HEP/Astro Seminar, Wednesday 5th November 1997

String Bit Models

Oren Bergman (Harvard University)

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Abstract

We attempt to reformulate superstring theory as a Galilean
matrix field theory of point particles (string-bits) in one less
dimension, in which strings arise as polymer bound states.
From this point of view of strings, Poincare invariance and an
additional dimension appear as effective low-energy phenomena.
We also begin to address the question of the transverse size
of strings in the context of string-bit models.

3:30pm, Smith Lab 4079