A walk through superstring theory with an application to Yang-Mills theory: k-strings and D-branes as gauge/gravity dual objects
Superstring theory is one current, promising attempt at unifying gravity with the other three known forces: the electromagnetic force, and the weak and strong nuclear forces. Though this is still a work in progress, much effort has been put forth toward this goal. A set of specific tools which are u...
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University of Iowa
2010
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/744 https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1929&context=etd |