Dualities of Fields and Strings

2014/12/18 by Joseph Polchinski, Polchinski, Joseph · 8 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1412.5704

openalex publication_date 2014/12/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Duality, the equivalence between seemingly distinct quantum systems, is a curious property that has been known for at least three quarters of a century. In the past two decades it has played a central role in mapping out the structure of theoretical physics. I discuss the unexpected connections that have been revealed among quantum field theories and string theories.

Citations

• Quantum Gravity In De Sitter Space
• Duality in field theory and statistical systems
• Crystal Statistics. I. A Two-Dimensional Model with an Order-Disorder Transition
• Particle creation by black holes
• A planar diagram theory for strong interactions
• The dS/CFT correspondence
• The world as a hologram
• Black Holes and Entropy
• Dimensional Reduction in Quantum Gravity

Cited by

• Realism and Ontology in Quantum Mechanics and String Theory
• A new web of dualities from Majorana Fermions
• Weyl double copy in bimetric massive gravity
• On functional freedom and Penrose's critiques of string theory
• Dualities in Physics
• Dual is Different: EFTs, Axions and Nonpropagating Form Fields in Cosmology
• Unitary equivalence in Generalized Uncertainty Principle theories
• Membrane Matrix models and non-perturbative checks of gauge/gravity\n duality

Related

• String Theory and Math: Why This Marriage May Last
• Aspects of duality
• The Philosophy and Physics of Duality
• String Theory Symmetries
• Classical/Quantum Duality