From Quarks to Strings

2008/11/30 by A. M. Polyakov, Polyakov, A. M. · 2 citations
Computer Science · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0812.0183

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Abstract

In this article, prepared for the book "The birth of string theory", I recall the sequence of ideas which led to non-critical strings and gauge/strings duality. I also comment on some promising future directions.

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