On the foundations of superstring theory

DOI10.1007/s10701-012-9682-4zbMath1261.81097WikidataQ56637422 ScholiaQ56637422MaRDI QIDQ1937221

Gerard 't Hooft

Publication date: 28 February 2013

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-012-9682-4

zbMATH Keywords

determinism; black holes; string theory; QCD; hidden variables; Local conformal symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83C57: Black holes

81T60: Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics

81T30: String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory

81Q65: Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.)

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Space from string bits, Conceptual aspects of gauge/gravity duality, Dualities and emergent gravity: Gauge/gravity duality

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