STRING THEORY

String theory

Coordinatore	Institute of Plasma Physics    more  Organization address address: VOUTES city: Heraklion postcode: 71003 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Anastasios Christou Cognome: Petkou Email: send email Telefono: +30 2810 394203 Fax: +30 2810 394201
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Greece [EL]
Totale costo	0 €
EC contributo	139˙845 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2010
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2010-01-01   -   2011-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	Institute of Plasma Physics  Organization address address: VOUTES city: Heraklion postcode: 71003 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Anastasios Christou Cognome: Petkou Email: send email Telefono: +30 2810 394203 Fax: +30 2810 394201	EL (Heraklion)	coordinator	139˙845.16

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'Recently a new class of three dimensional N=8 and N=6 superconformal theory has been discovered. These theories are defined by a classical action and have a (discrete) parameter k that can serve as a coupling constant. Taking k large (coupling small) one can use perturbation Feynman diagram techniques. The theory for k=1 is particularly interesting as it is conjectured to be the N=8 theory living on coincident M2 branes (membranes). Membranes are extended objects in M-theory, and some believe these could be the defining objects of M-theory, much like strings are defining objects of perturbative string theory. This connection between strings and membranes could be interesting to study more and could shed light on M-theory itself. In the nearest future my research will focus on these newly discovered superconformal theories from various viewpoints.'