QUANTUM GRAVITY AT THE PLANCK LENGTH

DOI10.1142/S0217751X99001329zbMATH Open0948.83068arXivhep-th/9812104OpenAlexW3101662918MaRDI QIDQ4949014FDOQ4949014

Authors: Joseph Polchinski 

Publication date: 27 April 2000

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: I describe our understanding of physics near the Planck length, in particular the great progress in the last four years in string theory. These are lectures presented at the 1998 SLAC Summer Institute.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9812104

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zbMATH Keywords

string theoryPlanck length

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Cites Work

• The Bekenstein formula and string theory (N-brane theory)
• Matrix theory

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