String Theory
Study of one-dimensional objects as fundamental building blocks
String Theory#
String theory proposes that the fundamental building blocks of the universe are one-dimensional strings rather than point-like particles.
Topics#
- Classical String Theory
- Bosonic String Theory
- Superstring Theory
- Type I String Theory
- Type IIA String Theory
- Type IIB String Theory
- Heterotic String Theory
- M-Theory
- D-Branes
- T-Duality
- S-Duality
- U-Duality
- String Compactification
- Calabi-Yau Manifolds
- Mirror Symmetry
- Conformal Field Theory
- Quantum Gravity
- Black Hole Entropy
- Holographic Principle
- AdS/CFT Correspondence
- Matrix Theory
- String Field Theory
- Topological String Theory
- String Phenomenology
- String Cosmology
- String Landscape
- String Theory and Particle Physics
- String Theory and Cosmology
- String Theory and Mathematics
- String Theory and Quantum Information
Resources#
Books#
- String Theory and M-Theory: A Modern Introduction by Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker, and John H. Schwarz
- A First Course in String Theory by Barton Zwiebach
- String Theory in a Nutshell by Elias Kiritsis
- String Theory by Joseph Polchinski
- The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene