Strings and Fundamental Physics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Baumgartl, Marco (Editor), Brunner, Ilka (Editor), Haack, Michael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 851
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.; Mathematical Physics.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

The basic idea, simple and revolutionary at the same time, to replace the concept of a point particle with a one-dimensional string, has opened up a whole new field of research. Even today, four decades later, its multifaceted consequences are still not fully conceivable. Up to now string theory has...