theory (in abstract algebra and algebraic topology) to superstrings, to classify the allowed Ramond–Ramond field strengths as well as the charges of stable D-branes.
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K3 surface
In mathematics, a K3 surface is a complex or algebraic smooth minimal complete surface that is regular and has trivial canonical bundle.
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Kac–Moody algebra
In mathematics, a Kac–Moody algebra (named for Victor Kac and Robert Moody, who independently discovered them) is a Lie algebra, usually infinite-dimensional, that can be defined by generators and relations through a generalized Cartan matrix.
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Kalb–Ramond field
In theoretical physics in general and string theory in particular, the Kalb–Ramond field (named after Michael Kalb and Pierre Ramond), also known as the Kalb–Ramond B-field or Kalb–Ramond NS–NS B-field, is a quantum field that transforms as a two-form, i.e., an antisymmetric tensor field with two indices.
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Kaluza–Klein theory
In physics, Kaluza–Klein theory (KK theory) is a classical unified field theory of gravitation and electromagnetism built around the idea of a fifth dimension beyond the usual four of space and time and considered an important precursor to string theory.
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Kähler manifold
In mathematics and especially differential geometry, a Kähler manifold is a manifold with three mutually compatible structures: a complex structure, a Riemannian structure, and a symplectic structure.
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Leonard Susskind
Leonard Susskind (born 1940)his 60th birthday was celebrated with a special symposium at Stanford University.
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Lie superalgebra
In mathematics, a Lie superalgebra is a generalisation of a Lie algebra to include a Z2-grading.
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Lisa Randall
Lisa Randall (born June 18, 1962) is an American theoretical physicist working in particle physics and cosmology.
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Loop algebra
In mathematics, loop algebras are certain types of Lie algebras, of particular interest in theoretical physics.
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Luboš Motl
Luboš Motl (born December 5, 1973) is a Czech theoretical physicist.
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M-theory
M-theory is a theory in physics that unifies all consistent versions of superstring theory.
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Magnetic monopole
A magnetic monopole is a hypothetical elementary particle in particle physics that is an isolated magnet with only one magnetic pole (a north pole without a south pole or vice versa).
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Martin Roček
Martin Roček is a professor of theoretical physics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a member of the C. N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics.
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Matrix string theory
In physics, matrix string theory is a set of equations that describe superstring theory in a non-perturbative framework.
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Matrix theory (physics)
In theoretical physics, the BFSS matrix model or matrix theory is a quantum mechanical model proposed by Tom Banks, Willy Fischler, Stephen Shenker, and Leonard Susskind in 1997.
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Matthias Staudacher
Matthias Staudacher is a German theoretical physicist who has done significant work in the area of quantum field theory.
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Michael Atiyah
Sir Michael Francis Atiyah (born 22 April 1929) is an English mathematician specialising in geometry.
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Michael Duff (physicist)
Michael James Duff FRS, FRSA is a British theoretical physicist and pioneering theorist of supergravity who is the Principal of the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Abdus Salam Chair of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London.
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Michael Green (physicist)
Michael Boris Green (born 22 May 1946) is a British physicist and one of the pioneers of string theory.
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Michael R. Douglas
Michael R. Douglas (born November 19, 1961) is an American theoretical physicist and professor at Stony Brook University.
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Michio Kaku
Michio Kaku (born 24 January 1947) is an American theoretical physicist, futurist, and popularizer of science.
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Mirror symmetry (string theory)
In algebraic geometry and theoretical physics, mirror symmetry is a relationship between geometric objects called Calabi–Yau manifolds.
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Moduli space
In algebraic geometry, a moduli space is a geometric space (usually a scheme or an algebraic stack) whose points represent algebro-geometric objects of some fixed kind, or isomorphism classes of such objects.
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Monstrous moonshine
In mathematics, monstrous moonshine, or moonshine theory, is the unexpected connection between the monster group M and modular functions, in particular, the ''j'' function.
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Montonen–Olive duality
Montonen–Olive duality or electric-magnetic duality is the oldest known example of strong-weak duality or S-duality according to current terminology.
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N=2 superstring
In string theory, N.
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Nambu–Goto action
The Nambu–Goto action is the simplest invariant action in bosonic string theory, and is also used in other theories that investigate string-like objects (for example, cosmic strings).
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Nathan Seiberg
Nathan "Nati" Seiberg (born September 22, 1956) is an Israeli American theoretical physicist who works on string theory.
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Nikita Nekrasov
Nikita Alexandrovich Nekrasov (Ники́та Алекса́ндрович Некра́сов; born 10 April 1973) is a mathematical physicist and string theorist at Stony Brook University in New York, and a Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Nima Arkani-Hamed
Nima Arkani-Hamed (نیما ارکانی حامد; born April 5, 1972) is an American-Canadian, sns.ias.edu; accessed December 4, 2015.
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Non-linear sigma model
In quantum field theory, a nonlinear σ model describes a scalar field which takes on values in a nonlinear manifold called the target manifold T.
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Orbifold
In the mathematical disciplines of topology, geometry, and geometric group theory, an orbifold (for "orbit-manifold") is a generalization of a manifold.
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Orientifold
In theoretical physics orientifold is a generalization of the notion of orbifold, proposed by Augusto Sagnotti in 1987.
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Oskar Klein
Oskar Benjamin Klein (15 September 1894 – 5 February 1977) was a Swedish theoretical physicist.
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P-form electrodynamics
In theoretical physics, p-form electrodynamics is a generalization of Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism.
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Paul Townsend
Paul Kingsley Townsend FRS is a British physicist, currently a Professor of Theoretical Physics in Cambridge University's Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.
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Peter van Nieuwenhuizen
Peter van Nieuwenhuizen (born October 26, 1938) is a Dutch physicist.
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Petr Hořava (theorist)
Petr Hořava is a Czech string theorist.
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Polyakov action
In physics, the Polyakov action is an action of the two-dimensional conformal field theory describing the worldsheet of a string in string theory.
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Quiver diagram
In physics, a quiver diagram is a graph representing the matter content of a gauge theory that describes D-branes on orbifolds.
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Rajesh Gopakumar
Rajesh Gopakumar (born 1967 in Kolkata, India) a theoretical physicist is director of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR) in Bangalore, India.
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Ramond–Ramond field
In theoretical physics, Ramond–Ramond fields are differential form fields in the 10-dimensional spacetime of type II supergravity theories, which are the classical limits of type II string theory.
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Renata Kallosh
Renata Elizaveta Kallosh (Рената-Елизавета Эрнестовна Каллош), is a theoretical physicist.
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Ricci-flat manifold
In mathematics, Ricci-flat manifolds are Riemannian manifolds whose Ricci curvature vanishes.
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RNS formalism
Ramond–Neveu–Schwarz (RNS) formalism (named after Pierre Ramond, John H. Schwarz, and André Neveu) was an early attempt to introduce fermions through the means of supersymmetry into string theory.
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Robbert Dijkgraaf
Robertus Henricus "Robbert" Dijkgraaf FRSE (Dutch:; born 24 January 1960) is a Dutch mathematical physicist and string theorist.
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Robert Myers (physicist)
Robert Myers is a theoretical physicist.
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S-brane
In string theory, an S-brane is a hypothetical and controversial counterpart of a D-brane, which, unlike a D-brane, is localized in time.
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S-duality
In theoretical physics, S-duality is an equivalence of two physical theories, which may be either quantum field theories or string theories.
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Sandip Trivedi
Sandip Trivedi (सन्दिप त्रिवेदी) is an Indian theoretical physicist working at Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR) at Mumbai, India, while he is its current Director.
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Seifallah Randjbar-Daemi
Seifallah Randjbar-Daemi (سیف الله رنجبر دائمی, born 1950) is an Iranian theoretical physicist.
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Sergei Gukov
Sergei Gukov (Серге́й Гу́ков; born 1977) is a string theorist who is a professor of physics at Caltech and at UCSB (University of California Santa Barbara).
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Sergio Ferrara
Sergio Ferrara (born May 2, 1945) is an Italian physicist working on theoretical physics of elementary particles and mathematical physics.
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Shiraz Minwalla
Shiraz Naval Minwalla is an Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist.
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Simple Lie group
In group theory, a simple Lie group is a connected non-abelian Lie group G which does not have nontrivial connected normal subgroups.
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Spin(7)-manifold
In mathematics, a Spin(7)-manifold is an eight-dimensional Riemannian manifold with the exceptional holonomy group Spin(7).
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Stephen Shenker
Stephen Hart Shenker (born 1953) is an American theoretical physicist who works on string theory.
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Steven Gubser
Steven Scott Gubser (born 4 May 1972) is a professor of physics at Princeton University.
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String (physics)
In physics, a string is a physical phenomenon that appears in string theory and related subjects.
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String duality
String duality is a class of symmetries in physics that link different string theories, theories which assume that the fundamental building blocks of the universe are strings instead of point particles.
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String field theory
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 theory.
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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.
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String theory landscape
The string theory landscape refers to the collection of possible false vacua in string theory,The number of metastable vacua is not known exactly, but commonly quoted estimates are of the order 10500.
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Sunil Mukhi
Sunil Mukhi is an Indian theoretical physicist working in the areas of string theory, quantum field theory and particle physics.
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Superconformal algebra
In theoretical physics, the superconformal algebra is a graded Lie algebra or superalgebra that combines the conformal algebra and supersymmetry.
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Supergravity
In theoretical physics, supergravity (supergravity theory; SUGRA for short) is a modern field theory that combines the principles of supersymmetry and general relativity where supersymmetry obeys locality; in contrast to non-gravitational supersymmetric theories such as the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model.
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Supergroup (physics)
The concept of supergroup is a generalization of that of group.
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Superspace
Superspace is the coordinate space of a theory exhibiting supersymmetry.
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Superstring theory
Superstring theory is an attempt to explain all of the particles and fundamental forces of nature in one theory by modeling them as vibrations of tiny supersymmetric strings.
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Supersymmetry
In particle physics, supersymmetry (SUSY) is a theory that proposes a relationship between two basic classes of elementary particles: bosons, which have an integer-valued spin, and fermions, which have a half-integer spin.
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Sylvester James Gates
Sylvester James Gates Jr. (born December 15, 1950), known as S. James Gates the 6th or Jim Gates, is an American theoretical physicist who works on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory.
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T-duality
In theoretical physics, T-duality is an equivalence of two physical theories, which may be either quantum field theories or string theories.
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Tachyon
A tachyon or tachyonic particle is a hypothetical particle that always moves faster than light.
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Tachyon condensation
Tachyon condensation is a process in particle physics in which a system can lower its energy by spontaneously producing particles.
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Tamiaki Yoneya
(born 1947) is a Japanese physicist.
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Tasneem Zehra Husain
Tasneem Zehra Husain (also spelled as Tasneem Zehra Hussain), is a Pakistani theoretical physicist and an Assistant Professor of Physics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
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Theodor Kaluza
Theodor Franz Eduard Kaluza (9 November 1885, Wilhelmsthal, Silesia, German Empire, today part of Opole in Poland – 19 January 1954, Göttingen) was a German mathematician and physicist known for the Kaluza–Klein theory involving field equations in five-dimensional space.
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Tom Banks (physicist)
Thomas "Tom" Banks (born April 19, 1949 in New York City) is a theoretical physicist at University of California, Santa Cruz and a professor at Rutgers University.
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Twisted K-theory
In mathematics, twisted K-theory (also called K-theory with local coefficients) is a variation on K-theory, a mathematical theory from the 1950s that spans algebraic topology, abstract algebra and operator theory.
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Two-dimensional conformal field theory
A two-dimensional conformal field theory is a quantum field theory on a Euclidean two-dimensional space, that is invariant under local conformal transformations.
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Type I string theory
In theoretical physics, type I string theory is one of five consistent supersymmetric string theories in ten dimensions.
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Type II string theory
In theoretical physics, type II string theory is a unified term that includes both type IIA strings and type IIB strings theories.
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U-duality
In physics, U-duality (short for unified duality) is a symmetry of string theory or M-theory combining S-duality and T-duality transformations.
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Vertex operator algebra
In mathematics, a vertex operator algebra (VOA) is an algebraic structure that plays an important role in two-dimensional conformal field theory and string theory.
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Virasoro algebra
In mathematics, the Virasoro algebra (named after the physicist Miguel Angel Virasoro) is a complex Lie algebra, the unique central extension of the Witt algebra.
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Warren Siegel
Warren Siegel is a theoretical physicist specializing in supersymmetric quantum field theory and string theory.
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Wess–Zumino–Witten model
In theoretical physics and mathematics, a Wess–Zumino–Witten (WZW) model, also called a Wess–Zumino–Novikov–Witten model, is a type of two-dimensional conformal field theory named after Julius Wess, Bruno Zumino, Sergei Novikov and Edward Witten.
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Willy Fischler
Willy Fischler (born 1949 in Antwerpen, Belgium) is a theoretical physicist.
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References
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