String Theory and the Real World

by Gordon Kane

Overview

This book provides an enthusiastic view of how compactified string/M-theories, plus data that may be reachable, have the possibility of leading to a comprehensive underlying theory describing our physical world, particle physics and cosmology, gravity and quantum theory, perhaps soon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750335812
Publisher:	Iop Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	10/30/2021
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	175
Product dimensions:	7.37(w) x 10.51(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Gordon Kane is the Victor Weisskopf Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan and Director Emeritus at the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics (MCTP, now Leinweber Center), a leading center for the advancement of theoretical physics. He was director of the MCTP from 2005-2011 and Victor Weisskopf Collegiate Professor of Physics from 2002-2011. He received the Lilienfeld Prize from the American Physical Society in 2012, and the J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics in 2017.Kane is an internationally recognized scientific leader in theoretical and phenomenological particle physics, and theories for physics beyond the Standard Model. In recent years he has been a leader in string phenomenology. Kane has been with the University of Michigan since 1965.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents: Introduction: the Standard Models / The Planck scale—compactification / Testing theories in physics, including string theories / The mass–energy scales of particle physics and cosmology—the 'hierarchy' problem—supersymmetry—hidden sectors / The scales we need to explain / How would we decide we had a good theory to describe and explain our world? / Brief topics: views from our perspective / Perspectives