String Theory Dualities

Details String Theory Dualities String Theory Dualities

1996-09-06

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9609051v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

Plenary Talk at DPF 96, aimed at non-experts. 12 pages, latex

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The past year has seen enormous progress in string theory. It has become clear that all of the different string theories are different limits of a single theory. Moreover, in certain limits, one obtains a new, eleven-dimensional structure known as $M$-theory. Strings with unusual boundary conditions, known as D-branes, turn out to be soliton solutions of string theory. These have provided a powerful tool to probe the structure of these theories. Most dramatically, they have yielded a partial understanding of the thermodynamics of black holes in a consistent quantum mechanical framework. In this brief talk, I attempt to give some flavor of these developments.

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