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Introduction to string theory

Video - : I will present a simple and non-technical overview of string theory, aimed for non-experts who like to get some idea what string theory is about. Besides introductory material, I intend to cover also some of the more recent developments.
Date: 2002
Language: eng

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Series: CERN Academic Training Lecture Regular Lecture Programme

CERN, Geneva, 2 - 5 Dec 2002
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Title: CERN Academic Training Lecture : Introduction to String Theory - 2nd December
Title: CERN Academic Training Lectures : Introduction to String Theory - 4th December
Type: Conference Speech
Keywords: Boson,Standard Model,String Theory,Field Theory,Matter,Neutrons,Nucleus,Protons,Quarks,Electrons,Superstrings,Particles,Photon,Boson,Higgs,Couplings,Parameters,Scale,Supersymmetry,Matter,Gravity,Black Holes,Quantum Mechanics,Gauge Field,Space-Time,String "Miracle",Fermions,D-Dimensional,Reparametrization,Vacuum,Integrate,Super CFT,NSR,Periodic,Strings,Torus,Modular invariance,Bosonic string,Conformal field theory,Quantum gravity
Keywords: Theory,String physics,Forces,Higgs field,SUSY,Magnetism,BPS-states,Quantum,Perturbations,Gauge theory,S-duality,Torus,Monopoles,Lagrangian,QFT,Solitons,Electromagnetism,D-branes,Mass,Massless,Space-time,Geometry,M-theory
category: Portraits of science
Date: 2002-12-02
Date: 2002-12-04
Filmed people: Lerche, Wolfgang
Description (eng): I will present a simple and non-technical overview of string theory, aimed for non-experts who like to get some idea what string theory is about. Besides introductory material, I intend to cover also some of the more recent developments
Description (eng): Lecture 3 - simple and non-technical overview of string theory, aimed for non-experts who like to get some idea what string theory is about. Besides introductory material, I intend to cover also some of the more recent developments. Non-Perturbative String Physics Including Super Symmetry and D-branes

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