Published July 2009
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Journal article
String theory: big problem for small size
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur 713209, West Bengal (India)
Description
String theory is the most promising candidate theory for a unified description of all the fundamental forces that exist in nature. It provides a mathematical framework that combines quantum theory with Einstein's general theory of relativity. The typical size of a string is of the order of 10-33 cm, called the Planck length. But due to this extremely small size of strings, nobody has been able to detect it directly in the laboratory till today. In this paper, we have presented a general introduction to string theory
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/30/4/022Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1088/0143-0807/30/4/022;
- PII
- S0143-0807(09)10825-5;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- European Journal of Physics
- Journal Volume
- 30
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 901-909
- ISSN
- 0143-0807
- CODEN
- EJPHD4
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40070628
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; LENGTH; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; STRING MODELS; STRING THEORY
- Descriptors DEC
- COMPOSITE MODELS; DIMENSIONS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; M-THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUARK MODEL; RELATIVITY THEORY