Superstring Theory

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:theoretical_physics
gptkbp:aimsTo gptkb:general_relativity
quantum mechanics
gptkbp:closedString forms loops
gptkbp:conference gptkb:Strings_conference
gptkbp:criticizedFor lack of experimental evidence
gptkbp:describes fundamental particles as one-dimensional strings
gptkbp:developedBy 1970s
gptkbp:dimensions 10
gptkbp:explains force unification
gptkbp:field gptkb:theoretical_physics
gptkb:string_theory
gptkbp:form gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkb:Calabi–Yau_manifolds
gptkb:supergravity
gptkbp:goal gptkb:theory_of_everything
gptkbp:hasEquation gptkb:Polyakov_action
Nambu–Goto action
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Superstring Theory
gptkbp:includes gptkb:heterotic_E8×E8_string_theory
gptkb:heterotic_SO(32)_string_theory
gptkb:Type_IIA_string_theory
gptkb:Type_IIB_string_theory
gptkb:Type_I_string_theory
gptkbp:influenced modern quantum gravity research
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:bosonic_string_theory
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:David_Gross
gptkb:Edward_Witten
gptkb:John_Schwarz
gptkb:Leonard_Susskind
gptkb:Michael_Green
gptkb:André_Neveu
gptkb:Pierre_Ramond
gptkb:Joël_Scherk
gptkbp:openString can have endpoints
gptkbp:popularizedBy gptkb:Brian_Greene
books such as 'The Elegant Universe'
gptkbp:predicts gptkb:graviton
existence of extra spatial dimensions
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:quantum_gravity
gptkb:string_theory
gptkb:brane_theory
gptkb:AdS/CFT_correspondence
gptkb:D-branes
gptkb:M-theory
gptkbp:requires anomaly cancellation
gptkbp:studiedIn universities worldwide
gptkbp:uses higher-dimensional objects
supersymmetric partners
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Volume_2:_Superstring_Theory_and_Beyond
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7