STRING THEORY
String theory
| Coordinatore | Institute of Plasma Physics
Organization address
address: VOUTES contact info |
| 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 |
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Institute of Plasma Physics
Organization address
address: VOUTES contact info |
EL (Heraklion) | coordinator | 139˙845.16 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'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.'